Steph McGovern – when was the BBC Breakfast presenter’s baby born and will she be leaving the show?
STEPH McGovern is a television presenter best known for her work on BBC Breakfast, Shop Well for Less and Watchdog Live. The journalist is now settling into life as a new mum. When did Steph McGovern have her baby? On November 8, 2019 Steph revealed she had given birth to a baby girl. She tweeted: […]
STEPH McGovern is a television presenter best known for her work on BBC Breakfast, Shop Well for Less and Watchdog Live.
The journalist is now settling into life as a new mum.
When did Steph McGovern have her baby?
On November 8, 2019 Steph revealed she had given birth to a baby girl.
She tweeted: “Well hello world, just surfaced to let you know that we now have a daughter!
“Born on Monday morning just as @BBCBreakfast was wrapping up. We’re all fine and dandy. Just getting used to the eau de sick/poo I am now regularly wearing. #babylife.”
She is the star’s first child with her television executive girlfriend.
Is Steph McGovern leaving BBC Breakfast and what did she say about being a mum?
On January 21, 2020, Steph took a break from maternity leave to return to BBC Breakfast but only to say an official goodbye to the programme.
She is moving to Channel 4 for The Steph Show.
Speaking about becoming a first-time mother, Steph said: “Working on this programme definitely prepares you for the hours that you do. When she wakes me up at 3am, I’m kind of used to that.”
She quipped: “But it’s like you’re living with a tiny dictator, everything you know in your life is ruled by this little creature. Honestly, you think you look alright, and then the next minute you’ve got a bit of sick on you. But no she’s fab and I’m really lucky. But I have a newfound respect for parents, definitely. I look at them now and go, wow, you look so together.”
Who is Steph McGovern?
Steph McGovern, 37, is a British TV presenter from Middlesbrough, known mostly for her work on BBC Breakfast – where she was the main business presenter.
She is a former Irish dancing champion and still attends international competitions, where she helps to coach other dancers.
Steph attended University College London where she studied Science Communication and Policy and when she was just 19 she was awarded “Young Engineer for Britain” after saving Black & Decker £150,000 a year by helping to improve production techniques.
Steph is 5ft 9″ tall and has a telly exec partner.
Who is Steph McGovern’s girlfriend?
Not much is known about Steph’s girlfriend.
The low-key presenter likes to protect her private life and the identity of her partner.
A source told The Sun that Steph “values her privacy too much” so we shouldn’t be holding our breath for “any magazine shoots any time soon.”
All we do know about Steph’s girlfriend is that she’s a telly executive.
And of course that the happy couple are now expecting their first child together.
What TV shows has Steph McGovern worked on?
Steph’s first taste of working at the BBC came when she was 19 and made a guest appearance on a programme about women in science.
Following this appearance, Steph started work experience on Tomorrow’s World and went on to become a part-time researcher while she studied.
The TV personality has also appeared in CBBC show Pocket Money Pitch, Can Britain Have a Payrise?, BBC Watchdog and Shop Well For Less alongside Alex Jones.
She’s now made Have I Got News For You‘s list of guest panellists, too, after the BBC introduced a rule that there must be one female panellist appearing with Ian Hislop or Paul Merton on every episode.
Steph regularly appears on BBC Breakfast and caused a stir when she appeared to flash her underwear accidentally while reviewing the newspapers.
Watchdog Live on BBC One is also fronted by Steph as well as Soph Well For Less which is currently back on our screens with its latest series.
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What did Steph McGovern say about class and the gender pay gap row?
In February 2018, Steph told The Sunday Times that said her salary only just reached six figures after the BBC renegotiated contracts in the wake of the gender pay gap row engulfing the Corporation.
The Watchdog host, who describes her accent as “strong and Smoggy”, claimed a manager once told her she was “too common” to present the news.
She said: “It’s not as simple as a gender issue, it’s partly down to class. There are a lot of women who do a similar job to me who are paid a hell of a lot more… who are a lot posher than me.”
Steph added: “What the BBC doesn’t do enough of is thinking about getting people from more working-class backgrounds. It’s just posh.”
She did not name anyone, but The Sunday Times reported seven of nine women in the news category who earn more than £150,000 were privately educated.