Holy Soap described her best moment as "Fighting to clear her name after Niall planted heroin in her bedroom." "Liverpool Echo" praised her for having "come out with some cracking lines". In a "Sunday Mail" column, she was described as being "about as reserved as Vicky Pollard high on sugar." A reporter for the "Western Mail" said that the "loud-mouthed sixth-former" and boyfriend Zak "both eat, sleep and breathe for the opposite sex" and quipped "it's a wonder that Zak and Michaela haven't hooked up before." The "Western Mail's" writer said "her ears prick up at the slightest hint of a juicy scoop."