Davina McCall shared with fans that she felt ‘more emotional’ than she expected to feel after completing her radiotherapy treatment following her breast cancer diagnosis
Davina McCall struggled to hold back tears as she shared with fans that she had completed her radiotherapy treatment, for breast cancer. In the emotional video shared to her Instagram, the TV presenter, 58, best known for her time hosting Big Brother since 2000, she admitted that she felt more emotional than she had expected to feel.
Wearing a leopard print cardigan over a black roll neck jumper, the star looked into the camera as she shared her health update and mused over National Quitters Day. She said: “It’s a bit weird having a National Quitters Day, because you kind of want to say to somebody ‘oh happy National Quitters Day’ but no, we shouldn’t be celebrating that. There’s nothing happy about that.”
She added: “We should have a ‘happy, congratulations on still going for it when everyone else is giving up day’. That’s what we should say. And it is quite difficult at this time of year because all the buzz of Christmas and New Year has subsided and it’s just a grey stormy day.”
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“But I do want to point you in the direction of Begin Again. Not only have we got reset month but Begin Again is the reset podcast. If you want to start again or continue with what you’re doing, there is just so much inspiration on Begin Again to help you achieve that,” Davina continued.
She concluded her video saying: “And I in fact am going to go and have a poke around and watch something because I finished my radiotherapy today. And it was very, very emotional. Much more emotional than I thought it would be and I need a bit of positivity and brilliance, so actually I’ve realised I’m going to watch Julia Bradbury on Begin Again. But don’t give up, you’ll get there.”
In November last year, Davina underwent surgery to remove a lump from her breast which showed early signs of the disease. Despite the surgery being a success, she told her followers at the time that she was also advised to have preventative radiotherapy in January as an “insurance policy,” to give her every chance of it not returning.
Her diagnosis came just under a year after she had an operation to remove a benign brain tumour. After posting her latest health update, fans rushed to send her words of support. One person wrote: “Well done on completing your radiotherapy treatment today. You’ve got this! Sending lots of love.” Another person said: “Sending so much love, Davina. Let’s Begin Again – all together x.” Meanwhile a third person added: “Seding love…if you look in the mirror, you will be reminded of the beautiful, strong and kind woman you are! Bravo on reaching today’s milestone!”
Just weeks after her initial breast surgery, she attended HELLO!’s Inaugural Power List event, where she said: “I’m grateful for every minute, because I know it might go, and I’m all right with that. I don’t want to die, obviously – I love life – but I’m not obsessed with dying now.”
She added: “I’m the happiest I have ever been. I’m in such a good space. And it’s age that’s given me that, because it is experience; you don’t get the experience without ageing. Some people learn quickly and some people don’t. It’s taken me until my fifties to learn enough to make myself feel really, deeply content.”
In December, Davina tied the knot with her partner, hairdresser Michael Douglas. And the TV presenter explained why she keeps his “eyeball” in her wedding ring, following their heart warming ceremony. Speaking to Geoff Lloyd on Virgin Radio UK, she said: “What’s so nice for me is if I’m at work or I’m not with Michael and I catch sight of the ring, I feel like he’s with me.”
And Michael, who has been the TV personality’s rock throughout her health battles, added: “They are actually made by a prosthetic eye company. They make eyes for people who need an eye and then they get put into rings.” The couple married with just 11 guests witnessing their nuptials.
Michael went on to say: “The wedding felt like a therapeutic event in some way. Davina had known Michael for years while hosting Big Brother before it developed into something romantic. Their friendship turned into something more special after the presenter split with her husband Matthew Robertson in 2017, after 17 years of marriage. The couple share three children together, Holly, 24, Tilly, 22 and Chester, 19.
Source: Mirror
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