Lowri Turner

Lowri Gwyneth Turner (born 31 December 1964 in London, England) She appeared early in her TV career as a panelist on BBC2's quiz show "Going, Going, Gone" and has presented the shows "Looking Good", "Shopping City", "Housecall", "Would Like To Meet", and "DIY SOS".

Her appearances on "The Wright Stuff" and Channel 4's "Richard and Judy" show gave the impression that she was liberal-leaning, but this impression was destroyed when, in January 2006, her "Western Mail" column carried a controversial article entitled "However much I love my gay friends, I don't want them running the country!". [cite news |last=Turner|first=Lowri|title=However much I love my gay friends, I don't want them running the country|publisher=Western Mail|date=2006-01-27|accessdate=2007-07-13|url= http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/columnists/tm_objectid=16632855&method=full&siteid=50082-name_page.html ] Such was the outrage, her column was the subject of debate in both the Welsh Assembly and the British House of Commons. [cite news|title='Anti-gay' paper column attacked|publisher= BBC News|date=2006-03-04|accessdate=2007-07-13|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4770858.stm]

In 2004, Lowri took part in the reality TV show, "Celebrity Fit Club"; but, despite this, she still struggles with her weight. She is currently a panelist on the Five show, "The Wright Stuff".

She broke up with her husband Paul Connew when she was just a few weeks pregnant with her second child, Merlin. Turner writes a regular column for the Welsh newspaper "Western Mail". She was also involved in BBC Wales' 2007-2008 The Big Welsh Challenge.

In an article in "Private Eye" (Issue 1189, 20 July 2007) entitled "Dummy Mummy", they state that she had again parted from her controversial second husband, Nicol Batra, amid much controversy, by the time their daughter Ariel was born in April 2007. The same article also quotes extensively on her controversial views on her being, "A white woman who gives birth to a non-white child 'is stereotyped as a Vicky Pollard figure... am I one of these women now?'". Several commentators criticised the article for her seeming to endorse racial stereotyping and attitudes. [ [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/sarita_malik/2007/07/mirror_mirror.html Comment is free: Mirror, mirror ] ] She also wrote an article on this subject for the "Daily Mail" which attracted much controversy [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=467787] , which - perhaps surprisingly - was strongly criticised in the comments section of the "Mail"'s website [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=467787&in_page_id=1879&in_page_id=1879&expand=true#StartComments] and led to Turner being accused by some of racism.

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