Joe Marler slipped into a hot tub with Davina McCall as the pair teamed up for an unexpected project in a hilarious new video.
The rugby legend, 35, joined presenter Davina as the latest ambassador for wellness brand Ancient + Brave.
In a tongue and cheek clip, Davina, 58, announces her resolution to age disgracefully and enlists Joe as her trainee.
She guides him on a wonderfully weird wellness journey, teaching him the rituals that help her to achieve her disgraceful goal; from wearing sequins for no reason and munching on crisps in the hot tub to the primal catharsis of screaming into the woods.
As the pair are seen chatting over a cuppa, Davina says ‘I think resolutions should be joyous. Mine is to age disgracefully.’ Joe cheekily replies: ‘Just like today. You’re a disgrace.’
The pair are then seen jumping on trampolines in the living room of a house, with Davina very enthusiastic about it while Joe doesn’t look as convinced.
Joe Marler slipped into a hot tub with Davina McCallas the pair teamed up for an unexpected project in a hilarious new video
The rugby legend, 35, joined presenter Davina as the latest ambassador for Ancient + Brave, the female founded wellness brand
In a voiceover, Davina is heard discussing how the key to a happy life is to be silly and not take yourself too seriously.
As part of her wellness training, Davina and Joe head out in the rain to ‘be at one with nature’ – but Joe is left baffled when Davina lets rip a huge scream.
It is then Joe’s turn to scream, and Davina later tells him that it is a form of mindfulness.
Next the pair are seen chilling out in the hot tub in what appears to be the middle of the woods, and Joe is seen saying: ‘I’m just going to take a minute of peace. Just channel the inner peace.’
As he relaxes, Davina sneakily grabs a bag of crisps and starts crunching on them in the hot tub, waking Joe from his nap.
Closing out the clip, Davina tells Joe: ‘That’s what today was all about right. Little rituals which make your life lovely.’
‘Joy on purpose, love that,’ Joe says, to which Davina replies: ‘And the last one, collagen in your cuppa. Cheers. Here’s to growing old disgracefully.’
As a former high-performance athlete, Joe has been very candid about his mental health and spoken openly about fatherhood, balance, and making sense of life’s chaos.
In the clip, Davina, 58, announces her resolution to age disgracefully and enlists Joe as her trainee
As she guides him on a wonderfully weird wellness journey, she teaches him the rituals that help her to achieve her disgraceful goal
The pair are then seen jumping on trampolines in the living room of a house, with Davina very enthusiastic while Joe is deadpan
As part of her wellness training, Davina and Joe head out in the rain to ‘be at one with nature’ – but Joe is left baffled when Davina lets rip a huge scream
Talking about the campaign, he said: ‘I love brands that don’t take themselves too seriously, but still do things properly.
‘Ancient + Brave is exactly that. Their products are world class. They help me feel my best and I get to talk about wellness in a way that feels real and actually fun.’
Not one to resist a joke, Joe then quipped: ‘Plus my wife is a big fan and pretty much told me to do it, so who am I to argue?’
It comes after Joe announced his new podcast titled Joe Marler will See You Now, where he acts as an unconventional, pseudo-psychologist, interviewing celebrities with quirky challenges.
Joe grew up in East Sussex and attended Heathfield Community College. His rugby career began at the age of 11 when he played for Eastbourne Sharks.
After moving on to Haywards Heath rugby club, he got his big break with Harlequins in 2009 – the same year he was called up for the England under-20s side – which remained his home until he retired.
It is then Joe’s turn to scream, and Davina later tells him that it is a form of mindfulness
Next the pair are seen chilling out in the hot tub in what appears to be the middle of the woods and Joe is seen saying: ‘I’m just going to take a minute of peace. Just channel the inner peace’
As he relaxes, Davina sneakily grabs a bag of crisps and starts crunching on them in the hot tub, waking Joe from his nap
His 12-year stint as an England prop also included time playing for the British & Irish Lions and the Barbarians, where he had quite the ‘bad boy’ reputation.
Joe has spoken openly about his mental health issues and the impact they have had on his young family.
He has described struggling to get out of bed in the morning, crying on his way to work and taking his ‘rage and anger’ out on his wife Daisy, with whom he has four children, Pixie, Maggie, Felix and Jasper.
In an interview in The Mail on Sunday’s sports pages in 2020, he said: ‘I was having these thoughts: “You’re pathetic. What are you doing here? What’s the point of it all?” Not just the point of rugby, the point of life. It was a case of, “F**k it all”.
‘There were times when I thought: “What would it be like if I wasn’t here?” I had a wife, my kids and I’d say to myself: “They don’t need me, their mum’s incredible, they’d be all right on their own.”
‘Those thoughts filled me with shame and guilt. They were thoughts that would leave the people closest to me in the lurch.’
Joe later revealed he was having counselling, using life coaches and undertaking cognitive behavioural therapy and cognitive analytic therapy. Daisy has been his biggest rock but also his biggest critic.
In 2023, he started an OnlyFans account for his size 14 feet called @JoseMalaTrotters and posted a deadpan video to promote it.
Alongside images of his toes, he said: ‘Hey you, yeah you, I’ve seen the way you’re looking at my feet.’
One fan quipped: ‘Cheers boss, kids are crying, scared and traumatised, hope you are happy.’
Another added: ‘That’s the retirement fund sorted then.’
