August 22nd 2023.
AJ Odudu is set to host the upcoming reboot of the iconic reality show Big Brother, and the 35-year-old presenter recently revealed the support she received from former host Davina McCall.
In April, AJ was announced as the presenter of the ITV reboot alongside Will Best. Upon hearing the news, AJ shared her excitement, saying she ‘couldn’t be more ecstatic to front such an iconic show’.
Now, she has explained how the ‘Queen herself’ gave her her blessing. ‘She sent me an amazing video when I got the gig saying “you are going to smash it”,’ AJ said in an interview with Grazia.
The presenter has come a long way since being axed from Big Brother’s Bit on the Side in 2013. Through hard work and resilience, she has ‘clawed her way back without being horrible’. AJ admitted that at the time she felt like a ‘fraud’, and she was so discouraged that she ‘didn’t even want to get out of [her] bed’.
When the show returns in October, AJ and Will will be taking up the shared hosting duties. They will oversee the weekly evictions from the house, interview the housemates, and present a nightly live show.
Paul Mortimer, ITV2’s director of reality commissioning, praised the pair’s ‘genuine chemistry’ and ‘effortless wit, charm and heaps of character’.
AJ’s journey has been an inspiring one, and she has Davina McCall’s words of encouragement to thank. We’re sure she’ll ‘smash it’ when Big Brother returns to screens in October.
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