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Kirsty Gallacher has hit out at people who have paid her the compliment of saying she looks ‘amazing for 49’.
The presenter, whose boyfriend Darren Clayton is 10 years her junior, believes that age matters less in the modern world and that she is as young as she feels.
She told Top Sante magazine: ‘It p***es me off and upsets me when people say I look “amazing for 49”.’
‘Am I meant to look like a granny instead? I’ve never understood that. I know people don’t mean it in a nasty way, but age is age.’
The star explained that ageing has had a lot of benefits for her as she has come to know herself better.
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Kirsty Gallacher has hit out at people who have paid her the compliment of saying she looks ‘amazing for 49’
The presenter believes that age matters less in the modern world and that she is as young as she feels
Kirsty Gallacher has hit out at people who have paid her the compliment of saying she looks ‘amazing for 49’
Kirsty said her 30s passed her by in a flash because she was a busy working mum.
Time proceeded to fly by further when she went through a divorce in her late 30s that left her in a bad space mentally for some time.
But she is now in a great place and said that those who wish to compliment a person’s appearance should simply leave their age out of it.
She said: ‘I just think instead of saying, “Oh gosh, you look great for 49”, just say, “You look great! How do you do that?”
‘And I’ll tell you that I eat healthily and I look after myself. You know what I mean? Let’s just stop nitpicking about age.’
The star said eating well is one of the big cornerstones of her healthy lifestyle and she always eats the right foods to fuel her workouts.
While she has been a vegetarian ‘on and off’ throughout her life, as she has aged, she has realised the importance of having animal protein in her diet – admitting that she feels quite unwell without it.
Kirsty said she tries to buy ethically as an animal lover and prefers to eat fish over occasional red meat.
Kirsty’s partner, Darren Clayton, is 10 years her junior and she has opened up about their romance
The star said eating well is one of the big cornerstones of her healthy lifestyle and she always eats the right foods to fuel her workouts
Kirsty’s healthy lifestyle also helped her to find love with ex-rugby player Darren, 39, who she met while on a charity walk from Bisham Abbey to Paris.
Describing it as a love at first sight situation, Kirsty said she was drawn to his aura and charisma when they met.
However, it wasn’t until she got to him better that she realised how ‘brilliant’ her younger partner is.
She admits that, at first, she worried that their age gap would be a problem.
She said: ‘I heard him talking and he mentioned his age and I thought: “Oh, god, I really fancy him, but maybe there’s too many years difference.”
‘He didn’t know what age I was either. But then it was like “bang” and it didn’t matter.’
