Overview
- McCall disclosed on her Begin Again podcast on Sunday that she has cardiovascular disease and introduced a British Heart Foundation special conversation with heart attack survivor Louise McGill.
- She urged listeners to get blood pressure and cholesterol checks and to treat symptoms seriously rather than brushing them off.
- The announcement adds cardiovascular disease to a sequence of recent health issues for McCall that include a benign brain tumour in 2024 and a breast cancer diagnosis in November 2025 for which she later said she received the all‑clear.
- McCall said she has had high cholesterol for many years, has managed it with diet and product swaps including Benecol, and has reduced her working hours to lower stress and focus on monitoring her health.
- The British Heart Foundation and NHS guidance stress that high cholesterol and high blood pressure raise heart disease risk, especially with age, so McCall’s disclosure aims to prompt more routine screening and earlier detection in women after menopause.