\n The wildlife TV star has hosted the BBC’s Springwatch nature show for 14 years, having previously worked on The Really Wild Show and Wide Awake Club.\n<\/p>\n
\n She recently finished as runner-up on ITV reality show Dancing on Ice, competing last year with professional partner Mark Hanretty.\n<\/p>\n
\n Michaela, who supports Oxford United<\/a> through her son, who works at the club, had an exclusive chat with the Oxford Mail last week.\n<\/p>\n \n READ MORE:<\/strong> Leonardo DiCaprio buys \u00a395m Cotswolds castle for mega movie deal<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n \n The 59-year-old reflected on her time on Dancing on Ice and said: “It’s so funny that everyone else was more upset than me and Mark [about not winning].\n<\/p>\n \n “I mean, I was just so happy to get to the final, as I didn’t for one minute think when I started that I would get there- I thought I’d be lucky to get to round five.\n<\/p>\n \n “That’s what I was aiming for, so the fact that I got that far and to the last two couples ended with the Bolero, that was the win for me.\n<\/p>\n \n “It didn’t matter that I didn’t hold up the trophy at the end, hand on heart; it didn’t bother me. I was so proud of myself to have got that far.”\n<\/p>\nMichaela Strachan with a cheetah. (Image: Michaela Strachan \/ Not Just A Wild Life UK Tour)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n