The loneliness Davina McCall suffered throughout lockdown has made her appreciate the power of human connection even more.
The 52-year-old is the bubbly face we’ve been used to seeing on our screens for nearly three decades. But no doubt, the star struggled with being forced to isolate away in separate households from her boyfriend Michael Douglas, who she struck up a romance with last year after 20 years of friendship.
While the couple have since managed to reunite, Davina remained reflective on their podcast, Making The Cut, revealing, “Don’t underestimate everything we’ve all been through and how lonely we felt. I recently called Michael after being at the supermarket and I told him I was so excited because I’ve made this enormous discovery about myself, which was that the days I feel genuinely hand on-heart happy are the days when I make human connections with other people. I love to talk.”
In fact, Davina insists one of her favourite things about being in the public eye is the conversations she’s able to have. “The best thing about being famous is when I go to talk to people, they’re generally quite happy to talk back to me. I literally know everybody at my supermarket and the trolley guy even came over recently and we had a chat. When I go there I’m alone, but when I leave it, I feel really connected.”
Away from our screens, Davina is a dedicated mother-of-three to Holly, 18, Tilly, 16, and Chester, 13.
This story is from the July 28, 2020 edition of OK! UK.
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