Naga Munchetty admits she catches up on sleep in the pub after gruelling morning wake up calls

Daily Mail​

22-05-2025

Having co-hosted BBC Breakfast for more than a decade, Naga Munchetty is accustomed to 3am starts.
However clearly, the early morning wake-up calls are catching up with her.
'My local pub will put me in the corner because I sometimes sleep between meals, between courses,' revealed Naga, 50.
'I genuinely love my job... but sometimes I could do with the extra hour of sleep,' she admitted.
The presenter remains full of beans, however, adding that she likes to 'get rip-roaring drunk at my local golf club – and no one will take my picture'.
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It comes after Naga opened up about her health issues and admitted she was vilified after revealing she had been sterilised.
The broadcaster underwent keyhole surgery to block her fallopian tubes in 2019 when she was in her mid-forties, having decided years prior with husband James Haggar that she didn't want children.
While she had initially tried the contraceptive coil, the procedure left her in agony and she was forced to remove it a year later.
With the coil no longer an option and having decided she didn't want to be 'reliant on hormones or the regimen of the pill', she underwent surgery - a permanent form of contraception.
Yet Naga has revealed that she faced a backlash when she revealed her decision, telling Saga magazine - for whom she also posed for a striking photoshoot - that she was branded 'wicked' over her choice.
Naga began: 'We liked the life we had and we wanted to pursue that life. Parenthood is expensive, it's exhausting and a commitment for life.'
She continued: 'My mum will say, "You're still my baby and I worry about you." But I remember people saying, "That's so wicked! How can you deny your parents grandchildren?"
'It was hard for Mum, but she understands now. She says, "Naga, it would have been wonderful to have grandchildren, but equally, it's wonderful seeing what you're doing and who you've become." Isn't that what we want for our children?'
Naga suffers from adenomyosis, a condition which affects one in ten women in the UK, occurs where the lining of the uterus starts growing into the muscle in the wall of the womb.
She was diagnosed in November 2022, but had been suffering with symptoms since the age of 15, taking 32 years for her to get a diagnosis.
Naga has now released a book on medical misogyny entitled It's Probably Nothing, about the importance of women being heard in medical settings.
'I feel a lot of responsibility as custodian to so many women's stories,' she confessed.
'They were often in tears talking to me, realising how much time and how many opportunities they've lost because of their health. They blame themselves for not pushing harder, though they did the best they could.'
She revealed that she managed to keep her condition secret while hosting BBC Breakfast, explaining: 'People see me as a trusted source of information, no one's interested if I'm feeling unwell.'