Davina Lucy Pascale McCall was born on 16th October 1967, in London, England, to an English father and French mother, and is a television presenter and actress, best known through her works on British television, in particular being the host of the British version of the reality television series “Big Brother”. McCall has been active in the entertainment industry since 1992.
How much is the net worth of Davina McCall? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $4 million, as of the data presented in early 2018. Television is the main source of McCall’s net worth.
Davina McCall Net Worth $4 million
To begin with, McCall moved to Surrey with her grandparents after her parents divorced when she was three years old. Her mother Florence moved back to Paris and McCall visited her during the holidays. At the age of 13, she settled down with her father Andrew, a graphic designer and his new wife Gaby. McCall was educated at the private Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith.
Despite suffered from anorexia, at the age of 15, McCall began singing professionally in a band, but decided to start a solo career at the age of 19. During this time she had a relationship with Eric Clapton, an old family friend – he produced a demo tape for her, and helped her to make an attempt to storm the pop music world. However, this failed, and disappointed she gave up singing, and started working as a dispatcher for Models One, but also appeared in “Word Is Out”, Kylie Minogue’s music video. Later, she ran a restaurant in Paris for two years, where she also worked as a singing waitress, but returned to London after a failed bid as a cabaret artist, during which time she became drug addicted.
Concerning her subsequent professional career, after getting rid of her drug habit, Eric Clapton helped her to get her own show on the MTV music channel. In 1995, she presented the game show “God’s Gift” on ITV, and later the game show “Streetmate” on Channel 4. After the moderate success of these programs, McCall became the host of the British version of “Big Brother” in 2000, and then “Celebrity Big Brother”, of which she moderated all the seasons and some special broadcasts including “Big Brother: On The Couch” until the end of the series in 2010. She also presented the Brit Awards of the Year 2000, as well as some of the “Comic Relief” shows, so adding steadily to her net worth.
McCall also hosted many shows on the ITV channel, including the British Academy Television Awards in 2004. McCall meantime starred in the sitcom “Sam’s Game” (2001), which was cancelled after negative reviews, after only one season. In 2003, McCall was voted one of the 100 Worst Britons after a Channel 4 poll, but continued on, and in 2006 presented the British Academy Television Awards, the Sport Relief in 2007, and the Red Nose Day in 2008. She also appeared in the music video “Walk This Way” by the Sugababes, and in the documentary “Let’s Talk Sex”, which shows how sexual education is conducted in British schools. Since 2017, she has served as the presenter of the British reality television show “This Time Next Year” aired on ITV.
To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have increased the net worth of Davina McCall.
Finally, in the personal life of Davina, after her relationship with Eric Clapton, she married Andrew Lagget in 1997, but soon divorced him. In 2000, McCall married Matthew Robertson, with whom she has three children; recently they were reported to have separated.
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