Yahoo News Claudia Winkleman admits she likes getting older and doesn't think we should be happy all the time
In a world seemingly obsessed with preserving our youth, Claudia Winkleman is here to spread some positivity around ageing.
In a recent interview with You Magazine, Claudia revealed she's "not interested in perfect", something she has realised over the years. "I’ve always known going for that is a bad idea, and I’ve doubled down on it as I’ve got older," she said.
Speaking about her new book, Quite, Claudia continued "I like getting older, If anybody reads the book and goes, 'she’s a crumpled, orange slump of a woman with two dicky knees', it’s fine, because I feel better than I used to. My 20s were full of me worrying that I wasn’t doing the right thing. In my 30s I was just pregnant and working. But in my 40s? I smashed it."
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"The great thing about your 40s is that your face is falling off, you’re craggy as s**t, your arse wobbles and that is deeply freeing. I don’t want to look good in a bikini," she continued. "That ship has sailed. I don’t want to be fashion forward or to try the new restaurant an hour away from my house, I’m not interested."
Her perspective on happiness is equally refreshing: "I don’t think we should be happy all the time. I think we should be happy lots of the time. We should look after each other and not worry about the self – worry about everyone else."
Thank you thank you @jo_elvin and the whole team at @youmagazine. We howled all day xx
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The presenters self-deprecating humour has always been one of the reasons she resonates with the public. Despite her impressive career, Claudia claims her success is partly down to her trademark hair cut.
"I genuinely think it’s my fringe that’s given me this career," she jests. "In work meetings, people would go, “'What’s her name? Oh yeah, the one with the fringe' and that would help me get the job. Other than that, I don’t have an appeal. I’ve been very lucky and – don’t argue with me on this – I don’t think of myself as 'big league’ at all. I don’t want to be the boss of anything other than my offspring. I’m not interested in that kind of winning."
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