Television icon Davina McCall has said her stepmum Gaby has been her "amazing rock" as she recovers from brain surgery.
The former Big Brother host had surgery after being diagnosed with a type of benign tumour called a colloid cyst. Her partner Michael Douglas updated Davina’s fans on her social media as she went through the op, but she has now returned to Instagram with a moving video in which she thanked Gaby, the wife of her late father Andrew.
“I'm being brilliantly looked after by Michael and my mum,” said the star, who was in bed with some Christmas lights in the background.
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“I'd quickly like to say big up the step-mums. I don't really say thank you to Gaby enough. She's been an amazing rock my whole life."
Davina - whose birth mother Florence died in 2008 – went on: “I was talking yesterday to somebody, I said I've got a massive dose of vitamin G. I think when something like this happens I just feel so grateful. I've always been grateful, I've been really lucky in my life.
"But I feel unbelievably grateful right now.
"So thanks for everything all of you. I'm on the mend, I'm resting, I'm sleeping loads and I feel really good. I just feel very lucky."
Mum-of-three Davina, 57, also told how she was having some issues with her short term memory. "My short-term memory is a bit remiss but that is something I can work on so I’m really happy about that," she said. "I’m writing down everything I’m doing to keep myself feeling safe.”
The star also thanked everyone for their support and for reaching out to her as went through the surgery, saying that she wanted to say an “enormous heartfelt thank you”.
Becoming tearful, she went on: “It has meant the world… it’s been mad and it is just really nice to be back home."
"I am on the other side," she added.
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