Louise Minchin has revealed that she questioned her decision of leaving BBC Breakfast after 20 years of presenting.
The former BBC Breakfast host, 53, left the show in September due to the early mornings becoming too much for her. In a statement, she said: "I find the early morning really difficult and another winter of the dark mornings was not what I wanted to do anymore."
Taking to Her Spirit podcast, Louise said that it took her a long time before deciding to step down.
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"It wasn't just months, it was probably even longer than that, " she said. "In the end, my husband always said, 'There will be a moment.' And the moment was very specific because it had been going around my head so much."
She added: "In life, I've tried to be brave. I don't even know if it was the right decision - I think it was but sometimes you have to jump off the ferry and that was the time."
Louise first appeared on the show in 2001 and had been co-presenting with Dan Walker for the last five and a half years.
On her last episode, she told Dan: "We've been through tough stories. We've been through tough programmes. The one thing has been absolutely clear. you always have my back. You've made me laugh, you made me roll my eyes, you pass me tissues when I cried."
The presenter recently competed on the twenty-first series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. She finished in seventh place.
Louise shares daughters Mia and Scarlett with husband David, who she married in 1998.
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