Trinny Woodall reveals why dating is not a priority in her life
By Laura Harding, Deputy Entertainment Editor
Trinny Woodall has said dating is not a priority in her life because she does not want to sit through a “three-hour dinner” with someone she finds “boring”.
The fashion and makeover expert, 61, who rose to fame opposite Susannah Constantine on What Not To Wear, said she considers other things in life to be more important.
She told Women’s Health UK: “The most important thing in life is feeling good, waking up to people I want to see – not sitting through a three-hour dinner thinking, ‘They’re so f****** boring’.
“Being with my daughter, travelling, meeting new people, and having dinner with people who fascinate me. I don’t have to f****** fancy them, I just want people who stimulate my brain and my life.
“If along the way I meet someone, great, but my priority isn’t, ‘I have to date’.
“When friends ask, ‘Have you met someone yet?’ I go, ‘No, and I really don’t give a shit. By the way, how’s your boring husband?’”
Woodall, who founded the make up and beauty business Trinny London, said she is focused on feeling strong in her body.
She said: “I want to be able to put my heavy suitcase over my head without somebody helping me. I want to protect my bones, so if I fall at 80, I get up again.
“And I want to be strong now, because if you feel strong, your mind feels strong, and you have that feeling of anything’s possible.”
Reflecting on her time in rehab for drug addiction when she was 26, she told the magazine: “I felt relieved to be alive. I had six friends die in my first year of recovery.
“There wasn’t an ‘I’m on the back foot’ moment – it was simply ‘I have another chance’.
“It’s difficult looking back. I don’t know if I was judged, but do I care? No.
“If I hadn’t gone through it, I might not be where I am today. We only learn when we’re challenged. When life is going well, we don’t learn much.”
The full interview can be read in the December issue of Women’s Health UK, on sale now.
