Kate appeared on the show alongside her husband Graham Bottley and their late dog Buster from 2014 until 2016.
The pair welcomed the Channel 4 show into their Blyth home for several series and became fan favourites.
After leaving Gogglebox, Kate has continued to appear on TV, hosting shows like Songs of Praise and Pilgrimage: the Road to Santiago.
She also hosts the BBC Radio 2 show, Good Morning Sunday.
Gogglebox star describes Channel 4 show as ‘intrusive’
Speaking on an episode of the Walking the Dog podcast, Kate said: “I wish I’d known how much it took over our life for two and a half years. It’s reality TV.
“It’s by its nature … it’s consensual exploitation. […] It was quite intrusive, really.
“But y’know we consented to that intrusion.”
Discussing how the show impacted her two children, Kate said: “My kids spent two and a half years sat in their bedrooms every Tuesday and Thursday night or whatever nights they came to film.
“My kids didn’t have friends round for a lot [of it and] didn’t have help with their homework. Things like that.”
The former Gogglebox star went on to discuss how much the show paid, adding: “All the money we got from it went on the electricity, the internet connection that they were using and the food and being hospitable to six people in my home two nights a week.
“It’s a vicarage as well – I should be hospitable.
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“We should be sharing our homes with people and eating food together and stuff.
“So y’know it was a good two and a half years but we couldn’t have done any more with it, I don’t think. It got to the point where we were just a bit overwhelmed.”
Discussing why she decided to leave Gogglebox, Kate said she had an excuse thanks to her daughter: “And it so happened that it came around the time Ruby was doing her GCSEs so the excuse we gave was ‘we’re gonna take some time away while she does her exams’.”
