Telly legend Davina McCall and her hairdresser partner Michael Douglas are said to have decided to officially tie the knot after a major recent life event
TV presenter Davina McCall has reportedly married celebrity hairdresser Michael Douglas, three months after she confirmed their engagement. The couple have been together for around seven years and Davina, 58, described him as her “lifesaver” when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour and underwent surgery last year.
According to reports, the pair enjoyed their “perfect” low-key wedding on Friday, December 5, witnessed by just a handful of their closest friends and family. “It was very intimate and everyone who attended is very special in their lives,” a source said, adding that it took place in a small venue near to their home in Kent.
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Speaking to The Sun, the source said Davina’s recent breast cancer diagnosis, which she shared publicly last month following a lumpectomy, was what spurred the couple to say their “I Do’s”, adding, “they didn’t see the point in waiting”.
In early November, Davina opened up about her initial “angry” feelings about the breast cancer results, but said was in a “much more positive place” following her surgery at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital.
“I’m talking about this because I think it might help someone. And this is what I always do. It was very, very small, so I got it very, very early which is incredibly lucky,” she told her 2.1 million Instagram followers. “”But I am so relieved to have had it removed and to know it hasn’t spread.”
Opening up about “absolute lifesaver” Michael earlier this year, former Big Brother host Davina said she felt they had already faced the ultimate test as a couple during her brain tumour diagnosis and treatment.
“It’s by far the hardest thing that we as a couple have ever been through together because we had to go on separate journeys,” she told the Mirror. “But we came together at the end of it, and it’s incredible.”
The Masked Singer judge has been married twice before. Her marriage to her first hubby, Andrew Leggett, lasted less than a year and they were officially divorced in 2009.
She then enjoyed a 17-year marriage to TV presenter and explorer Matthew Robertson, with whom she shares children Holly, Tilly and Chester.
She and Michael started dating in 2018 after years of a platonic friendship, and moved in together in 2023, a year before her surgery to remove her life-threatening colloid cyst from her brain, and enjoyed what she called a “spiritual” summer together after being given the all-clear, which included a few nights at Glastonbury.
Source: Mirror
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