{"id":45367,"date":"2025-04-24T01:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T01:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/45367\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T01:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T01:48:10","slug":"davina-mccall-doesnt-want-to-get-married-as-presenter-plans-for-future-following-brain-tumour-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/45367\/","title":{"rendered":"Davina McCall &#8216;doesn&#8217;t want to get married&#8217; as presenter plans for future following brain tumour operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Davina McCall is reportedly planning to travel the world with her partner Michael Douglas following her recovery from a brain tumour, rather than rushing into marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old TV presenter, who recently received the all-clear after surgery to remove a benign brain tumour, is said to be &#8220;besotted&#8221; with her hairdresser boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>However, the former Big Brother host is focusing on adventure rather than another trip down the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>McCall was diagnosed with a colloid cyst in November last year after a routine health check discovered the rare benign tumour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"624bc\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d3ac871d95f4d6c1e246e9fe058801de\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201920%201080'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/davina-mccall-and-michael-douglas.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Davina McCall and Michael Douglas\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Davina McCall has been with partner Michael Douglas since 2019<\/p>\n<p>Instagram<\/p>\n<p>She underwent a six-hour operation on November 15 to remove the 14mm growth from her brain.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the presenter revealed she had received the all-clear following her final MRI scan, confirming the tumour had been completely removed and would not return.<\/p>\n<p>McCall has been friends with celebrity hairdresser Douglas, 50, for two decades before they began dating in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Their relationship started after she finalised her divorce from ex-husband Matthew Robertson in April 2018, with whom she shares three children &#8211; Holly, Chester, and Tilly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LATEST DEVELOPMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ddb38\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"4edeb9e6f1051edc1d913163619bc1bf\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201289%20995'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/davina-mccall.png\" width=\"1289\" height=\"995\" alt=\"Davina McCall\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Davina McCall has shared updates on her health with fans through social media<\/p>\n<p> ITV<\/p>\n<p>The couple have been together for six years, supporting each other through life&#8217;s challenges including Davina&#8217;s recent health scare.<\/p>\n<p>A friend of Davina told The Sun: &#8220;Davina is besotted with Michael and so naturally we&#8217;re all wondering when they&#8217;ll get married and what&#8217;s next for them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But Davina isn&#8217;t focused on getting married to Michael. She doesn&#8217;t want to get married right now. Instead, she wants to travel the world and have some amazing adventures with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The source added that nature is one of Davina&#8217;s favourite things, suggesting she might be planning &#8220;some amazing road trip with Michael&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Michael is very easy company. With him she can be exactly who she is. So going travelling will be easy for them because they get on so well,&#8221; the friend continued.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Instagram earlier this month, McCall shared a video with Douglas where she revealed her final MRI results.<\/p>\n<p>The presenter also posted before and after scan images showing the tumour had completely disappeared from her brain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am so so grateful,&#8221; she wrote, adding that the tumour is &#8220;not coming back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the Instagram video, McCall explained she had been &#8220;nervous&#8221; about the scan results, fearing any remaining tumour would grow back.<\/p>\n<p>A colloid cyst is a slow-growing tumour typically found near the centre of the brain, containing gelatinous material.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIV-NtHty61\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Last month, McCall broke down in tears during Comic Relief as she reflected on her surgery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This whole experience made me really think deeply about what life is really about and what matters when life gets tough,&#8221; she said emotionally.<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;I needed the brilliance and the skills of lots of experts to make me okay. And oh my goodness, I&#8217;ve needed the love and support of friends and my family, and in particular, my Michael to get me through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McCall was previously married to Andrew Leggett from 1997 to 1999, before her marriage to Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Douglas revealed the couple are &#8220;independent people&#8221; who don&#8217;t feel pressured to marry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not tied to each other and that&#8217;s what keeps us there in a way,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Davina McCall is reportedly planning to travel the world with her partner Michael Douglas following her recovery from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,4781,77,12,512,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-45367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-sgg","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114390427659314855","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}