Davina McCall has revealed the touching reason why she keeps her husband Michael Douglas’s ‘eyeball’ in her wedding ring, as she opened up about their ’emotional’ ceremony.
The TV presenter, 58, tied the knot with the hairdresser, 49, last month and explained that she had her ring transformed into a deeply personal keepsake so she can always feel close to him.
Speaking to Geoff Lloyd on Virgin Radio UK, Davina said: ‘What’s so nice for me is if I’m at work or I’m not with Michael and I catch sight of the ring, I feel like he’s with me.’
Michael added: ‘They are actually made by a prosthetic eye company. They make eyes for people who need an eye and then they get put into rings.’
Elsewhere in the interview, the couple revealed they tied the knot in London in front of just 11 guests, with the wedding day proving to be an emotional affair.
Michael admitted there were plenty of tears, adding: ‘The wedding felt like a therapeutic event in some way.’
Davina McCall has revealed the touching reason she keeps her husband Michael Douglas’s ‘eyeball’ in her wedding ring, as she opened up about their ’emotional’ ceremony
The TV presenter, 58, tied the knot with the hairdresser, 49, last month and explained that she had her ring transformed into a deeply personal keepsake so she can always feel close to him
The couple tied the knot in a small London ceremony just three months after getting engaged in Ibiza, and the intimate celebration was attended by ‘everyone who is special in their lives.’
Davina married her devoted partner after he supported her through surgery to remove a benign tumour from her brain and a recent breast cancer diagnosis, and friends claimed it was her recent health woes that prompted them to marry now.
She and Michael were supported by their loved ones at the wedding, with Davina’s daughter Tilly, 21, sharing a video on TikTok ahead of the ceremony.
Showing off her wedding look, she captioned the post: ‘Be prepared to be SICK of me.’
Last month, Davina broke her silence on the wedding to praise her ‘lovely’ new husband Michael in a social media post.
Davina shared a video of a poem by Harry Baker on Thursday, calling it ‘extraordinary’.
The poem contained the words: ‘It’s not the flowers, it’s the weeding in the mud with you. It’s not the champagne, it’s that cuppa in that favourite mug you use.
‘It’s not the chocolate. OK it is, but not just one or two, it is becoming Bruce Bogtrotter and Augustus Gloop.
Speaking to Geoff Lloyd on Virgin Radio UK, Davina said: ‘What’s so nice for me is if I’m at work or I’m not with Michael and I catch sight of the ring, I feel like he’s with me’ (pictured November 2025)
Michael added: ‘They are actually made by a prosthetic eye company. They make eyes for people who need an eye and then they get put into rings’ (both pictured 2024)
‘It’s voting frozen pizza over fancy grub with you. Because some nights, nothing can beat a slice of comfort food.’
Davina also reposted Michael’s latest hairdressing video, writing ‘@mdlondon Christmas tips. (Michael u r lovely)’.
A source told The Sun of Davina and Michael’s recent nuptials: ‘Their wedding was perfect, exactly what they wanted. They chose a small venue close to their home, and just invited about ten of their friends and relatives to be there with them.
‘It was very intimate and everyone who attended is very special in their lives. They’ve been through a huge amount in recent months, with Davina’s health, and it just felt right to formalise their marriage. They didn’t see the point in waiting.
The source added: ‘The next day they just carried on with life as normal, and as coincidence would have it they were guests at another friend’s wedding day.
‘So they went as a married couple for the first time and happily showed off her wedding ring. It was the perfect weekend.’
Davina has been close friends with Michael for years after meeting the skilled hairdresser at Hertfordshire’s Elstree Studios during her spell as the presenter of Big Brother.
But their platonic friendship became romantic after McCall’s 17-year marriage to Matthew Robertson, the father of her three children Holly, 24, Tilly, 22, and Chester, 19, collapsed in 2017.
Davina married her devoted partner after he supported her through surgery to remove a benign tumour from her brain as well as a recent breast cancer diagnosis
Davina’s platonic friendship with Michael became romantic after her 18-year marriage to Matthew Robertson (pictured) – the father of her three children – collapsed in 2017
In October, the presenter confirmed Douglas had proposed after whisking her off to Ibiza for a romantic mini-break.
Recalling the unexpected proposal during an appearance on the Chris Evans Virgin Radio Show in September, she said: ‘What was quite funny was after lunch Michael had booked a lunch which was like, not that usual on a beach and he wanted to take me to a beach where we’d been with all the kids before.
‘So I was like: “Oh, this is really nice”. And then he said: “Let’s go for a walk around the cliffs.” ‘I’m in some god-forsaken cowboy boots, little pink cowboy boots with steel toe caps and I’m not in a cliff climbing outfit. I could see he really wanted me to like it, it would make him happy.
‘And I thought, “Oh, bless” like he wants to show me something beautiful. So I was like: “Stop being miserable and get up the cliff.”‘
Confirming the engagement earlier that month, a close friend told The Sun: ‘She has a ring but is only wearing it in private.
‘It is wonderful news and everyone who knows them is just so thrilled. They really do make the most gorgeous couple.’
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world and affects more than two MILLION women a year
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Each year in the UK there are more than 55,000 new cases, and the disease claims the lives of 11,500 women. In the US, it strikes 266,000 each year and kills 40,000. But what causes it and how can it be treated?
What is breast cancer?
It comes from a cancerous cell which develops in the lining of a duct or lobule in one of the breasts.
When the breast cancer has spread into surrounding tissue it is called ‘invasive’. Some people are diagnosed with ‘carcinoma in situ’, where no cancer cells have grown beyond the duct or lobule.
Most cases develop in those over the age of 50 but younger women are sometimes affected. Breast cancer can develop in men, though this is rare.
Staging indicates how big the cancer is and whether it has spread. Stage 1 is the earliest stage and stage 4 means the cancer has spread to another part of the body.
The cancerous cells are graded from low, which means a slow growth, to high, which is fast-growing. High-grade cancers are more likely to come back after they have first been treated.
What causes breast cancer?
A cancerous tumour starts from one abnormal cell. The exact reason why a cell becomes cancerous is unclear. It is thought that something damages or alters certain genes in the cell. This makes the cell abnormal and multiply ‘out of control’.
Although breast cancer can develop for no apparent reason, there are some risk factors that can increase the chance, such as genetics.
What are the symptoms of breast cancer?
The usual first symptom is a painless lump in the breast, although most are not cancerous and are fluid-filled cysts, which are benign.
The first place that breast cancer usually spreads to is the lymph nodes in the armpit. If this occurs you will develop a swelling or lump in an armpit.
How is breast cancer diagnosed?
- Initial assessment: A doctor examines the breasts and armpits. They may do tests such as a mammogram, a special X-ray of the breast tissue which can indicate the possibility of tumours.
- Biopsy: A biopsy is when a small sample of tissue is removed from a part of the body. The sample is then examined under a microscope to look for abnormal cells. The sample can confirm or rule out cancer.
If you are confirmed to have breast cancer, further tests may be needed to assess if it has spread. For example, blood tests, an ultrasound scan of the liver or a chest X-ray.
How is breast cancer treated?
Treatment options which may be considered include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone treatment. Often a combination of two or more of these treatments are used.
- Surgery: Breast-conserving surgery or the removal of the affected breast depending on the size of the tumour.
- Radiotherapy: A treatment which uses high energy beams of radiation focused on cancerous tissue. This kills cancer cells, or stops them from multiplying. It is mainly used in addition to surgery.
- Chemotherapy: A treatment of cancer by using anti-cancer drugs which kill cancer cells, or stop them from multiplying.
- Hormone treatments: Some types of breast cancer are affected by the ‘female’ hormone oestrogen, which can stimulate the cancer cells to divide and multiply. Treatments which reduce the level of these hormones, or prevent them from working, are commonly used in people with breast cancer.
How successful is treatment?
The outlook is best in those who are diagnosed when the cancer is still small, and has not spread. Surgical removal of a tumour in an early stage may then give a good chance of cure.
The routine mammography offered to women between the ages of 50 and 71 means more breast cancers are being diagnosed and treated at an early stage.
For more information visit breastcancernow.org or call its free helpline on 0808 800 6000
