Legendary BBC presenter Anne Robinson has opened up about how she wants to be remembered, as she reflects on her health and on her decades-long career. Anne, who started off as a journalist in the 1960s, but became a household name thanks to presenting The Weakest Link in the 2000s, has spoken about how she’s feeling as the star makes her way through her ninth decade.
Appearing alongside Lorraine Kelly on the Experience is Everything with Saga vodcast on YouTube, the 81-year-old, who also appeared on the BBC’s Watchdog programme, talked about how she hopes to be remembered and the mantra she has tried to live by across her career.
Touching on how she wants to be remembered when quizzed on the subject by ITV’s Lorraine, Anne replied frankly that she was uncertain about what her legacy would be, but talked about what she has aimed to do in her life.
She said: “I’d like to be thought of as someone who was fair and decent, not sure I am. I mean, I’m not sure I’m going to be thought of as that. I very, very much believe that you really need to treat people how you want to be treated yourself.”
Anne’s comments came as she discussed her decision to move from the Cotswolds to London, something motivated by a partial loss of her eyesight, which means she can no longer drive.
She said: “My eyes aren’t good and I can’t drive. I can’t be really isolated anymore, but… and I don’t hear that well. They’re not great to the point where I can’t really safely drive anymore and that means I’m rather isolated.”
Touching on her decision to relocate in order to be closer to her daughter, Anne added: “So, it’s a sensible decision. It’s not the greatest decision. As we get older to try and hang onto what we can.”
This isn’t the first time Anne has touched on her house move. Earlier this year, she discussed her desire to be near her daughter, Emma, whom she had with her ex-husband Charlie Wilson.
Anne admitted to The Times how she didn’t want to be a burden, and how her move to a flat near Hyde Park would mean that she’d be closer to her loved ones in case of an emergency.
Furthermore, she said that her daughter, a children’s broadcaster and former radio producer, was going to teach her how to use the London Underground.
Anne said: “I don’t want Emma sitting at lunch saying to someone, as people say to me, ‘Oh my mother, you know she’s in Somerset and now the carer’s gone off sick. I’m having to drive for an hour and a half when there’s a crisis.’”
This story originally appeared on Express.co.uk
