Louise Minchin reflects on her experience on Celebrity Gladiators, describing it as both 'terrifying' and 'utterly brilliant'. Despite her worries about the physical challenges and her age, the former BBC Breakfast presenter says she loved every moment.
Former BBC Breakfast star Louise Minchin has revealed how 'terrifying' her experience on Celebrity Gladiators was. The presenter, 56, is taking part in the gruelling reality competition alongside Joel Dommett, comedian Rob Beckett and actress Ellie Taylor.
It’s her latest adrenaline-filled challenge after the I’m A Celebrity star, who left the BBC in 2021 after 20 years before confirming a shock return, took on several triathlons in recent years, leaving fans ‘inspired’ as she broke down barriers. Recalling her time filming the programme, which comes after the BBC revived Gladiators last year, Louise told Metro: ‘It was the most fun I think I’ve ever had when I’m supposedly working. It was absolutely hilarious, terrifying, and utterly brilliant. I loved every single moment of it.’ She went on: ‘I was really worried, because the Gladiators are like made of steel, they’re so strong and they’re so good at all the different games. ‘I was 55 when I did it, I was really worried, I’ve got really bad knees and all sorts of things. I was kind of worried going into it that I would fall over or twist my knee, hurt my ankle, so yeah I was really worried.’ She added that though the four celebrities had ‘a bit of warning’, they’d not had months to train like the contestants on the amateur series. ‘So yeah I was absolutely terrified that I was going to hurt myself. The next day, I was in agony, because you are properly put through your paces in lots of different ways, bashed around and falling over, so the next day I could hardly walk but it was all worth i
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