Joel Dommett delivers Davina McCall health update as ITV Masked Singer co-star continues brain tumour op recovery
Davina McCall is “doing really well” as she continues to adjust to life after undergoing brain surgery in November, according to her Masked Singer co-star Joel Dommett.
The 57-year-old, who’s been appearing on screens of late in the hit singing competition, had a benign tumour removed just a few months ago and has been staying positive on social media as she provides insight to her recovery.
The Masked Singer host Dommett has now shed further light on how McCall is doing away from the camera as she recovers with the help of her partner, Michael Douglas.
During a televised interview on Thursday, presenter Nadia Sawalha asked Dommett and Masked Singer star Harriet Rose: “We’ve got to ask before you go because we all love Davina here so much… how is she doing?”
Rose replied first of all: “I’ve text her a few times. She’s one of the best people on this earth.
“She is so positive and amazing, and she was so fantastic with me on this show and she seems really well.”
Dommett then chipped in: “She’s really great. Me and my wife have gone over to her house since and she’s doing really well.
“What a mad thing to happen to you in your life and it completely changes your outlook on everything.
“She’s a very positive person anyway so,” Dommett signed off.
Dommett’s update comes just days after the former Big Brother star admitted she was “angry” about how the tumour “had taken control” of her.
Speaking on the Begin Again podcast with Dragons’ Den’s Steven Bartlett, McCall said: “I felt like this thing had taken control of me and I was so angry about that.
“I couldn’t let it go, I was like, ‘How dare you control my daily life like this and make me feel every day like I’m in danger?'”
McCall added that, before the operation, “living with uncertainty is pretty terrifying and that she had a “newfound enormous sympathy for people who have benign brain tumours”.
She added: “I have had so many people say to me, ‘Well, at least it was benign.’ And you think, ‘You have no idea that benign brain tumours can still kill you.’
“It’s just, you don’t know when it’s going to happen. It could happen tomorrow, it could happen in years’ time.
“It’s different to cancer, but it is also awful. A benign does not mean fine.”
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Back in November, McCall shared a video expressing her gratitude at being “on the other side” of the ordeal, admitting it was “really nice to be home”.
She gave an “enormous heartfelt thank you” to fans for their support during the period of time of the operation, saying their supportive messages “meant the world”.