Vogue Williams has revealed that taking part in the BBC show Gladiators left her unable to walk properly for a week. The 40-year-old Irish podcaster said she felt 'old and battered' after competing in the celebrity special.
Speaking on Katherine Ryan's What's My Age Again podcast, Williams said: 'The only time I felt old was when I did Gladiators... I was in bits. I couldn't walk properly for a week after it.' She admitted she did not train for the show, adding: 'You can't really train to be a Gladiator. I didn't and I got battered.'
Williams, who previously won the first series of Bear Grylls: Mission Survival, took part in the Gladiators Christmas special last year. She defeated boxer Nicola Adams by two-hundredths of a second in the final, though some critics questioned producers allowing her to use a ladder to avoid a difficult rope climb.
Despite the physical toll, Williams described the experience as 'really fun' and said she would give it '10 out of 10'. The mother-of-three, who recently announced she is expecting her fourth child with husband Spencer Matthews, keeps fit with weight training, running, and cycling her children to school.
