Star Facts
- Davina’s mum is French
- She used to date Eric Clapton in her teens
- Davina once worked as a singing waitress in Paris
- She got to snog David Tennant live on TV for Red Nose Day in 2009
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall Quotes
Big Brother House, this is Davina. You are live on Channel 4. Please do not swear
Biography:
Former Big Brother hostess with the mostess Davina had a turbulent childhood with her alcoholic mum leaving the family when she was a youngster. Living with her grandparents she went to an all-girls school and at 18 she started dating old family friend Eric Clapton, and we mean oooold, he was 22 years her senior.
Starting out singing in a band, Eric produced her demos, but her music career never took off. Davina worked for Models 1, ran a restaurant, worked as a singing waitress in Paris and then as a nightclub hostess. She developed a serious drug habit but cleaned up her act to become an MTV Europe presenter in 1992.
From 1998 she’d moved to Channel 4 presenting their hit dating show Streetmate before landing her biggest TV presenting gig in 2000 hosting the entire run of Big Brother through to 2010. She’s since presented seriously high-profile gigs like the BRIT Awards, Popstars: The Rivals and Comic Relief, with acting roles in Doctor Who and the Big Brother zombie-horror cult hit Dead Set in 2008. She’s currently presenting The Biggest Loser and Got to Dance.
Following a stormy relationship with footballer Stan Collymore and a two-year marriage to Andrew Leggett, Davina married Pet Rescue presenter Matthew Robertson in 2000. The couple have a son, Chester Micky, and two daughters, Holly Willow and Tilly Pippy.