{"id":230147,"date":"2026-01-06T09:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230147\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:31:09","slug":"my-latest-project-is-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230147\/","title":{"rendered":"My latest project is me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broadcaster Davina McCall has said her latest \u201cproject\u201d is working on herself as she rolls back her working schedule to four days a week.<\/p>\n

The former Big Brother presenter, 58, underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumour nearly a year ago and most recently revealed that she had breast cancer removed in October, after she found a lump.<\/p>\n

On the change that this brought to her life, McCall said she has decided to prioritise taking care of herself more and \u201cde-stress\u201d her life.<\/p>\n

\"DavinaPresenter Davina McCall\u00a0 (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Miss Me? podcast, she said: \u201cChange was something that really frightened me. I always loved the status quo, knowing what I was doing and feeling safe in that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat has happened, actually is that I have realised that all my really big growth has come from change, and often quite painful change.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had an amazing breakthrough when I got clean in the early 90s. I had another huge breakthrough after I had my brain tumour removed, I realised that I needed to de-stress my life.<\/p>\n

\u201cInterestingly, I realised that, but then the breast cancer, which I thought was a very, very frightening thing, made me realise that I really had to put that into place, and I have now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to work a four-day week.<\/p>\n

\"DavinaDavina McCall at the National Television Awards (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel so much better now about my life and trying to get it more balanced.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I hit this stage of my life, I want to take more care of myself. That is my latest project, me, because I can\u2019t take care of anyone else if I\u2019m not OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the NHS, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer for women in the UK.<\/p>\n

Although anyone can get it, those at higher risk include people over the age of 50, if you have dense breast tissue or have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, or have higher levels of the hormones oestrogen, progesterone or testosterone.<\/p>\n

McCall is a panellist on ITV\u2019s The Masked Singer and is also the host on the podcast Begin Again.<\/p>\n

She is also known for hosting Big Brother between 2000 and 2010 during its Channel 4 run, and has long advocated on women\u2019s health issues, including presenting documentaries on contraception and the menopause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broadcaster Davina McCall has said her latest \u201cproject\u201d is working on herself as she rolls back her working…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-230147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}