Presenter has had a wake-up call after a health scare led to a significant “realisation” for the beloved TV host. At 57, Davina is recuperating from surgery to remove a benign brain tumour.
Doctors discovered a colloid cyst in her brain that was roughly “14 mm wide” and needed to be removed. The well-known face of the seems to be recovering nearly two months after .
Last month, Michael Douglas, Davina’s 49 year old partner, announced her plans to slowly return to her professional duties around mid-January. In her first public appearance since the operation, Davina was moved to tears during a heartfelt speech at a Brain Tumour Research Campaign event.
Addressing the audience, she confessed: “I’m crying already, that didn’t go well,” and went on to discuss her deeply personal connection with the issue, including the loss of her sister to a brain tumour in 2012, and her own recent experience with a similar challenge. I
Davina underwent brain surgery after doctors found a tumour (Image: ITV)
Davina is reportedly considering a slower pace of life, and taking on fewer work commitments (Image: undefined)
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Insiders close to Davina suggest that this encounter with illness has changed her outlook, sparking a desire to treasure time with family and perhaps adopt a slower lifestyle, including fewer work commitments.
An insider revealed to Heat magazine that the TV star is reassessing her once non-stop schedule, which included television commitments and brand collaborations, as well as a dedication to fitness.
The source stated: “Now she’s had time to reflect, and she’s realised what she wants is a simpler life and to spend quality time with the people she loves as well as more rest and downtime.”
Davina McCall is on the mend but her outlook on life has changed (Image: Instagram/@davinamccall)
Davina, who is mother to Holly, 23, Tilly, 21, and Chester, 18, from her first marriage, has reportedly decided that “health comes first”.
The celebrity now reportedly feels like she was “put on the planet for a reason”. She also reportedly thinks about her sister Caroline “every day”.
Caroline tragically passed away in 2012 after being diagnosed with lung cancer, which later spread to her brain, resulting in two brain tumours.