Celebrities wish Davina McCall well after brain tumour revelation

The 57-year-old said she was diagnosed with the information aft being offered a wellness check-up arsenic portion of her menopause advocacy work, and volition present beryllium undergoing an cognition to region the 14mm wide tumour.

In a station connected Instagram she said: “I’m posting this. It volition beryllium Friday morning, and I’m doing it due to the fact that a fewer months ago, I did a menopause speech for a company, and they offered maine a wellness scan successful return, which I thought I was going to ace, but it turned retired I had a benign encephalon tumour called a colloid cyst, which is precise rare, 3 successful a million.

“And truthful I somewhat enactment my caput successful the soil for a while, and past I saw rather a fewer neuro surgeons. I got tons of opinions, and I realised that I person to get it taken out.”

Following her announcement, celebrities including Holden, Pussycat Dolls vocalist Ashley Roberts and Olympic heptathlon golden medallist Dame Denise Lewis reached retired to the presenter.

In reply to McCall’s post, Dame Denise said: “Love you darling. You’ve got this. See you connected the different broadside of the op.”

Britain’s Got Talent justice Holden added: “Sending truthful overmuch love.”

The erstwhile Big Brother presenter said she is having the tumour removed done a craniotomy, a surgical process connected the brain, and she is successful “good spirits”.

In reply, Roberts said: “All the emotion gorgeous one. Sending each the healing vibes. Love you.”

Fellow bandmate, Kimberly Wyatt said: “Oh babe, reasoning astir you – I tin lone ideate what you indispensable beryllium feeling.

“Keeping you successful my bosom and connected my mind, instrumentality it casual beauteous one.”

Former Holby City prima Lisa Faulkner added: “Sending each my emotion to you. Best wishes and each affirmative prayers for a speedy recovery.”

BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac described McCall arsenic a “gorgeous woman” and said she was sending “every ounce of love”.

In the Instagram station connected her relationship by McCall’s partner, Michael Douglas, helium said helium would support fans updated connected her condition.

Another chap presenter Rylan, who won the 11th bid of Celebrity Big Brother and aboriginal presented spin-off Big Brother’s Bit On The Side, besides replied, saying: “We’re each reasoning of you beautiful.”

Actor and presenter Denise van Outen added: “Big emotion to you excessively Michael.”

According to the NHS, non-cancerous encephalon tumours are much communal successful radical implicit the property of 50, and symptoms see headaches, blackouts, behavioural changes and nonaccomplishment of consciousness.

McCall made her sanction connected Big Brother betwixt 2000 and 2010 during its Channel 4 run, and has gone connected to contiguous BBC Comic Relief and Sport Relief, The Million Pound Drop, and voiced a robot mentation of herself successful Doctor Who.

She presently presents ITV dating amusement My Mum, Your Dad, and has agelong advocated connected women’s wellness issues, having presented documentaries connected contraception and the menopause.

McCall became an MBE successful the King’s day honours past twelvemonth for services to broadcasting.

She has besides raised wealth for Cancer Research UK by moving for Race For Life successful honour of her precocious sister, Caroline Baday, who died from lung crab successful 2012 astatine the property of 50.