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<p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Davina McCall has revealed she was once warned against talking about going through the menopause publicly because it would damage her career.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Speaking candidly in an interview with on Saturday, the TV presenter, 53, said she received the warning as she was told ageing would be seen as ‘a bit unsavoury’ but she chose to ignore the remarks.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>She is set to discuss the menopause and taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in her new documentary Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause.</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”>
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</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Shock: Davina McCall revealed on Saturday she was warned against talking about going through the menopause publicly because it would damage her career </p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Looking back at the warning she was given when she learned she was having perimenopause, she told the publication: ‘I was told not to talk about it, that it was ageing and a bit unsavoury. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>She went on: ‘I lied to friends and told them I wasn’t on HRT.
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</div></div> </div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’It felt like I was chasing youth. The idea back when it started happening to me was somehow you’re going against the natural way of life, against the natural path — you should just go through it, be strong and battle on through.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>However, Davina has learned not to feel ashamed about taking HRT, and on Thursday she shared a video showing fans how she takes the medicine.</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”>
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Reaction: Davina (pictured showing fans hormone replacement therapy) explained that she was told ‘ageing’ is ‘a bit unsavoury’, but she chose to ignore the comment</p></div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”>
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Struggle: Discussing taking HRT, she went on: ‘I lied to friends and told them I wasn’t on HRT.
I was so ashamed of being on HRT because it somehow felt I was doing something wrong'</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The presenter joked that taking testosterone wouldn’t make her grow a penis pills in the light-hearted clip as she applied oestrogen in gel form to her left arm and testosterone to her leg. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Earlier this week, Davina admitted she was embarrassed about going public with the fact that she had started body-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), in which yams replace the synthetic hormones used in HRT. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>She told the : ‘I was scared about what was going on. I found out a newer HRT treatment was made from yams, but was afraid to go public about it.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’Somehow menopause is shameful to admit, in a million different ways.
You’re past your sell-by date. You’re not a baby-maker.'</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”>
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Helpful: However, Davina has learned not to feel ashamed about taking HRT, and on Thursday she shared a video showing fans how she takes the medicine </p></div>