Rachel Riley puts ‘horrendous’ rude words on Countdown too explicit to air

And while Countdown is an interesting, educational show that helps your vocabulary and trains your brain, for many of us, the best part is when a rude word comes up.

But we’re not alone – it’s one of Rachel’s favourite parts, too.

The star sat down with Metro.co.uk while working with Hello Hydrogen to promote hydrogen as an energy source for UK homes, where she chatted about everything from work, family, sustainability, her MBE – and the rudest words she’s seen on Countdown.

Asked if she remembers the first rude word she got on the show – and if she hopes for them to make an appearance – she instantly agreed: ‘Oh, yeah!’

She recently described her and her husband ‘putting a pin’ in their romance while their youngest, Noa, is still a baby, but the couple have a romantic night planned once he’s back from filming in Romania – before he jets off on a touring show in November.

Meanwhile, Rachel ‘managed to take the girls away by myself for the first time ever’ recently, saying she ‘needs to get used to life with three’ when Pasha isn’t around – and she felt rightfully proud after managing to get the toddler and baby on to the plane safely without forgetting anything and carrying a lot of things.

She never thought she’d be in the position she’s in – in fact she says her teenage self ‘would have laughed you out of the room’ (‘An Essex girl who liked football and was a bit of a maths geek ended up on Countdown and married to a Russian ballroom dancer?’)

But in a serious case of Mum knowsbest, she revealed her mother asked her, while she was doing a maths degree, ‘Are you going to be Carol Vorderman then?’

‘And I was like, “What an idiot,”‘ Rachel laughs now, being very much Carol Vorderman.

Rachel is also using her spotlight to help inspire young people to get involved in Stem, as well as fight against anti-Jewish discrimination – which she was awarded an MBE for this year.

And while she’s naturally proud of this fact, and looking forward to bringing her parents and husband to the ceremony, she admitted she feels ‘so many people do so much more than I do.’

‘Because you’re in the public eye, you don’t have to do as much to get as much attention,’ she explained.

‘So many people have dedicated their whole lives to fighting discrimination, protecting people and keeping them safe – looking after Holocaust survivors and sharing their stories, [they] don’t necessarily get that recognition because they’re doing it quietly.’

She recalled being at an event where other people being honoured were Holocaust survivors, and it made her think ‘What am I here for?’ feeling what she has done ‘pales in comparison.’

But she sees her impact in real life, recalling how just recently she attended an event for Jewish Women’s Aid and was approached by a woman who thanked her for supporting her son, who was being bullied on social media.

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