Presenter Davina McCall has revealed she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery three weeks ago. In a video posted to her Instagram account on Saturday morning, McCall said she was "very angry" when she found out but feels in a "much more positive place" following a lumpectomy.
McCall said she found a lump a few weeks ago, which came and went. While working on The Masked Singer and Lorraine, she noticed signs on the backs of doors urging women to check their breasts. After checking, the lump was still there, and she decided to get it looked at. A biopsy confirmed breast cancer, and she had a lumpectomy nearly three weeks ago.
She described the cancer as "very, very small" and said she caught it "very, very early," which she called "incredibly lucky." She added that her lymph nodes were clear and no nodes were removed. She will undergo five days of radiotherapy in January as an "insurance policy."
In her Instagram post, McCall thanked medical staff at the Royal Marsden Hospital and urged women to get their breasts checked. She said: "Check yourself regularly. If you are due a mammogram, then get it done." She noted she has dense breasts and had a mammogram in August but postponed an ultrasound, advising others not to do that.
The former Big Brother host underwent an operation in November 2024 to remove a benign brain tumour called a colloid cyst, which was found after a health check-up offered as part of her menopause advocacy work. In April, she announced her "final MRI" showed the tumour was removed in full and was "not coming back."
