Davina McCall has urged fans to get checked after receiving another diagnosis, two years after having a brain tumour removed.
The former Big Brother host had a ‘very rare’ brain tumour removed in 2024 and was diagnosed with breast cancer a year later before getting the all clear.
However, the 59-year-old has confirmed she has now been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, a general term for conditions that impact the heart or blood vessels.
On the latest episode of her podcast, Begin Again, she told listeners: ‘I wanted to let you know, I also have cardiovascular disease, and this is a very important conversation to have.
‘Anyone can get sick and when I had my cancer experience, you just suddenly feel vulnerable in a way you weren’t before…
‘Once you’ve been ill, you think “Oh, I thought I was invincible.”’
The TV presenter teamed up with the British Heart Foundation for a special episode explaining the link between heart conditions and the menopause.
She continued: ‘Heart attacks and cardiovascular disease is rife out there particular in women post menopause.
‘If there’s one takeaway today it’s not to brush things off.
‘Get your blood pressure and cholesterol checked, and if something feels wrong, listen to your body.’
Davina recently described 2025 as ‘the hardest year’ on both her and her partner Michael Douglas during Paloma Faith’s Mad, Sad, Bad podcast.
‘After I’d had my brain tumour taken out, I had advanced Alzheimer’s, so I couldn’t remember anything,’ she told the singer.
‘When I came out of the operation, I didn’t know I’d had an operation. The staff came in every day, and they’d go, “What’s my name?” and I’d go, “I don’t know”.’
‘Michael would come and visit for two hours, and he’d go to the loo and come back, and I’d go, “Oh my God, you’re here,” and I didn’t know he’d been there,’ she continued.
‘I couldn’t watch a movie for six months, because I couldn’t remember what had happened in the movie 15 minutes before. A book I couldn’t remember the page before.’
Colloid cysts are non-cancerous, small fluid-filled sacs located in or around the lateral and third ventricle of the brain, according to the London Neurosurgery Partnership.
While hosting Comic Relief in March 2025, she said the brain tumour made her reflect on what’s really important.
She said: ‘It’s been, quite possibly, the hardest thing I’ve ever been through and this whole experience, weirdly, kind of weighing up all the risks and all the positive things about having this tumour removed made me think deeply about what life is all about, and what really, really matters when things get tough.’
Then later that year, the mum-of-three confirmed she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer after discovering a 4mm lump and would need undergo more surgery.