How did Davina McCall react to her breast cancer diagnosis? English TV presenter opens up about her health a year after tumor surgery

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English television presenter Davina McCall, 58, was "really angry and stamping feet" after a Breast cancer diagnosis. McCall, in a candid social media video on Saturday, revealed that she was frustrated learning about her cancer diagnosis, just a year after undergoing surgery for a benign brain tumour.

McCall, during a Dine with Davina charity event, as per the Daily Mail, recalled,

"I got really f****ng angry. And you know me, I'm a pacifist - I don't really get angry - I'm like Tigger. I'm just always happy. I was like; 'Are you f****ng joking? What the f**k! Are you serious?'"

She continued,

"I was keeping it all in and Michael (Douglas, her celebrity hairdresser parnter) one day looked at me and he said, 'Stop. I can see what you're doing. You're not going there.' he said, 'Let's talk about it.' I said; 'I'm fine." He said, "You're not fine.' I was like; 'No, no, I'm fine. Honestly. I'm not f****ng fine, that's why I'm f****ng mad."

She recalled that Michael Douglas just sat next to her and watched her stamp her feet. In her Instagram video, Davina revealed news about her breast cancer diagnosis since she believed that it "may help someone."


Davina McCall urges users to check their breasts

Davina McCall, in an Instagram video shared on Saturday, revealed news about her breast cancer diagnosis. McCall also urged users to check themselves for early detection,

"I found a lump a few weeks ago and it came and went, but then I was working on The Masked Singer and Lorraine Kelly's TV show had put signs on the back of all the doors saying to "check your breasts" and every time I went for a wee, I did that.:

Davina McCall revealed that after a few weeks of constant checking, she felt a lump,

"I was still there. One morning I saw it in the mirror and thought I needed to get it looked at, so I had a biopsy and found out that it was indeed breast cancer."

The TV personality updated that she had a lumpectomy nearly three weeks ago, and feels incredibly grateful to have spotted the lumps earlier. She also expressed feeling relieved for getting the lumps removed and that they hadn't spread.

McCall also said that she was really angry when she first found out about but has now let it go and is in a much "more positive place."

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Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal