FirstTV, an offshoot of First News newspaper. On FirstTV McDonnell did a few challenges like trying to break a Guinness world record by typing the alphabet on an iPad keyboard quickest and she got asked to tell a joke. However, after filming four episodes of FirstTV, McDonnell decided to leave the show because she did not enjoy presenting pre-scripted work. On 4 September 2010, McDonnell and fellow YouTuber Myles Dyer co-presented Stickaid, a 24-hour live web show. Starting from 12:00 noon BST, the two hosted the fifth annual charity event from Middlesex University's Trent Park campus in London. Their goal was to raise £10,000 ($15,900), which they more than doubled. All the proceedings went to UNICEF. In November 2010, McDonnell was part of a group of YouTube videos called The Science of Attraction where she hosted a few experiments and had her body digitally swapped with somebody else's. She was a co-presenter with Kat Akingbade and Derren Brown. As part of the series, eight videos were produced. In December 2010, McDonnell filmed a series of behind-the-scenes videos for Doctor Who Confidential during the filming of the Doctor Who Christmas special "A Christmas Carol". Personal life McDonnell considers herself an atheist. In March 2014, McDonnell announced on her blog that she had terminated her friendship with frequent collaborator Alex Day, stating that "I just don’t feel able to call Alex a friend of mine anymore", following allegations that Day had sexually manipulated and emotionally abused women, and cheated on past girlfriends. In October 2022, McDonnell made her first public gender reveal announcement on Instagram. She came out as transgender, using the trans flag in her post and stated that she would now be going by she/they pronouns. In January 2023, McDonnell came out as a trans woman on YouTube, and revealed she began feminising hormone therapy in September of 2022. Notes References External links 1990 births Living people British Internet celebrities Chartjackers DFTBA Records creators English atheists English expatriates in Canada English video bloggers English women film directors People educated at Beechen Cliff School People from Bath, Somerset People from Somerset YouTube vloggers English women musicians Transgender women musicians LGBT YouTubers English LGBT musicians