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From addict to darling of Saturday night TV – how Davina McCall put her life back together

Davina McCall is no stranger to appearing on the telly - but life hasn’t always been easy for The Masked Singer star

From being the frontwoman of reality show Big Brother for its entire run to hosting the new smash-hit dating series My Mum, Your Dad, Davina has remained booked and busy. Speaking to Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett on his Diary of a CEO podcast in 2023, Davina revealed she started smoking weed at 12 years old when she visited her alcoholic mum in Paris. Davina was catapulted into stardom though when she became the host of Channel 4’s Streetmate in 1998, followed by the iconic reality show Big Brother that she fronted from 2000 to 2010.

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