If my children want a career in the entertainment industry that's fine - as long as it's realistic.

It boils down to this: do they have the ability? If they want to be a singer and have a good voice, then yes. I would support them in it 100 per cent. But I see so many people who are delusional, and I would tell my kids if it wasn't a realistic goal.

You have to find a balance between work and family. And I have help. I have an amazing family who chip in.

Children are fearless and honest, they are the best people to watch. There's no falseness.

The best thing about working with kids is that they are so open and honest that you sort of know where they stand and can act accordingly.

When it comes to beauty in particular I think it's really important to choose brands that have real and genuine expertise. Brand that I trust.

Yes I'm a TV presenter and a mum and a wife and all those things, but as much as I love a duvet day with my family, I also like rockclimbing and getting dressed up for a glamorous evening now and then.

I'm not a great networker.

The idea of being a role model is bizarre.

I am in no way, shape or form perfect.

It's lovely I have 'Big Brother' and 'The Voice,' so that's two regular jobs I love. But even before then, when I wasn't working and I couldn't find work, if something was offered to me and it didn't feel right, I wouldn't take it.

I'm a worrier. I worry about everything - I worry about the kids, my family, my health, Matt's health. I always think the worst - and he keeps me calm, he's really optimistic. He's a constant support with everything.

I've always believed that having many different interests, ambitions and ideas is what makes life interesting.

I'm not afraid to wear jeans and trainers under my dress!

For me, I have to have a genuine love for something, or I feel like I look like a fraud or a fake.

The thing I live by is: trust your gut.

I am very lucky to do the things I do like - do a clothing line for Next and go live out a life I always thought I would have.

The first time I did 'The Voice,' I was honestly terrified. You're with Tom Jones and Will.i.am, seriously mega-talented people, and I felt like I was winging it. Then you realise everyone is in it together.

I wanted to work in a hospital because that's what I knew from my mum's career.

I enjoy getting older, because people take you more seriously.

Social media can be incredibly damaging for impressionable people.

My only opinion on childbirth is not to have an opinion, and not to judge. We're all different and anything can happen when it comes to labour: you just don't know until you get there.

If anyone says, 'Does anyone have any ideas on this?' I sometimes think, 'I'm not going to say that because it's stupid.' But now I'm like, 'Actually, I can have an idea and if it's not right, it's not right.' I'm a grown adult and I'm allowed to have an opinion or an idea.

I really rely on knowing how to apply make-up properly, rather than slapping it on and hoping for the best.

I think what you get with the voice is that people can actually sing. The entertainment you get is not only from the contestants but also from the coaches.

When I was 18 I went to Australia for work and I remember an agent telling me I was too fat. I wasn't fat, or heavy - or even skinny, I was just normal with a round face.

Nobody wants to hear horrible things about themselves.

I have one friend who I don't think has a mean bone in her body and I find that very bizarre. I can't imagine her ever flying off the handle, whereas I will.

I couldn't believe my first job at the BBC was going to be a primetime show. I was baffled at first: 'Are you sure you've got the right Emma?!'

I eat a healthy diet and try to be gluten-free - my body functions better without it.

I don't deprive myself. I eat chocolate most nights and if there's a cake knocking around I'll have it. And I do like Nando's.

In a parallel universe I am delivering babies or working on a children's ward. TV was my plan B really - plan A was always medicine.

I took on 'What Would Be Your Miracle' because I wanted to do something far removed from 'Big Brother' and 'The Voice.'

Having the chance to model was completely unexpected. I wasn't very girly, but it was an adventure and it changed my life for ever.

I had a blonde perm when I was a teenager.

I'm just not a glamourpuss dollybird.

There's nothing worse than someone saying 'wear this' and it not being you.

I like to wear jeans, Converse and a sweater, so from the back I can sometimes look like a boy!

Compared to somebody who goes to work every single day in an office from nine til six, I'm lucky. I see my kids every day, I get a lot of time with them.

I am slim but I've got a lot of wobble! I wear tight clothes and it holds it all in but genuinely I'm covered in cellulite - that's why I almost never wear skirts.

I love John McCririck. Not a lot of people say that! Part of his misogynistic ways are very real, but part of it is a little act.

I would love to take care of myself and look like Victoria Beckham every time I leave the house. But for me that is not realistic.

I always worry that there's not going to be another job.

I'm a very positive person, but I'm a realist too.

I think you can always learn from a little bit of negativity.

It wasn't love at first sight with Matt - we were friends at the beginning, and our friendship developed.

I've always thought doing 'Strictly' would be amazing. they all look so incredible at the end, but the hours you have to put in are insane.

I'm a terrible skier and snowboarder but I still love it. But I also love lying around in the sun, eating good food and doing nothing.

While I was living in New York a friend and I flew to Miami and travelled through a storm. I could see lightning strikes through the window. I grabbed my friend's hand tightly and kept repeating: 'We're going to die! We're going to die!' Thank goodness he was there as I don't know what I'd have done if I was on my own.

I feel like I know myself, who I am, what I'm doing. What I'm good at and what I'm not good at.