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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

E210: (EMOTIONAL) Davina McCall: “I was doing cocaine with my mum at 15!”

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 114 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. 


Topics: 

  • Your most defining moment 
  • What did you want to be when you were 16? 
  • When did you first go into TV 
  • The moment you got off drugs 
  • Hypnosis healing trauma 
  • Your desire to be famous 
  • Your states of happiness now 
  • Your career in TV 
  • Manifestation 
  • Your sister Caroline 
  • The process of grief 
  • Your book Menopausing 
  • Men dealing with menopausal women 
  • Forgiving your mother 
  • The last guest question 


Davina: 

Instagram - https://bit.ly/3GCcF7P 

Twitter - https://bit.ly/3XafyCp 


Davina's book: https://bit.ly/3WNHhc9 


Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb 


Follow: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3CXkF0d 

Twitter: https://bit.ly/3ss7pM0 

Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3z3CSYM 

Telegram: https://g2ul0.app.link/SBExclusiveCommun 


Sponsors: 

Huel - https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb 

Intel - https://bit.ly/3FxWMO2

Transcript

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0:00.0

I think out of everything.

0:04.6

She was worried about me.

0:06.6

Do you not mean? Like that was her last thought, like...

0:15.6

The Vina Mccoll!

0:16.8

She's a TV presenter, a fitness fanatic.

0:19.4

Multiple times, best-selling author,

0:21.5

rarely off our televisions and what you see is what you get.

0:24.6

It's good to be bad. I was always a bit of a show off.

0:27.5

Mum, you made a mistake. How great I am.

0:30.6

That's at the back of everything.

0:32.3

Why?

0:34.3

I did cope with my mum at 15. I did it with my sister at 14.

0:37.6

You were doing drugs, right?

0:38.6

Yeah, like all drugs were my problems.

0:40.4

I left my job, no money, and nothing.

0:43.1

I will literally do anything to stop feeling like this.

0:46.8

I'm going to find someone for help.

0:48.7

I'm fucked.

0:51.1

Ten years ago, you lost Caroline.

0:53.3

Your half-sister.

0:54.8

It was definitely the worst thing that ever happened to me.

0:58.0

I was just trying to be really strong for her.

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