A biography for Davina McCallhasn’t been written yet.
“I think probably the whole reason why I wanted to be on television was to show my mum that she was making a mistake. That I was amazing. Look at me, I'm worth something. Look at me.”
“My stomach hardly ever gets fat, but my bum and thighs turn to jelly if I don't work out for like, three days.”
“Ive always been horrifically addicted to sugar, to the point that if I had a box of Maltesers, Id be annoyed if I had to share them! I loved the high.”
“You can wear your body well if youve got confidence.”
“Finding time to fit in exercise can be tough - it's easy to fall into a slump.”
“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.”
“I have issues about swimming in the Med unless I've got a mask on.”
“I feel very, very French, especially when I land in France.”
“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.”
“I am but a blank canvas, because everyone interprets you in a different way, and I think that's quite nice.”
“Ive realised that I dont need much. When I was in my 30s, I was like, I want the house, I want the dog, I want the car. But I dont need it. I dont really want it.”
“I dont want to be a victim, nor be portrayed as one.”
“Happiness is marvellous. I love it when Im happy, but Im not always happy.”
“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.”
“When I present 'Million Pound Drop', I'm screaming the right answer in my head just like you're screaming at the television screen.”
“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 think one of the reasons why I've done all right in TV is because I'm not a raging beauty. I like the way I look, I think I've just got a nice face.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I am not anti plastic surgery, but I'm anti procedures such as Botox and fillers which can actually distort the face and start making you look a bit odd.”