Top 45 Konnie Huq Quotes

Let’s have a People’s Vote to safeguard gender equality and continue the drive towards a fairer world for us all.

We rip out a perfectly good kitchen worth thousands of pounds, only to replace it with another costing roughly the same. The old one has to be disposed of, the new one had to be made. From raw materials, factory processes and transportation the extra effort is substantial. Overcomplication.

I’m the youngest of three children and grew up in Ealing, west London. My eldest sister, Nutun, is nine years older than me, and my middle sister, Rupa, is three years older.

There’s enough wealth in the world that no one should go without.

Back in humanity’s hunter-gatherer days, you only ate meat if you’d recently made a kill, which required a huge amount of effort, and was therefore relatively rare. There’s a reason humans only have one set of incisors to rip our meat apart: we’re not supposed to eat the stuff at every meal.

My husband has a wife who is happy to wander round in old leggings held up with worn elastic. I’m happy with who I am and I’m more concerned with other issues and trying any way I can to make a better world for our children.

I used to watch TV in the days that I was on TV. But in that time, streaming has come along. So I can honestly say, I have no idea what’s on real-time TV.

I have thick hair which is like Plasticine – it’s mouldable. So I’ll fashion it into some creation that looks presentable. I often wear it down because I have a tiny head and small face, and my hair adds volume to help disguise my pinhead.

I had an instamatic wind-on camera and remember buying the flashcubes and fixing on top of the frame. The flash credits were limited so you had to be careful not to waste any.

And then I saw this article in ‘Time Out’ magazine for TV presenters, so I went along with my sisters and we did this audition. It was open auditions, it was just a fun day out, but there were maybe 600 people there or something. It was just crazy.

Getting the spot of ‘Blue Peter’ changed the path of my life.

Motivation levels differ person to person, as does the time since failing new year resolutions.

Because Blue Peter can get you access to places – if you go to somewhere like Nasa, you don’t just see what most people see, you can get a lot of behind the scenes access. You can talk to an astronaut.

Me and my husband think the internet is a really positive thing. We know games that have taught our children problem-solving skills but that doesn’t mean we are going to say play ‘Call of Duty.’

In a 24/7 landscape of rolling news, social media, phone alerts and notifications it’s all too easy to feel numbed by all the shouting.

There were no small brown kids as the centre of the children’s fiction I grew up with.

I don’t really buy a weekly magazine but do flick through them if they’re in front of me. A bit of style and a dose of gossip is just what you need sometimes.

Journalists know other journalists – that’s the only reason my engagement made it into the papers. I don’t think real people are interested – just the media, just Twitter!

I’m really not aware of much press. I could drive myself mental if I went on the internet. I’d probably overanalyse it anyway. There’s so much media that I’d feel bombarded, so I don’t pay it much attention.

My parents are proof that arranged marriages can work. It is a great part of my culture but I grew up in a completely different place, so I wouldn’t want anyone to arrange a marriage for me.

The thing about local government is they want to hear what local people think, but for the most part, their systems are so long, dull and bureaucratic that people only get involved when there’s an issue they really care about.

I’ve worn a chainmail suit to swim with sharks, glided over Cirencester with a James Bond-style paramotor strapped to my back, eaten hippo steaks and had a bat dive down my bra. And all the while, I had to face the camera and smile.

Economics is a good degree to have but the subject is very theoretical at Cambridge and I found it frustrating that you can’t apply a lot of the models to particular circumstances.

A serious economic downturn will undermine women’s rights on multiple levels. And it is the women who are already the most disadvantaged, that will be hit hardest of all.

You’re an example as a kids’ presenter, so there is a responsibility there. But they got lucky with me – I’m not into heavy nights out.

I think relaxation is escaping from your everyday encounters. You can read the words on a page and be transported to somewhere else. And the more consumed you are with it, the more you’re cocooned.

Growing up in a Muslim family, I didn’t eat pork and was tactically vegetarian at school in a bid to avoid accidentally dining on swine, a galling prospect.

I don’t really worry about things, I’m too busy.

A Final Say referendum on the Brexit that actually lies in front of us will give everyone a tangible and decisive vote. I and most people, Brexiteers and Remainers alike, want the same thing – the best for the UK.

By fermenting tiny single-cell organisms we will be able to synthesise all manner of foodstuffs in the future, everything from pasta to eggs, fish and meat. Small tweaks in the process will enable production of different proteins used to replicate food we already eat.

A problem shared is a problem halved, but as with so many problems affecting women – periods, menopause, post-natal depression – we often feel embarrassed, as if we’re moaning or just plain wrong to air them.

When we oldies were kids, there was little on offer, food wise, particularly for people with restricted diets.

My parents really wanted me to have an arranged marriage when I was younger, but I think they have updated a bit with the times.

My mum is your archetypal Asian mum, always feeding people. If there was no food in the cupboard, she’d still manage to rustle up a feast – Bangladeshi food such as pilau rice, curry and korma.

I say throwaway, jokey things. When you’re young-looking and you are presenting something that has gravitas you can’t look down your nose, but when David Dimbleby does it, it’s OK.

I don’t usually eulogise about people, but I saw Russell Brand doing stand-up before he was really high profile. I didn’t really know what to expect but I laughed until my belly ached.

Blue Peter’ scarred me for life. I was kayak-surfing in Cornwall and the waves were so strong it was more like white-water rafting. I had to hang on for dear life. At one point I let go and my hand was crushed on a rock.

You see, the thing about us humans is we overcomplicate things. To eat, our food manufacturing processes work on a huge scale, clearing land, rearing livestock, killing it, packaging it. Go big, only to shrink it all back down to small enough to shove in our mouths.

I do sometimes like cheesy music like ‘Africa’ by Toto; naff songs and music.

I was mindful that clothes, objects and items had all been designed and manufactured. Thought had gone into those processes, so to mindlessly treat everything without care or as disposable was disrespectful. Things should be valued.

I like to wear things that don’t need ironing. It seems a fundamental design flaw when clothing needs ironing. There are loads of fabrics these days that don’t need ironing, so I stick to those.

Increased tariffs and a weakened pound would mean higher food prices, hurting the poorest families – and the women trying to make ends meet at the heart of them – the most.

Since I’ve left ‘Blue Peter’ I’ve presented all sorts of different things. I’ve done a music show, for instance, and ‘Blue Peter’ had music on it. I’ve done a politics show, but on ‘Blue Peter’ I interviewed the Prime Minister. I’ve done travel stuff where I’ve gone abroad, but ‘Blue Peter’ had that within it as well.

As for other radio, I dip in and out of various channels depending on my mood.

Being a ‘Blue Peter’ presenter is not well paid.