Sky Sports star hits back at critics of her eye-catching neck tattoo after revealing she’s received ‘a lot of c**p’ while presenting World Darts Championship

Sky Sports star Polly James has hit back at critics of her neck tattoo.

In addition to her role as radio presenter, James was the voice of TV interviews with players after matches at the PDC World Darts Championship this year.

The 38-year-old was spotted alongside all the big names in the sport at this year’s competition, but as a result some fans had to focus on her neck tattoo.

During the presentation, the top of James’ tattoo – which is of a rose – is visible over her collar, which apparently annoyed some viewers.

However, speak The mirrorJames revealed she isn’t bothered by the critics and spoke about the “incredible role” she has taken on this year.

She said: ‘I get a lot of criticism about the neck tattoo. More now, but that’s because there are more eyes on darts, but it’s beyond me.

James, 38, was the voice of TV interviews during this year’s PDC Darts World Championship

‘Say what you want about my appearance, I don’t care… but please don’t criticize my work because that really hits hard and that doesn’t usually happen.

‘I get on with a lot of darts players, I’m in a privileged position to do what I do, but I don’t want to lose sight of what it’s like to be a darts fan. I’m on their side, I’m not on the other side, so to speak. I just have an incredible role to play.”

As well as reporting on darts for Sky Sports, James has worked on Late Night Football Club and on BBC One’s chat show during Wales’ participation in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Speaking about her entry into darts, James explained: “My first time going to Ally Pally was in 2009. The first time I started working in darts it was one of those things where I didn’t know if I wild. combine fun with work.

“My main job is as a radio DJ and then I did some hosting and presenting and then someone contacted me to see if I wanted to do the post-match interviews for the Premier League in 2019.

‘I thought I’d like to do that and I’d give it a try, and the following year I started working for Sky.

In December, James also spoke with The sun about her tattoos and admitted she had a “poignant reason” for the designs.

James imagined himself interviewing Stephen Bunting after his third-round win last week

James admitted she has “rhinoceros skin” when it comes to social media criticism

She said: “I have rhino skin when it comes to the hate on social media about my tattoos.

‘That’s how you have to be when you work on a platform with radio and TV. Even though I have that hard shell, I can still be soft.

‘I take a lot of pride in my work, so I wish sometimes people would judge me by my work and not by my appearance.

“I have ‘Family’ on one side of my neck and a rose on the other. There is such a poignant reason for the words, because my extended family means so much to me.”