Davina McCall breaks down in tears during emotional cancer chat with Jamie Theakston

TV presenter Davina McCall broke down successful tears this greeting arsenic she joined Jamie Theakston for his archetypal vigor amusement successful 5 months.

Radio presenter Jamie, 54, had immoderate bully quality to stock connected Friday, announcing his instrumentality to the airwaves aft being fixed the all-clear from cancer. Jamie took a interruption from the amusement successful September pursuing his diagnosis with laryngeal cancer.

On Monday, backmost connected the amusement with co-host Amanda Holden, Jamie was joined by erstwhile Big Brother big Davina arsenic they some discussed their caller crab treatments. Davina was diagnosed with a non-cancerous encephalon tumour called a colloid cyst past twelvemonth and underwent country to region the tumour successful November.

"Jamie Theakston is successful the studio, and we’ve brought our beauteous person Davina McCall who’s been connected her precise ain journey," Amanda began connected the Heart FM Breakfast Show this morning. "Oh my goodness, I’m conscionable going to say, Davina is the queen of hugs. She hugged Jamie, I timed it, it was forty-four seconds and the forty ninth of the adjacent second, truthful astir a infinitesimal agelong that cuddle!"

"I’m disquieted astir talking successful lawsuit I acceptable myself disconnected again," Davina past admitted earlier breaking down successful tears. "Oh, what are we similar the 2 of us?" Jamie mused arsenic Amanda told listeners: "There’s been tons of tears this morning."

Fighting backmost the tears, Davina past told Jamie: "I’m conscionable truthful blessed to spot you, I can’t judge it! Can I beryllium honest? When I hugged you that time present and I came circular the backmost of you, however I similar it, and enactment my arms astir your throat- but similar arsenic a cuddle- And you went ‘ouch, ouch, ouch’ and I looked astatine you and though ‘oh my goodness I deliberation I’ve really, truly wounded him.’

"You looked genuinely successful agony, and I thought it wasn’t acting, bash you cognize what I mean? And I thought, ‘but I’m definite I didn’t hug you that hard,’ but I felt I carried that for a precise agelong clip and you…" Beginning to outcry again, Davina emotionally told Jamie: "You getting amended means truthful overmuch to me."

"Well, listen, without you doing that, I would not person known that determination was thing incorrect with my throat," Jamie reassured Davina. "So successful existent fact, it wasn’t that you did immoderate damage, it was the opposite."

"I americium pleased that I did benignant of perceive that, but I inactive felt, I mean, evidently you're a person of mine," a relived Davina admitted. "I've known you for specified a agelong time, since I was, what, 40 years oregon thing similar mad? I truly attraction astir you anyway, but this was like, I felt progressive successful you and your recovery. So, I can't archer you however blessed I americium to spot you here. When Laurence [producer] was like, ‘oh, bash you deliberation you'll travel down and accidental hullo to Jamie?’ I was like, ‘yes, this is my 3rd time backmost astatine work, ’ but I was like, ‘I americium coming.’"

Jamie past turned the attraction connected Davina, remarking however "amazing" she looks conscionable weeks connected from her surgery. "I mean, it's been a rollercoaster, and it's weirdly been rather bully being benignant of simultaneously trying to get done thing with you," Davina shared with Jamie.

She past recalled however she told Jamie astir her diagnosis erstwhile she was past connected Heart FM, anterior to the vigor presenter receiving his own. Explaining to listeners conscionable however her diagnosis came about, Davina recalled: "Okay, truthful this was mad. So, I did a documentary for the pill connected Channel Four, and I went and filmed myself.

"We were talking astir contraceptives and I went and filmed myself, I'm atrocious everybody I cognize it's breakfast, having a coil fitted astatine a spot called OneWelbeck. And determination was the woman that did it was a professor, Dame Lesley Regan, right? We telephone her FairyFingers, she's amazing.

"And she was moving connected the women's wellness floor, and she said, ‘why don't we bash a menopause talk?’ And past this beauteous girl, Rupal, she was like, ‘ ohio my gosh, you've got to bash menopause talk, that's specified a bully idea.’ So we did, we did a large menopause maine and Dame Lesley, and Rupal said, ‘we'd similar to acquisition you a wellness check.’ And honestly, I was a spot similar dragging my feet. You know, I mean, what was I similar erstwhile I was moving here? I tally present each morning..."

Jamie interjected to archer Davina she is "the fittest person" helium knows, to which Davina replied: "I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I’m similar truthful clean. So, I conscionable thought I don’t request a wellness check, wherefore bash it? So Rupal, bless her fabric socks conscionable kept hassling maine and saying similar ‘book successful publication successful publication in.’ And truthful I did, but I came distant with a colloid cyst, which is incredibly rare, and it’s gone!"

Elsewhere during this greeting show, heartfelt audio clips were played from Jamie's colleagues, friends, and household reflecting connected his crab journey. His wife, Sophie Siegle, expressed her feelings, saying: "Hello, darling. It's me, Sophie. When we recovered retired you had cancer, it was wow, specified a acheronian time." His lad Sidney besides chimed successful with support: "Well done for getting done these past fewer months."

Following the affectional tributes, Jamie's co-host Amanda praised him, saying: "What an astonishing antheral you are. You truly fought precise hard, Jamie, you've kept your consciousness of humour, which is the astir important thing, I think. And isn't it wonderful? It's a unspeakable happening to spell through, but it's a fantastic happening to spot however galore radical emotion you."

Also connected the show, Jamie prompted listeners with a almighty connection astir crab awareness: "Ignoring crab won't bushed it." He continued by highlighting the sly quality of the disease, "Cancer loves being ignored. It's a coward that lives successful the shadows, and I deliberation that, if we tin radiance a airy connected that, past we tin decision the darkness."

With heavy idiosyncratic insight, helium advised, "If we conscionable get ourselves checked, past signifier 1 diagnosis, which is what I was precise fortunate capable to beryllium at, shouldn't beryllium a problem, but I do, I impulse you to spell and get checked." According to NHS advice, laryngeal cancer, which affects the dependable box, typically presents symptoms specified arsenic symptom erstwhile swallowing oregon a persistent sore throat.

Beloved broadcaster Jamie has been the look of respective iconic programmes, including euphony amusement The O-Zone, kids' favourite Live and Kicking alongside Zoe Ball, and the legendary Top Of The Pops connected BBC. .

*Listen to Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden weekdays from 06:30 – 10:00 crossed the UK and connected _Global Player

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