And all it took was one tweet. It's hardly surprising; while young Moffatt does come out with some clueless clangers during her appearances on Gogglebox, she is - on the whole - one clued in astute cookie.
It all kicked off not long ago on Katie Hopkins preferred stomping ground - twitter (the natural habitat for many a malcontent). Scarlett posted a tweet regarding her intention to lose a few pounds. To which Katie was quick to reply with the mind-numbingly basic...
Little Miss Moffatt sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and way more than she should @ScarlettMoffatt pic.twitter.com/3BydhpVRpH
— Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) May 5, 2016
By way of a smashing response, Scarlett whipped out her recently penned book 'Scarlett Says' and flipped her way to a page she obviously knew would come in useful some day - because The Hopkins is nothing if predictable.
.@KTHopkins always one step ahead of you, Hopkins... ðŸ'ŒðŸ?½#scarlettsays #katiehopkins pic.twitter.com/XQcjxswKP9
— Scarlett Moffatt (@ScarlettMoffatt) May 5, 2016
Owning twitter's biggest troll AND a book plug in one fell swoop... she's a canny lass, and twitter has been rejoicing ever since.
@ScarlettMoffatt You're bright, beautiful, popular, young, and funny. Everything she isn't. #jealousy
— Tina (@tinathewife) May 5, 2016
@ScarlettMoffatt BOOM @KTHopkins just got burned pic.twitter.com/uXAJWGKF6B
— Anthony Gill (@TheAntmagic) May 5, 2016
.@ScarlettMoffatt @KTHopkins nuff said :) pic.twitter.com/DZjYGZPKqa
— Karl Barker (@karlbarker) May 6, 2016
@ScarlettMoffatt shake it off girl, you're beautiful ðŸ'Â?ðŸÂ?» pic.twitter.com/2UMEENcShc
— BETHâš“ (@MissBethTippett) May 5, 2016
@ScarlettMoffatt @KTHopkins Scarlett - Katie couldn't face me on BBC radio when she mocked a child with #autism - who is she anyway?
— Kevin Healey (@Kevin_Healey) May 5, 2016
We should be listening to @ScarlettMoffatt and start ignoring @KTHopkins so she stops getting undeserved and unwanted media attention.
— Caroline Barton (@Caroliiiinaaa) May 5, 2016