I loved doing 'Countdown.' I now consider that I was very, very lucky - not just because it was such a wonderful show to do, but because it lasted for so long.

The photoshoot glitz and TV studio make-up isn't the real me. I spend most days at home in Bristol in jeans and a T-shirt running around after the kids or shopping in the Co-op.

I cannot do the piece-of-talking-meat thing, the 'Here's your money, wear a pretty dress and take the cheque.' I'm not made that way. I have to be as good as I can be at whatever I do.

I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine.

I was away a lot on 'Countdown' when the children were young and I couldn't have done it without Mum's help. Because she was at home running all of that, I never had to worry about them.

My bottom is so big it's got its own gravitational field.

My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby.

The first couple of days on the detox diet aren't pleasant.

I would never say never to marrying again but for the time being I'm having a great time.

I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone.

I drive a tiny Toyota iQ. I'm quite frugal and often cut my own hair.

I spread eggshells all over my room, so anyone who tries to get close when I sleep will know what they're walking on

There are many men out there who can see nothing but evil. It is on their vision like a cataract. Don't make yourself available to their interpretation of your worth.

There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface.

There's no point in saying anything but the truth.

Nobody wants to hear R&B. It's sad. If you want to be on the radio you got to stay young.

Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust.

I have a two-year-old boy. Being his mom feels like I have a present I get to spend the rest of my life opening.

Comedy and sausages are the two things that if you know how they're made they affect the appetite.

I think for me the trick is not to aim to impress or to even try to make people laugh but instead to tell the truth.