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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

E191: Gabby Logan Opens Up About Her Heartbreaking Past

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Gabby Logan has been on our screens now for thirty years, bringing us the best of the world of sport at Sky Sports, ITV, and for the last nearly 20 years, at the BBC. Whether it’s the FIFA World Cup, the Rugby World Cup or the Olympics, Gabby is part of our memories of these moments.

But there’s a side to Gabby people don’t often see. After her brother suddenly died when she was a teenager, she became (in her words) ‘fearless’ in pursuit of what she wanted, knowing that nothing would ever hurt as much again.

But she was also wary of loving other people again, knowing what it was like to have those you love most taken away. It took her a long time and lot of introspection and learning to get to a place where she could open herself up emotionally to other people. But it’s when we look deep inside ourselves that it’s revealed who we really are, and what we really value.


Topics:

  • Early years
  • Did you parents teach you how to take care of yourself?
  • The phone call about your brother
  • What was life like after that moment?
  • Advice for someone going through something similar
  • How did your brothers passing change your perspective on life?
  • Your first step into broadcasting
  • Starting at sky
  • Advice for someone starting at the bottom of their career
  • Working in a male dominated industry
  • Sexism in the workplace
  • Your book and podcast
  • How true is the ‘midlife crisis?
  • Menopause
  • Finding out your husband had cancer
  • Your partner Kenny
  • Advice for maintaining a solid relationship
  • The last guest question


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Transcript

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0:00.0

You'd wake up just with those first thoughts of the day,

0:02.6

which is, oh god.

0:04.9

I did have a fear that I was going to...

0:10.1

Gabi Logo!

0:12.2

One of the most recognisable raw castes

0:14.2

she's become a monomous with the Olympics, football,

0:16.8

and rugby.

0:17.8

Oh, no, no, no!

0:18.6

I was very male-dominated environment,

0:20.4

and there certainly were people who exhibited my kids' mouth.

0:24.8

I know there were times where I felt like I was trying to conform,

0:28.6

but it didn't make me feel very good.

0:30.9

I wasn't happy.

0:32.9

My dad was assistant manager at Bradford City

0:35.2

when the fire there took 56 lives,

0:37.4

and we were all there at the game that day.

0:39.6

God is a big drag to weigh from that standard.

0:43.9

It's a seminal day of my life, really,

0:45.6

because there is a before and there's an after.

0:47.8

And that day is that day that I'm really defined.

0:50.4

Lots of many things for me.

0:52.3

Can you still remember that you get a phone call from your mother

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