Viewers of BBC’s The One Show were left doing a ‘double take’ when The Apprentice star Baroness Karren Brady made an appearance on the sofa. The 55-year-old businesswoman graced the evening show alongside fellow The Apprentice figure Tim Campbell and musicals icon Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.
While discussing the upcoming series of The Apprentice with Lord Alan Sugar at the helm, and what it takes to be a standout candidate on the renowned hiring and firing reality show, viewers couldn’t help but be captivated by Karren’s new look. With her hair styled in flowing waves and a flawless makeup application, Karren’s appearance, complete with a centre parting, had fans doing a ‘double take’.
Social media was abuzz with comments from surprised fans, with one posting on platform X: “Haven’t watched #TheApprentice for years, just seen #KarrenBrady on #TheOneShow I honestly didn’t recognise her.”
Another viewer admitted: “I didn’t recognize Karren Brady at all.”
while a third echoed the sentiment, saying: “Had to double take Karen Brady,” reports
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The Apprentice stars Lord Sugar, Baroness Karren Brady and Tim Campbell MBE. (Image: BBC)
Compliments also flowed in, with another fan tweeting: “@karren_brady looking fantastic, eloquently spoken, and that outfit rocks. #TheOneShow.”
During her conversation on the show, Karren teased some exciting changes for the 19th season of The Apprentice. She revealed: “Well, there’s so much! There’s so much to say when there is so much difference. Obviously, every year, the tasks get more and more modern. This year, we’ve got a virtual pop star and an AI pop star.
“And I think the scary thing for Tim and I was when Lord Sugar set the task, we were there as virtual popstars.”
Karren Brady left fans stunned with her appearance (Image: BBC)
As fans eagerly await the grand comeback of the show this Thursday (January 30), Lord Sugar has dropped hints about a major twist to the traditional format; this time, contestants will kick off in mixed-gender teams instead of the usual battle of the sexes setup.
Lord Sugar revealed his reason for the change: “We’ve split them into sexes in the past purely to help the audience get to know the candidates quickly, it just felt like an easy thing to do.”
He added: “This year, we decided to mix it up from the outset. It’s quite a refreshing addition to the first episode, and it’s interesting to see how they handle being a mixed team because it’s not what they necessarily expected from the start.”
The One Show airs Mondays-Fridays at 7pm on One.
Tim and Karren with Andrew Lloyd Webber on The One Show (Image: BBC)