Davina McCall

So I think this is a time when people really need to hear you.

And we're going to be talking about your new book.

This is so exciting.

I loved on your Instagram page, you had all the different copies of the book from all the different countries.

Of The Kindness Method.

Yeah, that's amazing.

And this is going to be the same.

How diets make us fat.

And that...

title spoke to me in such a massive blow and we're going to talk about that a bit later but first of all I'd like to go back because really this whole method came from personal experience so when was the first time that you became aware that other people were aware of your body shape what was it

I was brought up by my grandmother who couldn't give her kids anything.

Sugar, because it was post-war.

And so she gave me all the sugar that she couldn't give her own kids as an act of love, which made me fall in love with sugar.

I mean, I had golden syrup and sugar sandwiches for tea.

So that's actually quite a tough beginning because it sets you up with a taste for something.

And what was your mum like?

when she gave you these treats, like was it kind of an act of love for you?

Yes, I completely agree.

And I think having a very slim mum for me was a comparison.

I could see that I didn't look like that.