DAVINA McCall got a savaging last week when she told The Telegraph that she always wears matching underwear to keep her husband happy.

She said: “Matthew has strong views on underwear. You must keep your husband satisfied in the bedroom department, even if you’re absolutely exhausted. Otherwise he will go somewhere else.”

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She’s since retracted her comments saying she does wear boring flesh-coloured underwear sometimes and the sexy stuff is for her, not her husband. The point she was trying to make is that couples have to work at intimacy in a relationship.

Fair enough, but I’ll let you into a secret boys – the older a woman gets, the bigger the knickers she wants to wear. I bet when hubby’s not around Davina pulls out the biggest pair of saggy bloomers she can find.

And if you need proof observe middle-aged couples shopping in any high street lingerie department – not too closely, mind, or you may get arrested. He looks longingly at the thongs while she rifles through the high-waisters with the sturdy cotton gussets.

Why do you think vintage underwear is back in fashion – designers were so fed up of women buying big knickers that they turned them into a fashion statement.

And for any man who complains about the lack of thong action in his life, I’d say go and place your bare bum on a dry gritty beach and walk around all day with it , because that’s EXACTLY how it feels to wear a thong.

Which reminds me of a strange initiation ceremony my friend, a flame-haired nurse, forced upon my 16-year-old son.

This lady, who had recently lost a lot of weight, turned up in a sexy tight red dress, carrying a litre of Blue Sapphire Gin and two fresh limes. She disappeared into the kitchen for some ice and after 10 minutes, I went looking for her.

To my horror and my son’s delight, she had the foxy dress over her head, showing him her flesh-coloured underbust-to-knee Spanx. “He needs to know these things,” she declared unabashed. He’s had a thing about cougars ever since.

So, each to their own, I say.

If Davina wants to wear sexy smalls to keep her hubby happy, that’s her business. But similarly, if other women prefer to wear comfy, cotton biggies in functional flesh colour, that’s no reason for a man to pack his bags. It’s what’s in them that matters. Well, isn’t it?????