Rachel Riley has confessed she wishes she could say becoming a mum quashed her daredevil tendencies, but in fact she was never one for reckless abandon.

The Countdown presenter, 36, shares daughters Maven, two, and 11-month-old Noa, with her former Strictly pro husband Pasha Kovalev, 42.

She said: 'I'm not one of these people who was about to jump out of a plane before I became a parent.

'Motherhood makes you live in the moment a lot more. You're just enjoying it day by day — especially when they're little.'

It comes after Rachel was forced to hold back her laughter during a recent episode of Countdown - as the board spelled out an X-rated phrase.

The mix of vowels and consonants were rearranged to spell 'Jiz Louder' on the board, with the presenter noticing and giving a smirk to the camera.

Rachel looked typically classy for the daytime TV appearance as she sported a florlal printed maxi dress in white, yellow, orange and pink.

While her blonde locks were styled in a soft curl, as the co-host went for a subtle palette of makeup.

The show's contestants, Tom and Steve, attempted to form a word from the selection of letters - which were I, D, L, O, R, U, E, J, Z.

Tom suggested 'louder', and as Rachel rearranged the letters to their correct form and created the six letter word, - she in turn had to create the phrase 'Jiz Louder' on the board.

As the camera panned back to the TV star, she glanced between the board and straight ahead - before smirking and turning away.

It's not the first time Rachel, who has presented the show for over a decade, has had to keep her cool at the board, with 'Vaginas UK being spelled out back in July'.

And the phrase wasn't so overlooked that time, with contestants Thomas and Mike even seeing the funny side.

The final set of letters was I, N, V, A, A, G, S, U and K and presenter Colin Murray had asked Thomas what his word after the clock ticked down.

He said: 'vagina' but when Colin asked Mike what his word was, he replied 'vaginas.'

Colin, clearly tickled by the funny moment, said: 'Vaginas, well, there you go, putting an s on the end, what a difference that makes.

'Always pluralise. Pluralise everything, and there you go.'

The moment left audience members in stitches and they laughed along, with Riley raising an eyebrow.