EMOTIONAL TIES Radio 1 presenter Clara Amfo shares her most precious keepsakes - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity EMOTIONAL TIES Radio 1 presenter Clara Amfo shares her most precious keepsakes By You Magazine - September 2, 2018 Mementos of Oprah, Prince and her dad… Celebrity MasterChef contestant and Radio 1 presenter Clara Amfo shares her most precious keepsakes. Chris O’Donovan Chris O’Donovan Meeting Oprah at a film premiere after a day filming MasterChef was one of the top moments of my life. She has such a powerful but humble presence – if I achieve even one-hundredth of what she’s done in her lifetime, I’ll be content. Chris O’Donovan A friend made this gold necklace for me when my father Emmanuel, known as Manny, passed away in 2015. I try to remember to be like him – he was a gregarious Gemini, like me, but dignified, with integrity, and didn’t suffer fools gladly. Chris O’Donovan This ‘class photo’ from 2014 – about three haircuts ago! – was taken the year I was made the host of the BBC Radio 1 chart show. It reminds me of what an intense, bizarre but amazing time of my life that was. Every day I’m excited about what I get to do. Chris O’Donovan This print of Lauryn Hill, made by my friend, the designer Ted Pearce, was the first thing I hung in my flat when I moved in four years ago. Seeing this beautiful black woman on stage and screen made me feel good about myself and her music changed my life. Chris O’Donovan I bought this Prince t-shirt the week before he died in 2016. Every time I wear it during a [Radio 1] Live Lounge, someone – such as the girls from Haim – wants to take it, but I always say no! I saw him perform four times; I was a massive fan. Chris O’Donovan I collect fridge magnets to remind me of where I’ve been. This one is from a recent trip to New York. I love the city’s frantic-ness. It’s fun to run around finding the locations where some of my favourite music videos were shot. I’ve dubbed it #rnbtourism. Chris O’Donovan I ran the Paris half-marathon with friends in 2016 and 2017, but this year no one did it with me. It poured with rain and I lost my way, but I was so proud of seeing it through alone. Running is a good way to relax and re-focus. Chris O’Donovan This is me with my mum’s mother, Christina, in 1984, the year I was born. She lives in Ghana, so I don’t see her often and her English is a little broken, but we have a nice energy and connection between us. She has the most beautiful skin. Interview by Fiona McCarthy Clara is appearing in Celebrity MasterChef on BBC One, Thursdays at 8pm; her BBC Radio 1 show is on weekdays from 10am to 1pm. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved