Scott began her media career while still playing football, appearing on programmes such as
Soccer AM, with other minor roles at
BBC Sport,
BT Sport, and
Sky Sports. She wrote a weekly women's football column in the
Morning Star newspaper, and a column in
The Independent during the
2014 FIFA World Cup. In 2016, she appeared in
Bear Grylls'
ITV show,
Mission Survive, which she won. Following her retirement in 2017, Scott turned her focus full-time to television broadcasting, co-presenting on
Match of the Day Kickabout. She became well known to a wider audience when she covered the
2018 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first female football pundit at a World Cup for the
BBC. After the tournament, she continued to provide insight on the Premier League, and in August 2018, became the first female pundit on Sky Sports, joining the
Super Sunday team. She covered the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup for the BBC. Since 2020, Scott has been a regular co-host on the annual
BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony. Scott is also a relief guest presenter on
The One Show. In September 2019, Scott was a contestant on the
17th series of
Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer
Neil Jones. She was the first woman footballer to take part in the show. The couple were eliminated in week 11, coming fifth. Scott has spoken out repeatedly about the sexist abuse she frequently receives on social media because of her role as a football pundit. In July 2021, Scott was announced as the host of a new BBC daytime quiz show,
The Tournament, which began airing in November. That same month (July), Scott was announced as a commentator for the
EA Sports game
FIFA 22. She was a main presenter for the BBC's coverage of the
2020 Summer Olympics, alongside
Clare Balding, presenting coverage of the Opening and Closing ceremonies and a nightly highlights show. Scott participated in the eighteenth series of the ancestry research programme
Who Do You Think You Are?; her episode aired on 26 October 2021. Shortly after seven European national football associations announced that they were asking their captains not to wear the pro-LGBTQ+
OneLove armband at the
2022 FIFA World Cup, due to a threat of sporting sanctions from FIFA, Scott wore the armband while reporting on the
England–
Iran match on 21 November. On 10 March 2023, following the suspension of
Gary Lineker as the host of
Match of the Day for allegedly breaching BBC impartiality rules by criticising the government's
asylum policy on
Twitter, Scott sent a
Bernie Sanders meme titled "nah not me" to indicate she would not present the following episode of the show in solidarity with Lineker. In June 2023, Scott was featured in the national ad for messaging platform
WhatsApp. In the campaign titled
A Private Message, Scott starred opposite
Ted Lasso actor
Karen Johal. WhatsApp used Scott to help promote their new secure messaging services. In November 2025, it was confirmed that Scott would be participating in series 25 of ''
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. On 28 November, she was the first celebrity to be eliminated from the jungle. ==Personal life==