Fearne Cotton 'out of her depth' as Alex Jones fills in for major milestone
Fearne Cotton 'out of her depth' as Alex Jones fills in for major milestone
A number of behind-the-scenes revelations were made on the most recent episode of the Happy Place podcast
Fearne Cotton attends the press night performance of "Macbeth" at the Harold Pinter Theatre
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Fearne Cotton's successful podcast, Happy Place turns seven this week, and to mark the milestone, Fearne let her friend and BBC One Show host Alex Jones take the reins and interview her for a change.
During the episode, they touched on a number of key topics as Fearne, 43, reflected on what she and her team have accomplished over the years, as well as some of the standout moments from interviews, and they also addressed some of Fearne's insecurities and doubts she has had along the way.
Discussing the moment when they brought the Happy Place Festival to a larger scale, Fearne said, reflecting on the moment they had when they decided to make the event bigger and better in 2019: 'We went full scale straight away, which was terrifying. Terrifying." For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter
She continued: 'I felt completely out of my depth. Huge imposter syndrome when I turned up. Like, this is too big, I don't like it. I don't know how to walk around this and feel ok about this being something we've done, it was just very overwhelming.
'But now I think we see it as just a big celebration, a bi-annual celebration.'
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They also dived into how Happy Place has grown into a full-blown brand, and Fearne didn't shy away from talking about the lows that came before it all kicked off.
She noted when she spoke about her career in radio and the backlash that came with being in the limelight: 'I thought it was all true. Every negative thing said about me was true and I left radio.
'I mean, this is sort of like incrementally down the line and I just thought, what am I doing?' What is the point of any of this?
'I had no clue. And I honestly thought at that point maybe I'll just quit everything because it's all too painful and then I wrote a book called Happy and that was the first time I guess I'd talked about anything remotely real because a lot of the time there's no space to do it on radio.
'You've got to entertain people.' Alex agreed with this sentiment, noting: 'You're never the full version of yourself because, and it's not a choice, you can't be.'
On the subject of being in the limelight, The One Show host Alex revealed to Fearne, who recently split from husband Jesse Wood, that she: 'Rarely watches anything back" because of her voice
'How am I even on the television?' she questioned but Fearne quickly interjected, saying: 'Because of that voice! The Welsh accent, it's lovely little sing-song dialect, what is not to love?' For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter
But Alex responded: 'No! Disgusting', adding: 'I want yours!'
Fearne also spoke candidly about mental health, self-worth, and the reality of making mistakes in public in the episode, giving listeners a peek behind the scenes at what it is like to produce the podcast on the level she is now on.
She said: 'I've made tons of mistakes doing the podcast, and just with Happy Place in general and that I think is all part of it.
'I'll always own up to it, or talk about it publicly that we did something wrong or badly or whatever.'
Fearne continued: 'I'm sort of accepting of myself. My flaws and my good side and I think when I get to that place mentally, that is a happy place.'
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Thanking Alex Jones for her appearance, Fearne added: 'Thank you so much for doing this! I was like, who is gonna be the slickest interviewer in town? It's Alex Jones.'
You can listen to the latest episode in full on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.
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