Fearne Cotton has broken her silence on her marital split from Jesse Wood, admitting on her Happy Place podcast that she ‘doesn’t want to feel depleted, stressed and not present in her family home’.
The presenter, 43, shocked fans by sharing the divorce announcement on Instagram – just days after she disclosed a health scare, revealing she had discovered two tumours on her jawline.
Speaking to Caroline Hirons on her latest podcast, which released on Monday, Fearne spoke of the ‘toxic pressure that a woman can have it all’.
After a stressful few weeks battling her tumour scares, going through a divorce, while running a business at the same time, Fearne admitted: ‘The pressure is immense’.
She said: ‘There is a lot of pressure for women to prove ourselves, that we can run businesses, I’m trying to do the same with Happy Place. But if we are honest, the pressure is immense.
‘I can imagine you [Caroline] …