Rachel Riley, who presents Countdown and its comedy spin-off 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown recently broke her silence about the long-running battle to reporters.

The star, who is also a mathematician, co-hosts the daytime puzzle show and has starred in other programmes like The Gadget Show.

Speaking with the Mail Online, the Channel 4 TV icon said: “We are all vegan in the house, and you just try and do small things.

“In 2018, Pasha and I went vegan and there were loads of reasons but I was ill with food, so I cut eggs and dairy and I started eating in vegan restaurants and realised the food was really good and we didn’t have to eat meat and then we gave up fish.

“When I got pregnant, I just took a few food supplements, and it was all good.”