Davina McCall's partner shares update after surgery to remove brain tumour

Davina McCall has had surgery to remove a brain tumour. The Masked Singer judge underwent an operation to remove a 14mm benign tumour that was discovered during a health scan a few months ago while she was speaking at a menopause company event.

In a video update shared on Friday (November 15), Davina asked her followers to keep her in their thoughts as her boyfriend Michael Douglas takes over her social media during her recovery period. Michael reassured fans that Davina is in "great shape" but will be "off-grid" until she's fully recovered.

He wrote in the caption of the video: "Hey everyone. Michael here. @davinamccall will be "off grid" for a bit while she recovers from this brain operation. She is in great shape and in very good hands.

"I'll do the odd update from her account here for anyone interested. I'm sure she'll read all the comments when she's able to so feel free to send love [heart emoji] . The support of people is amazingly powerful. Have a great day everyone. Michael xxx". Alongside her partner's caption, Davina addressed fans in a video, saying: "I was offered a health scan which I thought I was going to ace but it turned out I had a benign brain tumour which is very rare, 'three in a million'. I put my head in the sand for a while. It's 14mm wide and it needs to come out because if it grows it would be bad. I'm having it removed."

She added: "Say a prayer for me. I'm in good spirits.", reports the Mirror. The NHS defines a benign brain tumour as: "A benign (non-cancerous) brain tumour is a mass of cells that grows relatively slowly in the brain. Non-cancerous brain tumours tend to stay in one place and do not spread. It will not usually come back if all of the tumour can be safely removed during surgery. If the tumour cannot be completely removed, there's a risk it could grow back. In this case, it'll be closely monitored using scans or treated with radiotherapy."