Carol Vorderman insists she’s not topless in Instagram video where she definitely looks topless-Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro

Carol Vorderman has clarified that she is not, in fact, topless in a video she posted to Instagram.

The former Countdown host, 61, is currently on holiday in Portugal, and has been sharing updates with fans on social media from her time away.

However many of her followers believed they got more insight than they bargained for in a new video posted by the star.

Carol took to Instagram on Thursday where, from beside a sunkissed lake, she announced she had joined TikTok.

The presenter urged people to follow her on the site by clicking the link in her bio, and together they could ‘have a lot of fun.’

Which is all well and good – except it looked very much like Carol posted the video topless.

Carol shared a snap and a video to Instagram that looked suspiciously like she was going back to nature (Picture: Carol Vorderman / Instagram)

Fans were in stitches as Carol insisted she was not, in fact, topless (Picture: Carol Vorderman / Instagram)

Fans were quick to point out the apparent wardrobe malfunction, with one joking: ‘I thought you had started Only Fans!’

Another joker agreed: ‘I’m waiting for the OnlyFans.’

And yet another said they ‘nearly had a heart attack’ thinking Carol had actually posted a topless video.

In actual fact, Carol’s bikini was just a very convincing skin-tone colour, with Carol herself even editing the caption on her post to clarify: ‘Laughing… but I AM NOT TOPLESS.’

She went on to tell followers where she bought her new bikini, as well as her new suncream, tagging the companies in the post.

We wonder if we’ve been duped and this was her plan all along…

Carol later took another snap that proved once and for all she was not topless (Picture: Carol Vorderman / Instagram)

The star later shared another photo featuring the bikini in a new angle, proving that yes, she probably was not topless.

The star is back to her sunny self after recently opening up about how menopause affected her mental health, which included intense anxiety and depression.

She spoke to This Morning in July where, as part of a campaign to de-stigmatise menopause, spoke candidly about the symptoms she suffered when in her early 50s.

She told Dr Philippa: ‘I started getting anxious, I’d never felt anxious before in my life.

The beloved presenter has been a staple of British TV for decades (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

‘I started feeling anxious even about what sort of trousers I was going to wear, was I going to have a tea or a coffee?’

Carol admitted things only got worse, continuing: ‘This developed into a deep depression, and I mean, a deep depression.

‘I felt suicidal at times, for many months.’

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However after starting on hormone replacement therapy she was ‘back to normal’ within just two days.

‘I have never had a symptom since. It is wonderful,’ she told viewers.  

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