TV presenter Davina McCall, who won a special recognition award at the National Television Awards last week, is considering turning her hit series My Mum, Your Dad into a business empire. The 56-year-old star of the ITV dating show for over-50s, which began airing on Monday night, is planning to launch My Mum, Your Dad-themed retreats for those seeking love. Davina said: "We should actually do My Mum, Your Dad retreats as a commercial venture.
The show, which airs on ITV, offers a deep dive into personal growth as participants work through their emotional baggage, something Davina praised in an interview with The Sun: "It's such a great place where you go and you learn. You come with a lot of baggage and they do so much work on themselves.
She said: "I think women are much happier to be alone later in life but it's quite sad. Sometimes for women who get divorced, they don't get invited to dinners, or they get overlooked as they are not in a couple any more. They are a single woman and that just magnifies your loneliness. I think for famous women it's quite hard. You can't do the apps, so how do you meet people? I didn't have to do that because I knew Michael I had known him for 20 years.
The presenter, who is also known for hosting shows including Big Brother and Comic Relief, and for recently producing acclaimed documentaries about the menopause, has been married twice and has three children from her second marriage to Matthew Robertson. She and current partner Michael have been together for seven years.