Megan McCubbin has become quite the sensation on Springwatch. The stepdaughter of Chris Packham, she’s previously had to fight her share of “nepo baby” claims, but this series has seen the 20-something brunette fly the nest as it were. For suddenly it’s Megan who has been making the headlines - and it’s clear Chris no longer needs to take her under his wing.
If indeed he ever did anyway. For Megan, 28, has been charming audiences on all fronts - first by ruffling feathers when her cheeky beaver innuendoes lit up social media. And then going viral after presenting a whole live segment from Scotland while being under attack from a giant swarm of midges.
Having been raised from the age of two by stepdad Chris, she’s, of course, used to the dangers of working on a really, really wild show. But as she bids goodbye to her fourth - and most talked about - series of Springwatch, it’s clear Megan’s fame is about to soar even higher. Speaking to us from Glasgow, she’s, quite frankly, bemused by the online fuss about her recent beaver slip-up.
All she asked was “Have we seen any beaver action?” But it was enough to prompt prudish fans to go wild on X, messaging bosses: “This is a family show.” One suspects most viewers however didn’t really give a dam (ahem). Yet Megan, 28, insists any innuendo was not deliberate.
“I mean if an animal’s called a beaver, unfortunately it’s called a beaver,” she says. “And there’s only so many ways you can say that..
