Miquita Oliver has revealed she had a secret abortion at the age of 24 after being 'too scared and embarrassed' to tell her ex.
The TV star, 40, who co-hosts Miss Me? podcast with her best friend Lily Allen, confessed she got the termination just a day before going back to work.
At the time Miquita was presenting the Fashion Rocks event on T4 on Channel 4, according to The Sun.
In an upcoming episode on their Miss Me? podcast, she said: 'I remember I worked at Fashion Rocks, at the Royal Albert Hall, for T4, Lily was there performing.
'All these popstars would come and sing with a brand, but I'd had an abortion the day before. It was really quite serious, and I was only 24.
'And I thought "you can't do that to Fashion Rocks, who is going to host the T4 coverage?" That was some next level type of cramps walking around the Royal Albert Hall.
Miquita Oliver, 40, has revealed she had a secret abortion at the age of 24 after being 'too scared and embarrassed' to tell her ex (pictured in 2024)
The TV star, who co-hosts Miss Me? podcast with her best friend Lily Allen, confessed she got the termination just a day before going back to work
'It was a very weird day. I was really quite heavily pregnant with my ex and I was just so embarrassed and so scared he wouldn't want to go out with me anymore. So I kept it to myself until now.'
Last year, Miquita revealed she was 'attending therapy sessions drunk' at the height of her alcoholism as she candidly discussed her struggle.
The presenter previously admitted to 'losing everything' to bankruptcy and booze when she was unable to pay a £174,000 tax bill back in 2012.
Speaking her Miss Me? podcast, she opened up about their experiences with therapy.
One listener called in to asked if there was a particular event that made them start therapy.
Miquita admitted: 'I started going to a therapist when I was deep in my alcoholism in my early thirties and it didn't work because I was going to my sessions drunk.
'That is a whole different level of performative therapy. I was trying to pretend that I hadn't been drinking.'
She continued: 'That really did feel pointless and because of how awful I realised that going to therapy drunk was that led me to stop drinking for a little bit.
In an upcoming episode on their Miss Me? podcast, she said: 'It was a very weird day. I was really quite heavily pregnant with my ex and I was just so embarrassed and so scared he wouldn't want to go out with me anymore. So I kept it to myself until now'
The presenter previously admitted to 'losing everything' to bankruptcy and booze when she was unable to pay a £174,000 tax bill back in 2012 (pictured with Lily Allen in 2012)
'But then I found a really good therapist who did help me change my life, and continue to change my life.'
Addressing her bankruptcy on BBC Three programme Young, British & Broke in 2013, she said she was so ashamed about her financial troubles that she didn't tell anybody for two years.
She said: 'At 17 I was earning money I didn’t know how to handle and before I knew it I owed thousands to the taxman.
'I just felt like I couldn’t breathe and that I was sinking. I was so scared about my future and I didn’t tell anyone for 2 years.
'When I was declared bankrupt it felt like I was in a financial mess I would never get out of.'
Lily and Miquita grew up in the limelight, and spent their younger years partying incessantly, something which they have openly discussed on their podcast.
They have been there for each other through many tough times but one area where they haven't been so loyal is men.
On their podcast Miquita spoke of a particularly sticky time, which came before Lily's music fame, when the presenter had a crush.
Speaking their Miss Me? podcast, the pair opened up about their experiences with therapy (pictured together on a night out in 2008)
Taking listeners back to the early noughties when she was hosting Popworld, Channel 4's Sunday morning music show, Miquita said: 'There was a pop star.
'I found out that he fancied me. I told Lily that I liked him. Cue, Lily gets herself to a festival in Japan and seduces him.'
Lily hadn't broken through as an artist yet so instead got a job in artist relations to get backstage for the gig.
The conversation on their podcast got tense as Lily questioned whether Miquita had ever made her feelings clear for the man.
Lily admitted she flew to Japan to 'lock that one in', adding: 'I fancied him, so I was getting mine. By the way, I think pop stars are fair game, like, I don't care.'
The pair laughed as they recalled the incident, however Miquita revealed that she didn't speak to Lily for six months after it happened.
Miquita said: 'If I didn't hate you so much for it, I would have applauded you. It was admirable.'
