It was very un-Kirsty.. I’ve always been a good girl..

TV star on her drink-drive humiliation

The sports presenter says she was still reeling after her traumatic divorce from rugby star Paul Sampson when she was stopped by police and found to be three times the limit in 2017.

Mother-of-two Kirsty, 43, said: “I was in a very bad place with the divorce and issues with the children’s schedule.

“It was very bad and very un-Kirsty, I’ve always been a good girl. We all make mistakes, life’s not perfect. And in the limelight you’re apparently not able to put a foot wrong.”

As well as her marriage breakdown in 2014, the star was struggling to deal

KIRSTY GALLACHER TV PRESENTER ON DRIVING WHILE OVER THE LIMIT

with the near-death experience of her golf star dad Bernard, following a cardiac arrest.

Looking back on the low period in her life, Kirsty told You magazine: “I was just so anxious about the kids – my pain was connected with their pain and I didn’t look after myself.”

Kirsty, who has children Oscar, 12, and Jude, nine, was arrested after a night out when she was spotted driving erratically. A roadside breathalyser showed her alcohol level was 106 micrograms in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.

She pleaded guilty at Slough magistrates court, was banned from driving for two years, given 100 hours of community service and an £85 fine.

After some short-term romances, she credits friend Russell Brand with helping to turn her life around.

“Russell said, ‘Kirsty, you don’t need to be with anyone. You need some time alone.’ And he was right.”

We all make mistakes. In the limelight you’re not able to put a foot wrong