Davina McCall broke down in tears in her first interview since having brain surgery.
Davina McCall got emotional when discussing her brain surgery
The 57-year-old presenter underwent the procedure last November for a benign tumour and was overcome with emotion when discussing the terrifying ordeal with ‘Dragon’s Den’ star Steven Bartlett.
Speaking on her ‘Begin Again’ podcast, Davina said: “I felt like this thing had taken control of me.”
The former ‘Big Brother’ host added: “They said, ‘You’ve got a benign cyst in your brain…’.”
When Stephen asked Davina how she felt after the operation, she replied: “I don’t really remember where I was… you realise that your personality is your short-term memory.”
Another clip from the podcast shows her breaking down in tears and saying: “I was like, ‘I’m still here’. I began again.”
‘The Masked Singer’ judge was diagnosed with the rare tumour by chance after she was offered a scan last year and previously discussed her health scare and family history with the illness at an event to support her neurosurgeon Kevin O’Neill.
Davina said: “I know lots of you here are on your own brain tumour journey and many of you have lost loved ones to a brain tumour.
“I lost my sister to a brain tumour in 2012 and my ex-father-in-law a year ago.”
Davina’s partner Michael Douglas recently revealed that she was “doing really well” following the operation.
He told Closer magazine: “She’s doing really well. The general feeling is that it couldn’t have gone better.
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