Tess Daly

“As soon as you hit 40, you have to defend your right to be that great age,' and still working in the media. But why should I defend my great age?”

“I was in two Duran Duran videos. My kids are thoroughly unimpressed.”

“I never missed a Sunday lunch growing up and I've continued that tradition with my own family.”

“YouTubers are the rock stars to this generation - the kids just love them, that's who they watch.”

“I mean, obviously, this is a business that favors men as hosts without a doubt and they're often paid more for the same job so I guess you could call that sexism but, personally, I haven't come across it yet.”

“I try to prep a lot of things in advance and be organized, whether that's meals, school runs, homework plans, plenty of GCSE revision.”

“I have been spinning a lot of plates, like every mum.”

“I love my girls more than anything else in the world.”

“Being northern, my girls are big Yorkshire pudding fans and they have gravy with everything.”

“When I worked out on my own, I'd get to the gym but not really know how to use equipment properly.”

“Every time we visit my sister Karen in New Zealand I spend the next two months Googling properties and dreaming of escaping the British winter.”

“A lot of people always ask me about what life is like. Yes, it's glamorous, it's glitzy, but there is a lot more goes on than that glitz and glamour you see in a photograph or on a red carpet.”

“I would say that I'm definitely a morning person - I love getting out of bed and seizing the day ahead.”

“If I do take the time to do yoga, even just ten minutes in the morning or last thing at night before bed, I feel better.”

“If I was sugar-free, I'd be psycho.”

“A microphone pack once fell down my knickers and nearly pulled my pants down.”

“'The Naked Civil Servant' by Quentin Crisp. I was so intrigued by the man, I hunted him down when I moved to New York. My first interview was with him. I filmed our conversation and it got me my first job in television.”

“Dinner is usually rice, vegetables and chicken, or I'll make fajitas, and we'll do roast chicken on the weekend.”

“There's this expectation of glamour. Unlike men who can wear suits and nonchalantly stroll on in a flat loafer, I've got to run across the studio floor live in a high heel and a tight frock.”

“If I eat refined carbs or foods that have the potential to bloat, I notice the baby pouch again.”