The Daily Telegraph

Davina, what have you done to yourself?

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The new pictures of a transforme­d Davina Mccall in her bikini, all washboard abs and textbook muscle definition, was both impressive (“Wow!”) and unnerving (“Why?”).

I get that she heads up a fitness empire, but her extreme training appears, rather alarmingly, to have taken her into body-building territory.

It’s her choice, but she has always admitted to having an addictive personalit­y; it was alcohol and heroin in her twenties, career took over in her thirties, then exercise became the focus in her forties.

Now aged 50, Davina recently announced that her 16-year marriage has ended and her grief was palpable.

No wonder she has thrown herself so wholeheart­edly into endorphin-fuelled gym sessions. But I worry because she once told me that her slogan is: “Give more than is expected.”

It’s a tall order. I hope her close friends are rallying round to remind Davina she is cherished without expectatio­n.

 ??  ?? Ripped: Davina posted a picture of her toned body on social media
Ripped: Davina posted a picture of her toned body on social media

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