Britain Got Talent's Amanda Holden is opening up on her thoughts on presenter pal Davina McCall’s brain tumour diagnosis.
Davina, star of ITV shows including Long Lost Family and the Masked Singer, found the colloid cyst by chance when she was given a free health scan after giving a talk on the menopause. In her recent interview after undergoing brain surgery, Davina described how she felt the tumour "had taken hold of me" and that initially made her angry because it made her feel "every day like I'm in danger".
Now, Amanda, has had an awakening sparked by the alarming health crisis of two close famous friends, Heart Radio co-host Jamie Theakston and Davina.
In an interview with Daily Mail, she said: "It knocked me for six. I can definitely call her a friend, but we’ve never really socialised. But then when I saw the news on her Instagram I was shocked. And with Jamie on top of that you just think, 'This is all going to s***'.
"I checked in on Davina," she continued. "She’s possibly the nicest person in our industry. She’s the best hugger and has great energy. You know how we all like good gossip or a good slag-off of somebody – Davina isn’t interested in all that, she’s perfect in every way." Davina has reassured fans that she's okay and vowed to "move on" with her life after discussing her brain surgery in an emotional interview.
The TV host was interviewed in-depth by friend Steven Bartlett for her Begin Again podcast and the edited version lasts one hour and 45 minutes on YouTube. Davina gave many heartfelt answers and at times it feels quite a raw chat for someone who only had their brain tumour removed in November.
But at the bottom of the video on social media Davina added a note saying: "I just want to say that I'm in a really good place, and this podcast was part of that journey," to explain her tears.
She later added another video on her own Instagram saying: "My interview about my experiences with having brain surgery goes out today. Steven Bartlett interviews me. I asked Steven if he would do that because I know him. I feel very safe with him. I was at the Flight Studios office and I feel very safe there. I'm surrounded by love.
"This is a moment of time in my life that I don't want bang on about again and again and again. I don't want to be defined by this operation. I've had this operation, I'm very fortunate and it was a success and I'm gonna now move on with my life. Obviously I am going to talk about the learnings of it and stuff that I've got from it, but I wanted to also kind of document [it]."
But she learned to live with it, calling the tumour Jeffrey as a coping mechanism. She even threw parties for Jeffrey to downplay the signifigance of what the tumour meant and to try to stay upbeat. "I'm grateful. Life will never be the same again, but in rather a good way," the TV host said in a teary interview, her first since the operation in November.
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