“You realise being busy keeps you young. I’ve got a reason to think, ‘Right, put that Mars Bar down’ because I’m going on telly.
“I’m not good at being sad, I’m not good at crying. So every day when I wake up and I get that thud like someone’s just hit me, I think, ‘Are you going to go down the dark path where you’ve been for the last year?
“Or are you going to be grateful for everything that you’ve got in your life, and grateful for the time that you had with him and remember him how I want to remember him?'”
McDonald also opened up to star Carol Vorderman on BBC Radio Wales recently, on how she was coping with grief, where she said that the support she has had from her fans have helped her get through such a troubling time.