![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/bbc-bosses-thought-i-was-thick-but-i-got-the-last-laugh-says-steph-mcgovern/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23374643-1691399904968.jpg&description=underestimated Published : 10:41, 7 Aug 2023 Updated : 10:42, 7 Aug 2023 FORMER BBC Breakfast host, Steph McGovern has spoken out about the sexism she experienced before landing her own Channel 4 show, Steph's Packed Lunch. The presenter claimed in a recent interview that she had faced multiple incidents of misogyny throughout her career. 3 Steph has revealed she faced sexism at the BBC when she first started out as a reporter Credit: bbc 3 She revealed that BBC bosses thought she was a "thick tea lady" Credit: Getty Steph , 41 spoke about how she was often dismissed and underestimated because she was a woman. She said that BBC bosses believed she was a "thick" tea lady when she first started out as a reporter. 'People have underestimated me in the past, particularly when I was a business journalist interviewing CEOs. They would automatically assume I was there to make the tea or that I'd be thick," Steph told Prima Magazine . Despite her qualifications and expertise, she found herself having to constantly prove her worth and fight for recognition - but this only made her stronger. Steph added: 'But it made me think, 'I'm going to show you!' She continued: "I'd say to anyone now who's lacking confidence or might be worried their background will hold them back, 'Actually, it's your superpower'.' The TV star also shared that her Geordie working-class background made it difficult for her to fit in at the Beeb. She penned: 'At first, I felt like I really stood out at the BBC. Nobody was mean to me, but I felt I was unusual because of my background." The Channel 4 host continued: 'I'd suggest stories – such as the fact that people in poorer areas had to hire TVs – and I'd know people were secretly thinking, 'That doesn't happen'. She concluded: 'But it was an epiphany for me, I realised I could bring something new to the table. I refused to let being different put me off." 3 But she didn't let anything stop her from achieving her dreams as she landed her own Channel 4 sh){kind=link}
FORMER BBC Breakfast host, Steph McGovern has spoken out about the sexism she experienced before landing her own Channel 4 show, Steph’s Packed Lunch.
The presenter claimed in a recent interview that she had faced multiple incidents of misogyny throughout her career.
Steph, 41 spoke about how she was often dismissed and underestimated because she was a woman.
She said that BBC bosses believed she was a “thick” tea lady when she first started out as a reporter.
“People have underestimated me in the past, particularly when I was a business journalist interviewing CEOs. They would automatically assume I was there to make the tea or that I’d be thick,” Steph told Prima Magazine.