Davina McCall appears as if she’s having the time of her life. “Haha – are you able to inform?” she asks HELLO! with a carefree snort. 

The favored presenter at all times appears constructive, on and off display, however there’s one thing in regards to the 57-year-old that’s distinctly lighter than once we final met, a couple of months in the past.

It may very well be because of the epic karaoke classes she’s been having fun with along with her accomplice, celeb hairdresser Michael Douglas, or the truth that she’s again at work, on forthcoming BBC1 present Stranded on Honeymoon Island. “I really like love,” she says of internet hosting her newest relationship TV present.

Or maybe her cheerful temper is because of her return to health coaching, in preparation for a 5km run in support of The Woman Backyard Basis’s Household Problem.

It’s, nevertheless, none of those. The primary cause for her vitality enhance is a current MRI check-up scan, which revealed that the mind tumour discovered throughout a wellness test in August 2023 has formally left the constructing and won’t be again.

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“I couldn’t have fun being higher till I knew there was nothing left in there,” she says on this unique interview. “So this was actually excellent news.”

Her trademark smile has by no means faltered throughout the previous six months, since her surgeon, Mr Kevin O’Neill, carried out a life-saving operation to take away the uncommon tumour – a 0.5in colloid cyst of a kind that’s present in solely three in 1,000,000 individuals, and which was dangerously positioned within the centre of her mind.

Earlier than the process, she managed to make gentle of the state of affairs by throwing a celebration for the tumour, which she had named Jeffrey. But behind the scenes, Davina was carrying the burden of concern that the surgical procedure won’t have labored.

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“I used to be very, very nervous,” she says of returning to the hospital the place she had undergone the operation, for her check-up. “I went again to the fourth flooring, the place I had been operated on, to attempt to let go of somewhat little bit of the expertise.

“I knew that if there was something left, it could regrow and I must get it taken out, and I wanted to arrange myself for that. So I hadn’t allowed myself to have fun; I used to be simply ready.”

Fortunately, Kevin referred to as her throughout her taxi journey again to the prepare station with the information she had been praying for.

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“He stated: ‘I needed to let you understand that I’ve seen the scan and it appears such as you’ve by no means had an operation.’ Oh God; I sobbed like a child,” Davina says, vividly recalling the second she was given the all-clear.

The star’s information was an enormous aid not just for her, but in addition for her assist community, together with her stepmother Gaby, who helped look after Davina throughout her convalescence, and her accomplice Michael, who saved her spirits up with foolish movies.

Additionally there for her, in fact, have been her youngsters: Holly, 23, who lives in Manchester along with her boyfriend, Tilly, 21, who has moved to Australia, and Chester, 18, who’s on the cusp of flying the nest after he finishes his A-levels this summer season. 

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The pair have been up and down the nation taking a look at universities, prepared for Chester’s subsequent step, however Davina feels that he’s more likely to head off on some adventures following his exams. How does she really feel about having an empty nest?

“Chester has itchy ft and needs to journey the world, and I’d by no means cease him. I miss them, proper? Like Holly and Tilly not being right here; I clearly miss them,” she says.

“However I’d a lot reasonably my children depart dwelling and are assured and pleased sufficient to not look again at me crying or really feel that they’ve to come back dwelling as a result of I’m in a roundabout way needy. I actually would hate that.

“I’m happy with them as a result of they’re all in stable, pleased locations and are assured sufficient to go and dwell their greatest lives, however they nonetheless take pleasure in hanging out with us.” 

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That a lot was clear when the household headed to Ibiza final summer season and went raving collectively. However then all the pieces Davina and Michael do appears to be one large, enjoyable occasion.

The pair received collectively in 2019, having identified one another for greater than 20 years; Michael was Davina’s hairdresser on Huge Brother. “We simply have a extremely good time collectively,” she says.

Subsequent up, Davina will likely be internet hosting Stranded on Honeymoon Island, the newest in a protracted line of relationship exhibits. She recorded it after her operation, however needed to beg the manufacturing firm to let her fly out to the unique location to movie the ending.

“It was completely wonderful, however I’m undecided how a lot I can say,” she says. 

Did she get any honeymoon concepts for her and Michael? The final time HELLO! met the couple, at a luncheon, Michael joked that he had thought Davina was about to suggest when she delivered a heartfelt speech thanking him for his loving care.

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“It’s so humorous – it’s a bit like being in your 30s once more, when all people asks you an identical query about whether or not you’re getting married,” she says. “We’re ensconced, nevertheless it’s not a part of our world in the mean time. We don’t really want it.

“It’s a really completely different factor, courting in your 50s than if you’re in your 30s. We’re in a extremely good place and have a lot enjoyable collectively. I believe we’re actually fortunate to have one another.”