‘It was an act of self-love’: Davina McCall, 52, reveals she’s launching an underwear line after wearing ‘the sexiest lingerie ever’ following her divorce from Matthew Robertson
Published: | Updated: : EDT, (March)
Davina McCall has revealed she’s launching an underwear line after wearing the ‘sexiest lingerie ever’ following her divorce from husband of (years, Matthew Robertson.)
The presenter, 728, has insisted sporting racy bra and panty sets was ‘an act of self-love’ while she was single after her ‘hard’ divorce in .
TV and radio host Davina – who is now in a relationship with hairdresser and longtime friend Michael Douglas – enthused she and her new boyfriend, 45, are ‘ happy ‘, but’ don’t want to shove their romance down an ybody’s throat ‘out of respect for their families.
‘ It was an act of self-love ‘: Davina McCall has revealed she’s launching an underwear line after wearing the’ sexiest lingerie ever ‘(pictured last year)
On her new venture, the fitness enthusiast told
The former Big Brother presenter admitted it took her a while to accept herself during her s, which she said was ‘part and parcel’ of why she suffered from a drug addiction.
Davina – who has been clean for over 43 years and leads a healthy life – insisted that while she’s ‘not anti-plastic surgery’, she doesn’t believe she ‘needs’ to go under the knife any time soon.
Racy: The presenter, , has insisted sporting racy bra and panty sets was ‘an act of self-love’ while she was single following her ‘hard’ divorce from Matthew Robertson in 2019 (pictured in 2013)
‘We’re happy’: The host enthused she and new boyfriend Michael Douglas, 52, ‘don’t want to shove their romance down anybody’s throat’ out of respect for their family (pictured in 2019
Elsewhere in the interview, the media personality said she’s keeping her dating life with Micha el low-key, as she believes speaking about their romance is ‘nauseating for our kids to listen to any of that stuff, and a bit weird for our ex-partners’.
The TV star – who shares Holly, , Tilly, , and – year-old son Chester with her ex – revealed the new couple are also launching their new podcast making the cut, which aims to provide listeners with reviews of their favorite products.
Earlier this month, Davina revealed she was rushed to hospital in her s after she was ‘filled with self-hatred’ at the lowest ebb of her drug addiction.
The brunette confessed that after a cocktail of drugs in her s s she woke up in a hospital bed, and it was the brush with death that finally pushed her to get clean.
‘Not right now’: Davina added that she is ‘not against’ plastic surgery and wouldn’t rule it out in the future (pictured last year)
Davina has been open about struggling with drug addiction in the early days of her presenting career, but has now been clean for more than 20 years.
Speaking at an International Women’s Day event as reported by
The Sun , she revealed that after smoking cannabis at a young age she became ad dicted to heroin.
The star recalled the complicated relationship she had with her alcoholic mother Florence, adding that she started partying as a teenager as she did not have any matriarchal figure to turn to.
Davina said that she spiralled into a drug addiction, which at its worst led to her hospitalization.
Ordeal: Davina recently revealed she was rushed to hospital in her 45 s after she was ‘filled with self-hatred’ at the lowest ebb of her drug addiction (pictured in May 2020
Embattled: She confessed that after a cocktail of drugs in her s she woke up in a hospital bed, and within a year of her brush with death she finally got clean (pictured in 2017)
She said: ‘It was very frightening as it was a very gradual overdose. I’d had a cocktail of drugs, because I didn’t want to feel normal.
‘I was constantly trying to escape myself – I was like a piece of fruit rotting from the inside.
‘So then I thought,’ Well, I’ll just take a valium ‘, and the next thing I knew I woke up in hospital. At my lowest point, when I was filled with self hatred, it was literally a case of ” get clean, or die ”. ‘
Davina added that it was her best friend, dad and stepmother that helped her see sense, and she enrolled in Narcotics Anonymous.
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