Newly single Fearne Cotton has broken her silence following her shock divorce news.
TV presenter and podcast host Cotton recently announced that she and husband Jesse Wood have separated following 10 years of marriage.
In a post to her Instagram story on Friday, she said: “It is with a heavy heart that I let you all know that Jesse and I are ending our marriage. Our priority has been, and will always be, our children. We please ask that you respect the privacy of our family at this time.”
Speaking in a pre-recorded podcast, released today, Cotton said she “doesn’t want to feel depleted, stressed and not present in her family home.” Chattting to skincare guru Caroline Hirons, Cotton spoke of the ‘toxic pressure that a woman can have it all’.
Fearne Cotton shares two children with her estranged husband Jesse Wood (
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She tells Hirons: “The pressure is immense. 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] are like me, there are lots of things I’d like to do, lots of goals.”
The mum-of-two adds: “I want to grow and expand myself in many ways but I don’t want to feel depleted and stressed out and not be able to be present in my family home, [I want to] have time with my friends, have fun. There is still that toxic sort of trope that women can have it all, that people believe.”
Cotton, 43, married Wood, the son of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, in July 2014 at Richmond Register Office in south-west London after announcing their engagement in 2013. The couple, who have a son, Rex, and daughter, Honey, together met in Ibiza in 2011. Wood, 48, has two children, Arthur and Lola, from a previous relationship.
Earlier in the month, Cotton announced she was undergoing an operation to remove two benign tumours from her jaw and would be resting after “to get better before Christmas”. A benign tumour is a mass of cells that are non-cancerous, tend to stay in one place and can be safely removed during surgery.
Cotton began her career in the late-1990s presenting children’s television shows for GMTV, CITV and CBBC. She has also hosted The Xtra Factor and Top Of The Pops, and was a panellist on ITV’s Celebrity Juice. In 2007, she became the first regular female presenter of the Radio 1 Chart Show, going on to present her own weekday 10am show on the station from 2009.
In 2015 she stepped down from the mid-morning slot for “family and new adventures” after revealing was pregnant with her second child earlier in year. She joined BBC Radio 2 in 2016 where she is best known for her Sounds Of The 90s music nostalgia shows.
Cotton currently hosts the Happy Place podcast where she has interviewed celebrities including US actress Riley Keough, Scottish TV and film star David Tennant and singer Perrie Edwards.
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