My morning ritual is …
… to wake up to five alarms. My first – for BBC Breakfast, three days a week – goes off at about 3.45am. I don’t wake up easily. I have to shower and clean my teeth before I can even function. I don’t eat breakfast until at least two hours after getting up. For the rest of the week, I like to sleep with my curtains open, so I wake up with natural sunlight. As long as I’ve slept well, it’s all good.
I feel optimistic about …
… people learning to embrace getting older. I’ve just turned 50 and so many people said: “Ooh, are you OK about it?” I’m so grateful to be here. I just think life gets better: you get to know yourself better. I wish I’d been less fearful of what I thought was ‘old’ when I was young.
What makes me angry
Bullies. I can’t stand anyone who takes advantage of someone they perceive as weaker and exploits that. I can’t bear people who use their perceived strength to intimidate others and to make others smaller. I’ll call it out when I can.
If I wasn’t a TV presenter, I’d have liked to become …
… a veterinarian. I love animals. The reason I didn’t do it is because I don’t think I could cope with seeing abused animals. I’m a wimp and coward in that sense, because obviously the work to help those animals is more important than how you feel. If I won copious amounts of money, I would have a sanctuary where I could have all the animals people didn’t love and I’d employ people who wanted to love them.
