Quotes from Davina McCall

And I do lots of different jobs. So I have a hundred different hats on. I could be going from 'Long Lost Family' one day, to 'The Masked Singer' the next, to a Garnier job, to something else.

My earliest memory is going to live with my grandmother when I was four. My mum told me she was going on holiday, but I didn't see her for three months.

I was a real tomboy as a little girl. I wore boys' clothes and played at being Robin Hood.

Im a pretty normal person, working, juggling a husband and kids and friends and trying to find a little time for me, too. I never wear make-up on the school run; I am the scruffiest person by far, usually with a white toothpaste smear somewhere because some days I literally dont look in a mirror.

How attractive you are is entirely based on you feel about yourself, and if I could tell my 20-year-old self that - and really explain it - I think it would have changed my life.

Thats all I ever wanted from my mum. To be held tight in a protective cuddle. To get out of the bath and be wrapped up in a towel, in her arms.

If you havent been through anything difficult, the minute you do, it will hit you like a freight train and you wont know what to do because youve never been given the tools to deal with it.

Finding time to fit in exercise can be tough - it's easy to fall into a slump.

Stress eating is huge - I did a lot during lockdown, and I think that's half the battle. We give ourselves such a hard time, our internal voice is so aggressive and we need to start being kinder to ourselves.

I feel very, very French, especially when I land in France.

I love going to my AA meetings and dont think I will ever stop.

Ive got the greatest job ever and Im very lucky to be able to achieve a work/life balance that most working mums cant, but when I get the balance wrong, it makes me melancholy, which isnt who I am.

I don't think I've spawned a nation of Davinas. We have Kylies and Britneys but Davinas have missed out. Should I be offended? That is the question.

When I talk to people about going sugar-free, they almost go into a state of grief! But there are still options out there - like the sugar-free brownies in my book.

I was ambitious. I was happy to work six, seven days a week and give more than what was expected.

I dont want to be a victim, nor be portrayed as one.

I joined Twitter in 2009 and tweeted along which was amazing. It completely elevated my viewing of 'Big Brother' because to be able to watch it in real time and all of us discussing what was going on.

My weight yo-yos a lot, so I have to be really vigilant with food and exercise - it's a pain in the butt.

I work, I have three kids, a husband and a house to run. I dont have the luxury of working out every day.