“When I was younger, I was like, 'I'm going to have babies by the time I'm 25, I'm going to be married.' I genuinely thought that for myself, I always thought I can't wait to be a mum, and now that time has come, my priorities have shifted.”

English reality television personality

Zara Nicole McDermott is an English reality television personality. She first worked as a policy adviser at the Department for Education before moving into television, and she is known for appearing on Love Island in 2018. She later appeared on The X Factor: Celebrity in 2019 and on Made in Chelsea from 2019 to 2020. Her public profile is tied to reality television and to the transition from policy work into entertainment.