I love an elasticated waistband on holiday. I look like the before photo of a makeover. I don't care and no one can see me.

I've been known to use white noise during fussy times as well as to help a baby sleep.

There's a certain section of the public who spot me in the street but it's never horrible. I'm not a soap villain who gets spat at.

I have always been really scared of trousers, they aren't flattering.

I'm not afraid of how I look in the mirror.

With any body shape it's important to buy the right size and not be dictated to by size you think you are. Try on a bigger and a smaller size in the shop and see what fits visually. If you do have to go up a size, cut the label out, it's just a number!

When I'm home, I never take work calls. If I'm at work, I work; if I'm home that's it, I'm home.

People think I work a lot more than I do. I think because you're in people's living rooms every day they're like: 'Oh my God, you're always on the telly,' but it's like, 'Yeah but you always have to go to work every day nine till five whereas I finish at 12:30 P.M. and then I'm home.'

When I'm interviewing on the sofa for 'This Morning' it just feels like an intimate chat. Yes, there can be a producer talking through your earpiece but it all becomes second nature after a while.

I really like Charlotte Tilbury and Burt's Bees lipsticks - so moisturising!

I was first spotted for a modeling career and there's no talking involved in that - the thought of doing any sort of public speaking at that time would have terrified me. So that was something I sort of had to learn.

If I do something, I commit. Otherwise you spread yourself too thin.

Skinny jeans don't work on someone, like me, who's a size 12 and has got child-bearing hips.

I always notice a difference in my skin when I drink lots of water and, of course, get plenty of sleep!

I think the fact that we don't usually see 'normal' sized women on television has something to do with the reaction I had. I am quite tall - I am 5ft 8in and a definite size 12 - but you know this whole debate about my revealing too much flesh on TV has been blown out of proportion.

When I first started in telly, I had a lot of negative comments... but then I suddenly realised I couldn't be anyone else and actually the bits where I mess up or I'm just me seem to be the things that work.

Without sounding like a right idiot, my mum and my dad are my role models. They devoted everything to my sister and me - and stayed together through everything. It wasn't because they never argued - of course they did - but they worked through it and made their marriage work.

I'm a big fan of John Nettles.

I actually avoid talking about my diet and exercise regime because I have interviewed so many people affected by eating disorders and I know that some people in chat rooms can really fixate on other people's diets. I just can't contribute to that.

I'm quite active and I try not to let the way I look be the main focus because it's not the most important thing.

I was going to university to study psychology and my big ambition in life was to open treatment rooms for psychotherapy.

I know how to dress my figure, so I stay looking good by wearing the right clothes.

You wouldn't expect it to look at him, but in a life-threatening situation you should always turn to Phillip Schofield. On a desert island he would be perfect. Phil is very practical and would build you an amazing shack as well as keep you entertained with all his hundreds of stories.

After doing kid's television on CBBC and messing around with eight and nine year olds, there was a period of three years in the middle of that when I wasn't doing anything. I was working as a receptionist and in a pub; I was a cleaner and all sorts of things. All life has its ups and downs.

My first day of 'This Morning' was pretty wow, and I think that was just because it was a big huge deal for me. I'd always said 'This Morning' was my dream job so to actually get it and actually be standing there and saying 'Hello, welcome to 'This Morning'... ' that was a big moment.

I love cooking and having people over and it means you don't have to get a babysitter.

I like to let my skin breath as much as possible on my days off, when I don't have to wear full or heavy make-up. So I just apply it as a moisturiser, knowing that it's going to even out my skin tone and give me SPF 15 coverage, too.

I like an eyeshadow stick because I can just wallop it on, smudge it in and you're done!

Everybody thinks I wear fake tan but I hate fake tan! Never been able to get on with it. I'm always linked to different fake tan brands and it's nonsense because I've probably had three fake tans in my life.

Everybody knows what leads to a healthy lifestyle, but it's not up to me to give you a blow-by-blow account of what I've eaten that day. It's not helpful, and it's not what's important.

Sometimes when you see clothes online you don't quite believe those clothes: you think they've been airbrushed. On 'This Morning,' it's a really good opportunity to see how clothes work in real life.

I'm very much, get to work, do my job, go home.

There was no other training ground like kids' telly for becoming a TV presenter.

I don't think I'm any different on 'Celebrity Juice' or daytime telly. It's what's going on around me that's different. I don't suddenly become all outrageous and rude on 'Celebrity Juice.'

On 'This Morning' we've got a really good team of people - everyone knows their jobs inside out so you can really just rely on something to be done.

People will always see things that they want to see but, ultimately, 'Celebrity Juice' is about three mates having an absolute laugh.

I Iike listening to people talking. I'm really interested in people's lives and what makes us work, what makes us weak, at times, and things that can make us stronger.

I can't stand the assumption that I'm blonde and a bit stupid.

I was an imaginative kid. My sister needed entertaining, whereas I was the one under the table playing with a bit of fluff on the carpet. I was the sort of child who would spend time rolling up balls of all different kinds of fluff and that would be my little family.

My friends were amazed that I became a TV presenter. I was not a big talker at school - I never liked people seeing my braces, so I walked around with my sleeves pulled over my hands and my hands over my mouth in case anybody saw me smiling.

Being a mum can be utterly overwhelming.

I don't think you should want everything at work, because home life is so important, and much more nourishing for your soul. One day work will end.

I mean, something has to give. You can have it all at work, you can have it all at home, but you can't have it all completely combined.

That's what a family is, isn't it? Making space and time for one another.

There is a lot of opportunity - wonderful, amazing things, like a dream. But I've got a family, and it's not just about my dreams.

Just watching this woman owning the TV, there is no doubt that the reason I wanted to get into TV presenting is down to Cilla.

Working mums and stay-at-home mums get a tough time. You're damned if you do and damned if you son't. You just have to do what's right for you and not listen to what the mummy brigade say.

My job as a mother isn't just to provide for my children, it's to be there for them, too - someone they can speak to, hang out with, and lean on.

A good work-life balance is, for me, the most important thing - and the biggest challenge I have.

No two births are the same and no two babies are the same, as I found out.