The Masked Singer panellist said she was taking the foot off the pedal when it came to work commitments, but she is reportedly set to host a major BBC show
Davina McCall has revealed her next TV project.
The TV star is reportedly hosting this year’s BBC Red Nose Day, after hinting she plans to ease back from full-time work following her secret wedding and health issues. The 58-year-old telly favourite has been involved in the charity show since 2005, but recently revealed she planned to cut her work down to a four-day week, leaving a question mark over some of her future TV commitments.
Masked Singer panellist Davina revealed earlier this month that her “very, very frightening” breast cancer diagnosis, which she announced in November, “put everything into place” for her and she planned to re-evaluate her work-life balance. It came after she previously underwent brain surgery to remove a colloid cyst, which is a form of benign brain tumour.
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Chatting to Miquita Oliver and Jordan Stephens on the Miss Me? podcast, Davina revealed that on the back of her battling addiction in her 20s, having her brain rumour removed the year before her cancer diagnosis led to a “huge breakthrough” about the way she lived. “I realised that I needed to de-stress my life,” she said.
“Interestingly, I realised that – but then the breast cancer, which I thought was a very, very frightening thing, made me realise that I really, really had to put that into place. And I have now.”
According to a report in The Sun, the BBC’s Red Nose Day is a “non-negotiable” commitment for the My Mum, Your Dad host, and she “has a long-standing affiliation with the charity and jumped at the chance to be this year’s main presenter”. The Mirror has contacted Davina’s representatives for comment.
Davina returned to the Red Nose Day special, which is part of the Comic Relief appeal, just four months after her neurosurgery, and spoke passionately about her experience during the 2024 40th anniversary show in March that year.
She appeared during the Comic Relief: Funny for Money segment, which also included a performance from the Sugababes and a selection of 80s icons, as well as sketches from the Strictly Come Dancing professionals and the Gladiators.
Addressing her own personal battle, Davina told viewers: “I had a pretty mad year this year. Doctors found a benign brain tumour, by chance, and after a lot of deliberating, I had it removed.
“And it’s been, quite possibly, the hardest thing I’ve ever been through and this whole experience, weirdly, kind of weighing up all the risks and all the positive things about having this tumour removed made me think deeply about what life is all about, and what really, really matters when things get tough.”
In December 2025, Davina married hairdresser Michael Douglas – the man she called her “absolute lifesaver” during her ill health – in a low-key ceremony near to their shared home in Kent.
On the Miss Me? podcast, which was initially launched by Miquita and Lily Allen, Davina revealed she planned to make the most of her time away from work, and live a more “balanced” life.
“I’m going to work a four-day week. I feel so much better now about my life and trying to get it more balanced. So now, really, as I hit this stage of my life, I want to take more care of myself. That is my latest project: me, because I can’t take care of anyone else if I’m not okay.”
