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Begin Again with Davina McCall

Begin Again with Davina McCall

Jake Humphrey: “I Ate My Lunch Alone” Childhood Bullying, Forgiveness & Being A Girl Dad!

Sep 24, 2026 · 1h 6m

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Do the moments that feel like they’re breaking you actually shape who you’re meant to become? In this episode of Begin Again, Davina McCall sits down with broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur Jake Humphrey for an honest conversation about failure, bullying, masculinity, fatherhood and learning to define success differently. Jake opens up about the loneliness of being bullied at school, failing his A-levels and being told by the BBC, “we don’t employ people like you”, experiences that ultimately helped shape his extraordinary broadcasting career. He also reflects on the pressures facing men today, why he believes young men are being led towards dark corners of the internet, and how empathy,…