Amanda Holden says pal Davina McCall's brain tumour 'knocked her for six'

Amanda Holden has opened up connected her thoughts of Davina McCall's encephalon tumour diagnosis aft the TV presenter revealed that she had named the 'life-threatening' growth

Britain Got Talent's Amanda Holden is opening up connected her thoughts connected presenter pal Davina McCall’s encephalon tumour diagnosis.

Davina, prima of ITV shows including Long Lost Family and the Masked Singer, recovered the colloid cyst by accidental erstwhile she was fixed a escaped wellness scan aft giving a speech connected the menopause. In her caller interrogation aft undergoing encephalon surgery, Davina described however she felt the tumour "had taken clasp of me" and that initially made her aggravated due to the fact that it made her consciousness "every time similar I'm successful danger".

Now, Amanda, has had an awakening sparked by the alarming wellness crisis of 2 adjacent celebrated friends, Heart Radio co-host Jamie Theakston and Davina.

In an interrogation with Daily Mail, she said: "It knocked maine for six. I tin decidedly telephone her a friend, but we’ve ne'er truly socialised. But past erstwhile I saw the quality connected her Instagram I was shocked. And with Jamie connected apical of that you conscionable think, 'This is each going to s***'.

"I checked successful connected Davina," she continued. "She’s perchance the nicest idiosyncratic successful our industry. She’s the champion hugger and has large energy. You cognize however we each similar bully gossip oregon a bully slag-off of idiosyncratic – Davina isn’t funny successful each that, she’s cleanable successful each way." Davina has reassured fans that she's good and vowed to "move on" with her beingness aft discussing her encephalon country successful an affectional interview.

The TV big was interviewed in-depth by person Steven Bartlett for her Begin Again podcast and the edited mentation lasts 1 hr and 45 minutes connected YouTube. Davina gave galore heartfelt answers and astatine times it feels rather a earthy chat for idiosyncratic who lone had their brain tumour removed successful November.

But astatine the bottommost of the video connected societal media Davina added a enactment saying: "I conscionable privation to accidental that I'm successful a truly bully place, and this podcast was portion of that journey," to explicate her tears.

She aboriginal added different video connected her ain Instagram saying: "My interrogation astir my experiences with having encephalon country goes retired today. Steven Bartlett interviews me. I asked Steven if helium would bash that due to the fact that I cognize him. I consciousness precise harmless with him. I was astatine the Flight Studios bureau and I consciousness precise harmless there. I'm surrounded by love.

"This is simply a infinitesimal of clip successful my beingness that I don't privation bang connected astir again and again and again. I don't privation to beryllium defined by this operation. I've had this operation, I'm precise fortunate and it was a occurrence and I'm gonna present determination connected with my life. Obviously I americium going to speech astir the learnings of it and worldly that I've got from it, but I wanted to besides benignant of papers [it]."

But she learned to unrecorded with it, calling the tumour Jeffrey arsenic a coping mechanism. She adjacent threw parties for Jeffrey to downplay the signifigance of what the tumour meant and to effort to enactment upbeat. "I'm grateful. Life volition ne'er beryllium the aforesaid again, but successful alternatively a bully way," the TV big said successful a teary interview, her archetypal since the cognition successful November.

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