Magic Radio's Gaby Roslin 'less shy' since quitting alcohol
Magic Radio broadcaster Gaby Roslin ditched alcohol eight years ago, and it has made her feel less shy.
Gaby Roslin has felt less shy since quitting alcohol.
The 61-year-old TV presenter has battled an "upset stomach" and nerves about going to parties for years, but since she ditched drinking eight years ago, Gaby feels less panicky about saying something embarrassing and is more confident socialising.
Speaking to Ateh Jewel, 47, on the latest episode of HELLO! magazine's Second Act podcast, Gaby said: "I wish I'd known all of those years ago, how much less shy I'd be from not drinking because you don't go in and think, 'Oh, I'll have to have a glass of something.'
"And then you don't think, 'Oh, I hope I didn't say anything awful.' I walk in, I get water, as I drink fizzy water, I chat to people, but also I can leave when I want! And I get into my car, and I can drive home.
"I remember when I first gave up alcohol, they were just like, 'You're pretty mad anyway, so it's probably fine.'
Gaby is grateful that it was easy for her to stop drinking alcohol.
The Magic Radio broadcaster explained: "I decided to give up alcohol eight years ago because I love walking, and I realised that if I had a hangover, I didn't walk, and I thought, 'That's stupid.' So I stopped.
"So I was lucky because I didn't drink a lot. I'd have some wine on a Friday and a Saturday night, and that was it. So, for me, it was easy.
"And for friends of mine, it hasn't been easy. So they always say, 'Can you please point out that for you, it was easy, and not for everybody.'
"But that's a life choice for me."
However, alcohol has not completely allowed Gaby - who has been married to David Osmon since 2013 - to overcome her crippling shyness.
The Big Breakfast alum admitted: "I was unbelievably shy to the extent that I would get an upset stomach all day long and feel very nervous and worried about going to any party, and I still get like that.
"My husband knows, and he'll know when I get those moments, I'll suddenly hold on to him, and he'll say, 'I'm just going to the loo.'
"I go, 'I'm coming too because I don't want to do that.' If I'm working, I'm fine because I love my job. If I have to go to somebody's house party, and I don't know anybody, I get terribly shy.
"I stand there, and my mouth won't open."
