Steph McGovern: Greatest praise is folks desirous to have a pint with me
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teph McGovern says the largest praise she receives is when folks say they wish to “go for a pint” along with her.
The TV presenter and host of Steph’s Packed Lunch mentioned she tries to not let her fame and success affect on her identification and that her “unique selling point is being normal”.
McGovern options as the quilt star for the September difficulty of girls’s journal Prima.
In an accompanying interview she spoke about staying true to her roots, the vital points tackled on her Channel 4 present and her ambitions about in the future being on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.
“The best compliment I ever get is when someone says, ‘I want to go for a pint with Steph’. That’s the vibe I want to give, and it’s the thing I always try to remember about staying normal,” she advised Prima.
“Obviously, my life isn’t as normal as it was, but I don’t let the impact of fame make any difference, because I think it’s important to my success to never lose my identity.
“I have to be able to look and sound like my audience, otherwise, what’s the point? It’s funny that my unique selling point is being normal.”
McGovern mentioned that she spent a lot of her childhood “trying to get people to like me” – taking part in the a part of class clown, whereas additionally attaining excessive grades.
She mentioned that after launching her profession on the BBC, she “refused to let being different put me off” and was later suggested to simply be herself.
Prior to the launch of Packed Lunch, McGovern appeared on a number of TV and radio exhibits throughout the BBC, and final 12 months competed on ITV’s The Masked Dancer.
She advised Prima she would “love” to be a contestant on Strictly however there had by no means been a “right time” to do it.
“I can’t do it now because I have the show and I don’t want to be away from my daughter, but I’m hoping it will still be going in years to come,” she mentioned.
The full interview with Steph McGovern could be learn in Prima’s September difficulty, which fits on sale on August 2.