I’m A Celebrity’s Giovanna Fletcher gushed about being able to interview Kate Middleton for her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast in February.
Detailing the change to chat with the Duchess of Cambridge with Shane Richie on Monday night’s show, she joked she ‘might have fallen in love’ with the Royal.
The author, 35, described Kate as being ‘divine and so elegant’ as she reflected on their talk, after Shane had asked who she’d interviewed for the podcast.
‘I might have fallen in love’: I’m A Celebrity’s Giovanna Fletcher gushed about chatting to ‘divine and elegant’ Kate Middleton for her podcast during Monday’s edition of the show
Giovanna gushed about the Duchess of Cambridge, saying they were originally meant to chat for just 45 minutes which was extended to 90 minutes because they had so much to talk about.
She told Shane: ‘I would call her Kate Middleton before (the interview) but they all call her Katherine or The Duchess. So now, I’m kinda like “the Duchess, or Katherine”.’
Giovanna then added she ‘might have fallen in love’ with Kate after their interview, as Shane teased her by saying she had a ‘Girl crush.’
Looking back: Giovanna interviewed the Duchess of Cambridge in her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast in February (pictured)
Grateful: Speaking to Shane Richie, Giovanna said they were originally meant to chat for just 45 minutes which was extended to 90 minutes because they had so much to talk about
In the podcast, the Duchess of Cambridge gave an unprecedented insight into her personal life, revealing that she suffers constant guilt as she juggles motherhood and work.
In one of the most intimate interviews ever given by a senior Royal, she shared her anxieties and doubts about parenting including battling ‘mummy guilt’ and worrying about falling short in her parenting to George, Charlotte and Louis.
Asked if she struggled from ‘mum guilt’, the duchess replied: ‘Yes absolutely – and anyone who doesn’t as a mother is actually lying. Yes – all the time.’
Kate who has a nanny, Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, said during the podcast: ‘There’s such a pull, but I am such a hands-on mum, and whatever you’re doing you want to make sure you’re doing the uttermost best job you can for your children.’
Delighted: Giovanna then added she ‘might have fallen in love’ with Kate after their interview, as Shane teased her by saying she had a ‘Girl crush’
Kate’s interview was recorded at the end of January after the duchess made an early-morning visit to a nursery and pre-school in Stockwell, south London, and she joked about how her two eldest children chastised her over her priorities as a mother.
She said: ‘And you know, even this morning, coming to the nursery visit here, George and Charlotte were like, ‘Mummy how could you possibly not be dropping us off at school this morning?’
‘But no, it’s a constant challenge, you hear it time and time again from mums.
‘Even mums who aren’t necessarily working, aren’t pulled in the directions of having to juggle work life and family life – there’s always something.’
Family: In the interview, Kate said she battles ‘mummy guilt’ and often worries she falls short in her parenting to George (bottom left), Charlotte (bottom right) and Louis (in William’s arms)
Kate added: ‘And always sort of questioning your own decisions, and your own judgments, and things like that, and I think that starts from the moment you have a baby.’
At the start of all of her pregnancies the duchess suffered from a form of morning sickness called hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes severe vomiting and can lead to dehydration, weight loss and a build-up of toxins in the blood or urine.
Because of the illness she described herself as ‘not the happiest of pregnant people’, adding: ‘Lots of people have it far, far worse, but it was definitely a challenge. Not just for me but also for your loved ones around you.’
The duchess went on to say: ‘You know, William didn’t feel he could do much to help and it’s hard for everyone to see you suffering without actually being able to do anything about it.’
The duchess explained how her experience with the severe morning sickness led her to hypnobirthing, as she came to realise the importance of ‘mind over the body’ after trying everything to overcome the illness.
She joked: ‘I’m not going to say that William was standing there sort of, chanting sweet nothings at me. He definitely wasn’t. I didn’t even ask him about it, but it was just something I wanted to do for myself.
‘I saw the power of it really, the meditation and the deep breathing and things like that, that they teach you in hypnobirthing, when I was really sick, and actually I realised that this was something I could take control of, I suppose, during labour. It was hugely powerful.’
Honest: Asked if she struggled from ‘mum guilt’, the duchess replied: ‘Yes absolutely – and anyone who doesn’t as a mother is actually lying. Yes – all the time’