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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Davina McCall: “I was doing cocaine with my mum at 15!”

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Business, Society & Culture, Education

4.517.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Davina McCall has been an icon of television for 40 years. The host of Big Brother for over a decade, tens of millions of people looked to Davina to bring a national obsession into their homes. But few know the real story of Davina. From a heartbreaking childhood that saw her take drugs with her mother to hosting one of the biggest shows in the world, she’s come a long way. At every step along her journey, no one was going to define her but herself. No matter how many times she got hurt no one could take away the one thing she could control, her resilience. Consistently breaking down barriers and forging new paths, Davina was the first female television host to put her bubbly and occasionally feisty persona front and centre, and she was the first mainstream figure to create a fitness platform that has inspired millions of people to get active in the fifteen years she’s been in the game. Having consistently inspired so many people in her life, she dropped by to gift us some of her inspiration too.  Davina: Instagram - https://bit.ly/3GCcF7P Twitter - https://bit.ly/3XafyCp Davina's book: https://bit.ly/3WNHhc9 Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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American Express. I think out of everything.

0:35.0

She was worried about me.

0:37.0

Do you know what I mean?

0:38.0

Like that was her last thought, like... I'm going to be in the vina mccold she's a TV presenter a fitness fanatic

0:49.9

multiple time best-selling author rarely off our televisions and what you see is what you get

0:55.0

It's good to be bad after big brother I thought what else can I do to get famous so I was always a bit of a show off

1:01.0

Mum you made a mistake.

1:03.0

How great I am.

1:04.0

That's at the back of everything.

1:05.7

Why?

1:06.7

I did cloak with my mom at 15.

1:09.5

I did it with my sister at 14.

1:11.0

You were doing drugs?

1:11.6

Yeah, like all drugs, all my problems. I left my job, no money,

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