'Check yourself': McCall on her breast cancer diagnosis

TV presenter shares news in hope it 'might help someone'

- TARA COBHAM

Davina McCall has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump a few weeks ago.

The TV presenter disclosed that she underwent surgery three weeks ago, as she announced the news in an emotional video posted to her Instagram account yesterday morning.

She said she is sharing the news in the hope that it “might help someone” - and she urged others to “get checked”.

The 58-year-old described being “very angry” when she found out, but said she now feels in a “much more positive place” following the lumpectomy in October.

The diagnosis comes after she underwent surgery last year to remove a benign brain tumour, known as a colloid cyst, which was found after she was offered a health checkup as part of her menopause advocacy work.

The broadcaster said in her message yesterday: “I just wanted to tell you that I have had breast cancer. I found a lump a few weeks ago, and it came and went, but then I was working on The Masked Singer and Lorraine, the TV show Lorraine Kelly, had put signs on the back of all the doors saying, ‘check your breasts’. And every time I went for a wee, I did that, and it was still there. And then one morning, I saw it in the mirror, and I thought, I’m going to get that looked at.