Gabby Logan On Match of the Day, Trolls & Live TV

How does Gabby Logan handle online trolls?

In this episode of The Romesh Ranganathan Show, award-winning broadcaster Gabby Logan joins Romesh to discuss life presenting Match of the Day, handling criticism online and the pressure of live television.

Gabby opens up about balancing family life with her long-standing broadcasting career, why she stopped paying attention to online comments and what it really takes to deliver a great live interview. She also speaks candidly about her husband Kenny's prostate cancer diagnosis and why sharing his story has helped break the stigma around men's health.

From sport to Strictly Come Dancing to her comedy debut Gabby covers it all. Plus, as always, we have a question from Shanthi, a game of Misquoted and Gabby reveals to us an exclusive, or does she?

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:56 A gift for Gabby Logan

03:39 The London marathhon

06:34 Dealing with online critics

11:24 On Match Of The Day

18:50 Work life balance

20:50 Imposter syndrome and failures

24:27 Working in live TV

26:17 How to get a good interview

31:18 A question from Shanthi

35:25 Footballers abuse

39:19 A game of Misquoted

41:33 Empty next syndrome

44:48 Dealing with online trolls

48:28 Changes and online dating

49:14 Misquoted continued

51:16 Kenny’s journey with prostate cancer

53:07 On Strictly Come Dancing

56:23 Sports people and competitiveness

59:56 Gabby wanted to be a comedian?

01:06:44 An Exclusive from Gabby

01:10:00 Outro

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