Davina McCall's boyfriend Michael Douglas admits he finds her 'annoying' since brain operation

Davina McCall's boyfriend has admitted that he finds her 'annoying' since brain operation.

The former Big Brother presenter, 57, underwent an operation to remove a benign brain tumour towards the end of last year and now she has spoken out about how her significant other feels amid the aftermath of it all as they deal with the impact the whole thing has had on them as a couple.

Davina, who has been in a relationship with hairdresser Michael Douglas since 2019, told Good Housekeeping UK: "At one point, I thought his behaviour was a bit odd, but I couldn’t remember why it felt odd. 'I said to him, "Michael, I've noticed you don't want to be around me much. If you feel differently about me, it's fine, I understand."

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She added: "He said, "It's because you're annoying at the moment," and I've never been so relieved to be told that I'm annoying."

Ultimately, Davina was aware of how she was coming across after her operation because she was constantly repeating herself, but they eventually found the humour within the situation. She said: "I knew I was, because I'd repeat the same questions over and over again. We both laughed hard at that!"

The mum-of-three told fans in November that doctors had discovered a 'very rare' colloid cyst that affects only three in a million people and would require a potentially life-saving operation.

Speaking on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, revealing she made an 'end of life' check list, she shared: "I had to make sure that my kids were going to be OK if I did not make it. That is all I really cared about. I knew my partner, Michael, would be OK as he is a whole person, but I was really worried about my kids."

Davina was married twice and is mum to Holly, 23, Tilly, 21, and 18-year-old Chester.

Davina continued: “I went forensic on thinking about my children and where they were at in their life, what stage they were at. You’re only as happy as your unhappiest child, right?

“I came to a realisation after about six months of cross-examining them about their life and telling them the whole time how much I’ve loved my life.

"My eldest daughter kept caught on. She was like, ‘you are not dying’, I was like, ‘no, no, no’, I realised that they would be great."

In the end, Davina said her check list, which included three heartfelt letters to her children, was complete after she made peace with the fact that they would survive without her.

She concluded: "I am not afraid of dying anymore. It was the biggest journey of my life. It was an amazing time.

"I have been on a massive life journey, and I have been through terrible struggles. That is where the learning comes from.

"If something really hard happens now, I know it is a good thing."

If the operation, which lasted for five hours, had not been successful, Davina could have suffered a stroke or lost her ability to 'hold a short-term memory beyond five minutes'.

However, if the cyst had remained undetected, or if the Long Lost Family star had chosen not to have it removed, she could have died 'suddenly' without any warning or chance to say goodbye to her family and friends, according to The Times.

Speaking about the removal of the tumour while co-presenting this year’s Red Nose Day for Comic Relief, Davina admitted it was “the hardest thing I’ve ever been through” as she thanked her family for supporting her.

The full interview can be read now in the October issue of Good Housekeeping UK

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