It was a major life-changing decision for Davina as brain tumours have plagued her family, and during a charity event for Brain Tumour Research Campaign, she revealed: “I lost my sister to a brain tumour in 2012, and my ex-father-in-law a year ago.”

Former Big Brother presenter Davina McCall emotionally reflected on her brain tumour operation on her Begin Again podcast.

Davina McCall has opened up publicly for the first time about her brain tumour diagnosis and the subsequent brain surgery she went through last year.

Davina McCall has said she was “so angry” that she felt like her benign tumour had “taken control” of her. The TV presenter has spoken publicly for the first time about the colloid cyst that was found in her brain during a health check-up last November.

Davina McCall was diagnosed with a brain tumour in November 2024 and had brain surgery shortly after to remove it. ()

Davina McCall has given her first official interview since her brain tumor diagnosis and surgery. The presenter, campaigner and former Women's Health cover star had a benign brain tumour called a colloid cyst,