Davina McCall has revealed the wonderful news that she has been all-clear from breast cancer in an emotional update on Friday.
Talking on her podcast Making The Cut, which she co-hosts with husband Michael Douglas, the Masked Singer star, 58, opened up about her journey to recovery after undergoing a lumpectomy and radiotherapy.
Sharing the good news, she explained: “I went to go and have a checkup on my boobs the other day, obviously quite a serious day, quite heavy. It was all clear, just letting everyone know. Good news, good news.
Davina has been incredibly open about her journey with the disease, revealing back in January that she had completed her radiotherapy treatment.
“I finished my radio therapy today, and it was very emotional, much more emotional than I thought it would be. And I need a bit of positivity and brilliance,” she confessed in a video on Instagram.
In November, Davina underwent surgery for early-stage breast cancer, during which a small lump was removed. She also revealed that she was due to have five days of preventative radiotherapy in January as an “insurance policy” to prevent it from returning.
The lumpectomy came just 11 months after she underwent surgery for a benign brain tumour, at the time, Davina said she was “very angry” when she found out, but feels in a “much more positive place.”
Brave face
Attending HELLO!’s inaugural Power List event, in November, just two weeks after her lumpectomy, Davina reflected on how her brain surgery helped her reflect.
“What this operation showed me was that I’ve had a good life,” she said. At the time of the event, Davina’s lumpectomy hadn’t been made public, and her words have now taken on fresh meaning since news of her breast cancer journey.
© Simão Nogueira“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.”
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