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THREE months on from major surgery to remove a tumour from her brain, Davina McCall is back with a bang.
Despite the trauma of her diagnosis, which saw doctors warning the telly favourite there was a risk of sudden death, she is as positive as ever.
“I called my brain tumour Jeffrey,” Davina said with a smile as she spoke about her ordeal on her brand new podcast, Begin Again, out today.
“I’m really sorry to any Jeffs but I needed to name it something. And I didn’t have any personal friends that were called Jeffrey, so it seemed like a good name to call him.”
Davina — who shocked viewers on The Masked Singer last Saturday by debuting a blonde, pixie-cut wig — admitted her world stopped when she learned she had a tumour.
But the 57-year-old vowed to turn the negative into a positive with the help of her partner Michael Douglas and three children, Holly, 23, Till, 21, and 18-year-old Chester, from her marriage to Matthew Robertson.
She explained: “We had a Jeffrey happy birthday party with friends.
“Michael played the piano and sang some songs and sort of did speeches.
“We all kind of talked about things and I talked about the fact that I was a bit scared, but like, I know I’m going to do it.
“And if it was going to happen to anybody, it was good it happened to me, because I am robust mentally and I can handle it.
“The party was fun. And everybody was like, ‘This is the weirdest kind of gathering I’ve ever been to. This is so mad.’ But it felt like an appropriate thing to do.
“I don’t want the heaviness. I don’t, that’s who I am. I don’t want sympathy, limp necks, weight.
“I don’t want to carry the burden of other people’s worries about me.”
Davina announced she had been diagnosed with the benign tumour in November, telling fans to “say a prayer” for her.
Doctors discovered the 14mm colloid cyst after the TV star had a free brain scan with private healthcare company, One Welbeck, which she received in exchange for giving a talk about menopause.
The fitness expert explained: “In my head, I was literally the healthiest person in the world.
“I had this head-to-toe scan. And they came back and they went, ‘OK, we’ve got your results. Um, we’d like to talk to you.’
“They said, ‘You’ve got a benign cyst in your brain.’
“He explained that it’s called a colloid cyst. And a colloid cyst only affects three in a million people, and it can also cause — very, very rarely — sudden death.”
The former Big Brother host continued: “I have newfound enormous sympathy for people who have benign brain tumours.
“I have had so many people say to me, ‘Well, at least it was benign.’ And you think, ‘You have no idea that benign brain tumours can still kill you.’
“It’s just you don’t know when it’s going to happen. It could happen tomorrow, it could happen in years’ time.
“It’s different to cancer, but it is also awful. Benign does not mean fine. Living with that uncertainty is pretty terrifying.”
But brain surgery doesn’t come without risks. The op, called a craniotomy required surgeons to remove a part of Davina’s skull to access the brain and cyst.
Speaking to podcaster Steven Bartlett, Davina recalled: “When I’d spoken to the doctors, they talked about things like stroke, epilepsy, these being risks.
“Nicking an artery or a blood vessel in the brain and having a bleed, so there were a lot of things that could be a risk.
“And, obviously, because of my age, you know, I’m fifty-seven. That was another thing that mattered to me.
Sorting affairs
“I was thinking, you know, would I rather have brain surgery now, or if it grew in eight years’ time, would I want to have it in my mid-to-late sixties?
“Would it not be better to get it done now while I’m fit and healthy in every other way?”
Davina discussed her options with with her partner Michael, a celebrity hairdresser, and her children before deciding to go ahead with the surgery.
I feel like life’s never going to be the same again, but in rather a good way
Davina
But she revealed she also talked to Michael about what should happen if something was to go wrong during the surgery.
She recalled: “I said, ‘Look, I’ve got to plan for it if it doesn’t go according to plan.’”
She set about sorting her affairs including updating her will.
Davina said: “I wrote letters of wishes to all the children, and put those in my will.”
Speaking about the effect on her family, Davina said she was most concerned about her youngest Chester, adding: “It was only when I came home [from hospital] he was like, ‘I didn’t realise how serious it was.’
“I said, ‘Well, I’m pleased, you know, because look, here I am and it all went well and it was fine.’
“But in a way, there was part of me that was thinking, ‘If it hadn’t been fine, he would have struggled the most.’”
Her voice breaking with emotion, Davina told Steven that in the days before her operation, she would contemplate what would happen to her loved ones if she didn’t make it through.
She said: “What I wanted to do was to try to find a way that they would find a way through if I didn’t make it. Who would they have around them? Who would support them?
“Where would they live? I mean, obviously I’m a mum, the thing you really want is to have your mum around when you have babies, get married.
“Christmases with grandchildren… I mean, I can’t wait for grandkids.
“Those are the kinds of things that I would feel sad about.
“But I tried not to think about things that I would miss if I didn’t make it.”
Write the bucket list now and start doing it now
Davina
Davina told Steven she had dreaded the pity she was bound to receive from friends and fans after announcing she had a tumour. She explained: “I don’t want limp necks. I don’t want pity.
“A lot of people have said to me since, ‘When you told me, I thought you could die.’ And I thought, ‘I don’t want people looking at me like I could die.’”
Davina had the six-hour surgery in a London hospital on November 15. She recalled: “My final thought (before the op) was that my kids are surrounded by love and family and Michael.
“Like, I just thought, ‘You guys… it will be devastating, but you will all be OK.’
“Through this, it has made me immensely proud of all of them.”
The operation went to plan and Davina later thanked her neurosurgeon Kevin O’Neill, who is the co-Investigator of Research at the Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence at Imperial College, London.
Now focused on the future, Davina said she wants to live each day to its fullest. She explained: “There’s that saying, ‘A life lived in fear is a life half-lived’. If there’s something you want to do, do it.
“Write your bucket list now. When I did one with my sister, Caroline, it was really sweet. But she died (from cancer in 2012) before she could do any of it.
“Why are we doing bucket lists when we’re dying? Write the bucket list now and start doing it now.”
Davina added: “I feel like life’s never going to be the same again, but in rather a good way.”
- The full episode of Davina’s new podcast Begin Again, made by Steven Bartlett’s Flight Studio is available now
Liam Payne’s fiancee sobs as she reveals why she left him in Argentina days before death but insists ‘I’m not to blame’
LIAM Payne’s devastated girlfriend has broken her silence about the One Direction star’s final days — and her regret at leaving him alone before his death.
US influencer Kate Cassidy, 25, hit back at critics who accused her of abandoning Liam in Argentina where he fell to his death from a hotel balcony last October.
She tells of their “fairytale romance”, how she supported him “through thick and thin” and shares touching photographs, including her last snap of Liam, 31.
In her first global interview since the tragedy, Kate reveals her final message to the One Direction superstar — the “charming soulmate” she planned to marry.
Kate told The Sun: “Love is so optimistic, and you just hope that everything will work out at the end. Obviously if I knew, if I could see into the future, I would never have left Argentina.”
She debunked internet conspiracy theories that she’d returned to their Florida home after a break-up and rows — explaining she dashed back to look after their rescue dog, Nala.
To read the full exclusive story, go to thesun.co.uk
Influencer Kate, who has two angel wings inked on her finger to signify her guardian angel Liam, has turned to Nala for comfort amid her grief.
Pals previously said: “Nala is also a huge source of comfort. In many ways, she’s all Kate has left of Liam.”
The couple had travelled to Argentina as Liam looked to update his US visa and to see old One Direction pal Niall Horan in concert.
But tragic Liam, who was dad to son Bear with former partner Cheryl, suffered “multiple traumas” in a fall from the balcony of the luxury Casa Sur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires on October 16.
His medical cause of death was confirmed by Dr Roberto Victor Cohen as “polytrauma” – meaning multiple traumatic injuries, at a UK inquest into his death last month.
Five people have been charged in connection with his death.
The hotel’s manager, a receptionist and a friend of Payne have been charged with manslaughter, Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office previously said in a statement.
And two others have been charged with supplying cocaine.
Kate, who first got together with Liam in October 2022, attended his funeral, alongside his former bandmates Niall, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson.
‘MY ANGEL’
She paid touching tribute to her boyfriend in the days after his death, posting: “Nothing about the past few days have felt real.
‘”I ask and pray that you’ll give me the grace and space to navigate this in private.'”I ask and pray that you’ll give me the grace and space to navigate this in private.
“Liam, my angel. You are everything.
“I want you to know I loved you unconditionally and completely. I will continue to love you for the rest of my life. I love you Liam.”
‘MY HEART IS SHATTERED’
And she told how she and former X Factor star Liam planned to marry next year, adding: “I don’t even know where to begin. My heart is shattered in ways I can’t put into words.
“I wish you could see the huge impact you’ve had on the world, even as it feels so dark right now.
“You brought so much happiness and positivity to everyone-millions of fans, your family, friends, and especially me. You are so incredibly loved.
“You are – because I can’t say were – my best friend, the love of my life, and everyone you touched felt just as special as I did. Your energy was contagious, lighting up every room you walked into.
“None of this feels real, and I can’t wrap my head around this new reality of not having you here.
‘LOST BEST PART OF MYSELF’
“I’m struggling to figure out how to live in a world without you by my side. Together, we got to be kids again, always finding joy in the smallest things.
“Liam, you had the kindest soul and the most fun-loving spirit. It feels like I’ve lost the best part of myself. I can’t imagine a day without your laughter and love. You brought so much light into my life.”
“Love is so optimistic, and you just hope that everything will work out at the end. Obviously if I knew, if I could see into the future, I would never have left Argentina.”
Kate Cassidy
She continued: “A few weeks ago, we sat outside on a beautiful evening manifesting our lives together.
“I keep your note close, even though you told me not to look at it.
“It said, ‘Me and Kate to marry within a year/engaged & together forever 444.’
“Liam, I know we’ll be together forever, but not in the way we had planned.
“You’ll always be with me. I’ve gained a guardian angel.
“I will love you for the rest of my life and beyond, carrying our dreams and memories with me everywhere I go.”
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