Davina McCall shared details about her engagement and upcoming wedding to Michael Douglas, following her brain tumour ordeal and recent breast cancer diagnosis
Davina McCall has opened up about her engagement to Michael Douglas, after confirming the news in September. The 58-year-old’s partner of six years proposed during a romantic holiday in Ibiza back in July – but she admits she was apprehensive about saying yes at first.
Reflecting on the special moment, Davina, who last week revealed she had undergone surgery for breast cancer, admitted it was “a total surprise”.
She told Hello! Magazine: “Michael is very funny and had spent the past two years getting down on bended knee and tying an imaginary shoelace on my finger.
“He got down on bended knee on the beach in Ibiza and I was like, ‘Is this real?’ I was terrified that if I said yes, he’d be joking.
“But he recited something he had prepared – which I’ll keep secret – and then asked me. He put a lot of thought and consideration into it, and I respected that.”
The couple got together in 2019, following many years of friendship which began on Big Brother over 20 years ago.
Speaking about their wedding plans, Davina said she and her hairdresser will opt for a “very small and private” affair.
The mother-of-three was previously married to Matthew Robertson, the father of her three children, from 2000 to 2017.
Before that, she reportedly tied the knot with shop owner Andrew Leggett in the 1990s, with their marriage lasting two years.
Ahead of Michael’s surprise proposal, Davina said he sought permission from her children, Holly, Tilly and Chester.
“He joked to the kids and said, ‘Do you want me as a stepdad?’ Everyone is happy for us,” she shared.
“Tilly is home from Australia at the moment, so we’ve had a little family thing at home. It’s been so lovely.”
Davina’s engagement marked some much-needed good news after a difficult year with her health.
In November last year, she underwent surgery to remove a 14mm colloid cyst – a rare benign brain tumour located near the central part of her brain.
The cyst had interfered with the passage through which short-term memories are processed, leading to memory difficulties after surgery.
In a previous update on her Begin Again podcast, she described the experience as “horrible” and likened it to Alzheimer’s disease.
More recently, she’s had a “breakthrough” with her health after returning to work on ITV’s Long Lost Family.
“I started working again on Long Lost Family and that saved me. My long-term memory worked, and because I had been filming it for 15 years, it was like an old friend that I knew,” she shared.
While back on track with her memory however, Davina recently revealed she has had breast cancer after discovering a lump.
In an emotional video on Instagram on Saturday, she told fans she had thankfully found it early and had it removed, though will undergo radiotherapy next year.
“It was very, very small, so I got it very, very early, which is incredibly lucky, but I am so relieved to have had it removed, and to know that it hasn’t spread,” she told fans.
“My lymph nodes were clear. I didn’t have any removed, and all I’m going to do now is have five days of radiotherapy in January as kind of an insurance policy, and then I am on my journey to try and stop it ever coming back.”
Source: Mirror
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