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Davina McCall has quietly married her long-term partner Michael Douglas.
The presenter’s hairstylist boyfriend proposed during a romantic trip to Ibiza just three months ago, and they exchanged vows during an intimate ceremony in front of family and close friends on Friday (December 5). Sun,
This was reportedly followed by a larger service the next day which was attended by more people.
Their wedding comes months after McCall, 58, made the revelation she was diagnosed with breast cancer,
In November, the TV presenter said in an emotional video posted to Instagram that she was “very angry” when she found out she had had surgery, but that she is in a “much more positive state” after undergoing a lumpectomy.
that diagnosis was followed More surgeries last year To have a benign brain tumor, known as a colloid cyst, removed, which was found after offering a health check as part of her menopause advocacy work.
Friends claimed the presenter’s diagnosis was part of the reason the couple decided to get married now, telling the publication: “They didn’t see any point in waiting.”
A source told Sun: “Their wedding was perfect, exactly how they wanted. They chose a small venue close to their home, and invited about 10 of their friends and relatives to be there with them.
“It was very intimate and everyone who attended has something very special in their lives. They have been through a lot in recent months with Davina’s health, and it felt right to formalize their wedding. They didn’t feel there was any point in waiting.”
Calling it a “perfect weekend”, he said they “went on with life as normal the next day”.
McCall and Douglas met at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire during his tenure as presenter elder brotherTheir relationship became romantic after McCall’s 17-year marriage to Matthew Roberton ended in 2017.
In October, McCall announced that Douglas had proposed during a romantic vacation in Ibiza.
She said, “What was quite funny was that after lunch, Michael had booked lunch, which was not normal at the beach and he wanted to take me to a beach where we had been before with all the kids.”
“And then he said, ‘Let’s go for a walk around the rocks,'” she recalls. “‘I’m in god-forsaken little pink cowboy boots with steel toe caps and I’m not in a rock-climbing outfit. I could see he really wanted me to like it, it would make him happy.
“And I thought, ‘Oh, blessings’. Like he wanted to show me something beautiful. So I said, ‘Stop being sad and climb the rock.'”
McCall has three children with her ex-husband: Holly, 23, Tilly, 21, and Chester, 18.