Davina McCall

But, I mean, that was, that was a, like... And for me in that moment, that was a little bit of a clap back.

It was being in, like, in the Pussycat Dolls.

And, you know, I'm a dancer-singer.

A dancer will always be first in my soul.

And I think the control over the group was to control perception of being single women and being pop stars and being a certain thing and controlling who is where and doing what.

and I always wanted to wave the flag for dance but didn't feel like I had an outlet for that I wasn't sort of allowed to do that so quietly doing that leg tilt let all the dance community know it's like I got you and so I think um then coming to the to the UK it was like

and teaching that class and seeing the looks on people's faces to think that I would give back all of these experiences that I've had and allow them a chance to feel like a pussycat doll and heels and dance and be free and get their legs up and open those hips.

It felt like, okay, purpose, man, purpose work, giving back to people that need it, to the next generation, to those that just need to feel self-confident and self-aware and feel like there's purpose through movement and expression and just being fine and being themselves.

That was like, okay, this is where it's at.

I mean, it's back to basics.

It's back to basics.

There's so much.

But you're a huge part of that, Davina, because when I got on Got to Dance, you opened your arms to me and gave me a space to feel safe.

And, you know, being on the panel with Ashley and Adam and Aston, like it gave me a place to put all the stuff that I had lost.

work so hard and I felt like any 30 seconds I had to speak I had to plant a seed in that dancer to help them reach for their potential as artists athletes and people I had a purpose to make it different to do to do something to have an outlet to have a voice for good and got to dance gave me that I hope you don't mind but I want to just go back to talk to you about your parents because um

There was no going back.

Yeah.

I think family-wise, especially amongst my brother and sister, there is such an understanding.

And we didn't talk a lot for the longest time because we're all dealing with our own sort of traumas and things.

But where that's left us now is a real beautiful sort of...