Davina McCall, 58, tells off her hairdresser husband Michael Douglas, 53, after he suggested they will both retire in five years
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By RICHARD EDEN, DIARY EDITOR and JOANNA CRAWLEY, DEPUTY SHOWBIZ EDITOR (NEWS)
Published: 11:51 BST, 20 August 2026 | Updated: 11:59 BST, 20 August 2026
Davina McCall's husband appears to be in the dog house already, just eight months after their wedding.
Hair stylist Michael Douglas recently said they both had 'five years' left before bowing out of their respective industries and retiring but TV star Davina, 58, has said a firm no to her husband's plans.
'He's thinking about hanging up his scissors – I'm not hanging up the microphone,' she said this week, according to the Daily Mail's Richard Eden.
Explaining how the story got out, she adds: 'Michael did somebody's hair and he was saying in five years' time he'd like to stop being a hairdresser.'
Douglas had said: 'We've got five years of hard work left in us. Then it's time for us to relax and enjoy all of that hard work.'
'Davina will be about 62 and I'll be around 58. There comes a point where you think, 'When do we actually sit back and enjoy everything we've worked so hard for?'
Davina McCall's husband, hair stylist Michael Douglas recently said they both had 'five years' left before retiring but TV star Davina, 58, has said a firm no to her husband's plans
Davina often describes her 'green flag' husband as the 'love of her life' and praises his calm, supportive and secure nature.
'Honest, open, straight-forward, no games', Davina said on her Begin Again podcast when describing what green flags to look for in a partner.
Davina and Michael tied the knot for a second time in a secret ceremony at their £3.4million home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent earlier this year.
The presenter first wed the hairdresser back in December at Marylebone Town Hall with just close friends and family present.
The pair's first wedding came just weeks after Davina revealed she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent surgery to remove a lump.
The TV star revealed her breast cancer diagnosis to her fans last year, though she noted she had detected it early after noticing a lump and getting it checked, leading to a successful lumpectomy.
She recently confirmed she completed her course of preventative radiotherapy and became emotional about the treatment coming to an end.
Whilst she is not retiring anytime soon, Davina has revealed she is stepping back from full-time work after her breast cancer diagnosis served as a stark wake-up call.
The TV star described the overhaul as essential after facing two major health scares in quick succession - a rare brain tumour in 2024, followed by cancer.
'He's thinking about hanging up his scissors – I'm not hanging up the microphone,' she said this week (pictured together in March)
Speaking candidly on the Miss Me? podcast, the Masked Singer judge admitted the double health blow had forced her to confront a lifetime of running from change and overworking.
Davina, who married Michael in December, explained that while her brain tumour had initially prompted reflection about reducing stress, it was the subsequent breast cancer diagnosis that truly forced her hand.
'I had an amazing breakthrough when I got clean in the early nineties,' she said, referring to her heroin and alcohol addiction in her twenties.
'I had another huge breakthrough after I had my brain tumour removed. I realised that I needed to de-stress my life.
'Interestingly, I realised that - but then the breast cancer, which I thought was a very, very frightening thing, made me realise that I really, really had to put that into place. And I have now.'
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