Davina McCall thought she would never "work in telly again" when COVID-19 hit.
Davina McCall has been working in TV for 30 years
The 'Masked Singer' star has been a household name for 30 years and admitted she's always convinced her career is ready to end, and never more so than when the pandemic caused widespread production disruption in the entertainment industry.
She said: "It’s mad [celebrating 30 years on TV]. I think every year is my last and it’s all gonna end tomorrow. Then something happens and I think: ‘Oh, maybe it’s not.’ With Covid, I thought: ‘That’s it. How am I ever going to work in telly again?’ But I did."
Davina thinks lockdown would have been the perfect time to bring back 'Big Brother', which she presented from 2000 to 2010.
She told Fabulous magazine: “I don’t know if you could bring it back now. The one time I thought Big Brother coming back would have been amazing was for the 20th anniversary in 2020. Everybody was locked down. You take 14 people and you lock them down in a house – just like us – and we just watch them all day."
However, she thinks cancel culture would stop the show being a success if it was to return.
She said: “But if it came back now, it would never be the same as it was. And it’s not because of the programme but because of society. It’s changed so much and the expectations of TV have changed – I just don’t know if you could do it. In today’s culture, people would be constantly getting chucked out for saying something.
"I don’t think it would work and that’s such a shame because it is a great format – but it was great for different times.”
When it comes to getting older, the 54-year-old star - who has children Holly, 20, Tilly, 17, and Chester, 15, with ex-husband Matthew Robertson - insisted she has no problem with it.
She said: "I still make mistakes, but I feel like I know myself a lot better and I understand myself a lot better,” she says. “Every year, you get another wrinkle, but you also get a piece of self-knowledge that makes you feel a bit better about yourself as pay-off. I think: ‘OK, I’ll take that.’
“I definitely think it’s true you enjoy each decade more. The older you get, the more settled you feel because you learn a lot."
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