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Daily Mail
9 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
Fern Britton, 67, continues to showcase her incredible weight loss transformation in a chic blazer and high-waisted trousers for latest social media snap - after losing five stone
Fern Britton continued to showcase her incredible five stone weight loss as she posed for an Instagram snap on Friday. The presenter, 67, looked effortlessly chic in a plaid blazer and trousers while resting her hand on her slender waist. Fern completed the stylish Busby and Fox outfit with a simple white T-shirt and sandals while beaming for the camera amid the release of her new novel A Cornish Legacy. She captioned the snap: 'A cute little ensemble!'. It comes after Fern Britton proved she could still give This Morning successor Holly Willoughby a run for her money as she shared a new social media snap to plug her latest book. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Fern Britton, 67, continued to showcase her incredible five stone weight loss as she posed for an Instagram snap on Friday The presenter showed off her ageless complexion as she celebrated the release of her new novel with a post on Instagram on Thursday. She captioned the post: 'A Cornish Legacy is out tomorrow! I'm very excited to see if you like it.' The snap was also eerily similar to an image posted by Holly, while she promoted her Wylde Library, a collection of books on the official brand's website which is guided by recommendations from her fans. Fern recently revealed the turning point behind her dramatic weight loss in an interview with Woman&Home magazine. The presenter reflected on the powerful moment she decided to take back control of her health. She told the publication: 'People often wonder when you lose lots of weight whether you've done it naturally. 'And I can look at you and say, "Yes, I have".' 'I had my shoulder replacement 18 months ago, and two-and-a-half years ago, when I saw the surgeon, he said, "I'm going to totally replace your shoulder, I'll see you in a year." 'I thought, "I need to get my life back on track. I need to stop smoking, stop drinking, get eating under control and stop lying in bed feeling sorry for myself". 'So I started the Couch to 5k, took about 80 per cent of the sugar out of my life and started to think about what I was eating, which I had never done before.' Five years ago, the presenter moved permanently into her Cornish holiday home before renovating it 'bit by bit'. A Cornish Legacy, which is Fern's 11th novel, took the star two years to write – twice longer than normal. Fern has long enjoyed storytelling, releasing her first novel New Beginnings 2011, two years after leaving This Morning. But since Covid she has been prolific in her writing, penning Daughters Of Cornwall in 2020 and The Good Servant two years later, with the hotly-anticipated A Cornish Legacy set for release in June. The Sunday Times bestselling author recently took to Instagram to reveal the cover of her new book, which promises another historical adventure on the south-west coastline. In a caption, Fern excitedly announced: 'Hello everyone! I'm delighted to share the cover of my new novel, A Cornish Legacy, out in hardback, eBook and audio in June. 'Enter Wilder Hoo House and discover its secrets! Nestled against the rugged Atlantic coast of Cornwall comes a heart-warming story of new beginnings and finding home where you least expect it… 'You can pre-order A Cornish Legacy with the link in my bio! Love, Fern. x #ACornishLegacy.' Fern has twin sons Harry and Jack, 31, and daughter Grace, 27, from her first marriage, to Clive Jones, and daughter Winnie, 23, with Phil Vickery. Fern has kept her private life out of the spotlight since calling it a off with TV chef, Phil, 63, in 2020, after 20 years. It comes after Fern proved she could still give This Morning successor Holly Willoughby a run for her money as she shared a new social media snap to plug her latest book Fern was replaced by Holly as the host of This Morning back in 2009, but in recent posts she has showcased her ageless complexion (picture don the show) She recently admitted that while she does get 'lonely', she is still not looking for love five years on from her split. The couple's 20-year marriage came to an end in 2020 following the deaths of Fern's parents, which reportedly caused the pair to realise that they had to 'follow their own paths'. She told Woman & Home: 'I'm not looking for love - I'm still a bit too wary of losing my liberty. 'There's nobody to run something past but, on the other hand, I think back to running things past people and it never really worked out, so why don't I just make my own decision? Then I'm the only person who can go, 'I f***ed up there.' Fern's move into authoring came shortly after her departure from This Morning where she became a household name alongside Philip Schofield from 1999 to 2009, when she was replaced by Holly. She reportedly blames Phil for her This Morning exit and isn't afraid to speak out in the CBB house. It was claimed at the time of Fern's This Morning exit she felt 'undervalued by ITV' and that she was 'living in Phil's shadow'. It was also reported she was being paid £250,000 a year less than Phil and that he was earning three times her salary when they were fronting Mr and Mrs together from 2008 to 2010. Phil is said to have banked £45,000 an hour while Fern earned just £15,000. However, Fern denied she left ITV because of her salary and upon her departure she mentioned the whole This Morning team rather than just Phillip.
Daily Mail
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Fern Britton, 67, gives Holly Willoughby a run for her money as she plugs her book in new snap after showing off her 5st weight loss
She famously took over her coveted job on This Morning. But Fern Britton proved she could still give her successor Holly Willoughby a run for her money as she shared a new social media snap to plug her latest book. The presenter, 67, celebrated the release of her new novel A Cornish Legacy with a post on Instagram on Thursday. The star also showed off her impressive five stone weight loss, having spoken openly about her struggles over the years. She captioned the post: 'A Cornish Legacy is out tomorrow! I'm very excited to see if you like it.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The snap was also eerily similar to an image posted by Holly, while she promoted her Wylde Library, a collection of books on the official brand's website which is guided by recommendations from her fans. Fern recently revealed the turning point behind her dramatic weight loss in an interview with Woman&Home magazine. The presenter reflected on the powerful moment she decided to take back control of her health. She told the publication: 'People often wonder when you lose lots of weight whether you've done it naturally. 'And I can look at you and say, "Yes, I have".' 'I had my shoulder replacement 18 months ago, and two-and-a-half years ago, when I saw the surgeon, he said, "I'm going to totally replace your shoulder, I'll see you in a year." 'I thought, "I need to get my life back on track. I need to stop smoking, stop drinking, get eating under control and stop lying in bed feeling sorry for myself". 'So I started the Couch to 5k, took about 80 per cent of the sugar out of my life and started to think about what I was eating, which I had never done before.' Fern has long been open about her weight struggles, having fluctuated between a size 22 and a size 12 over the years, and she recently unveiled her five stone weight loss Five years ago, the presenter moved permanently into her Cornish holiday home before renovating it 'bit by bit'. A Cornish Legacy, which is Fern's 11th novel, took the star two years to write – twice longer than normal. Fern has long enjoyed storytelling, releasing her first novel New Beginnings 2011, two years after leaving This Morning. But since Covid she has been prolific in her writing, penning Daughters Of Cornwall in 2020 and The Good Servant two years later, with the hotly-anticipated A Cornish Legacy set for release in June. The Sunday Times bestselling author recently took to Instagram to reveal the cover of her new book, which promises another historical adventure on the south-west coastline. In a caption, Fern excitedly announced: 'Hello everyone! I'm delighted to share the cover of my new novel, A Cornish Legacy, out in hardback, eBook and audio in June. 'Enter Wilder Hoo House and discover its secrets! Nestled against the rugged Atlantic coast of Cornwall comes a heart-warming story of new beginnings and finding home where you least expect it… 'You can pre-order A Cornish Legacy with the link in my bio! Love, Fern. x #ACornishLegacy.' Fern has twin sons Harry and Jack, 31, and daughter Grace, 27, from her first marriage, to Clive Jones, and daughter Winnie, 23, with Phil Vickery. Fern has kept her private life out of the spotlight since calling it a off with TV chef, Phil, 63, in 2020, after 20 years. She recently admitted that while she does get 'lonely', she is still not looking for love five years on from her split. The couple's 20-year marriage came to an end in 2020 following the deaths of Fern's parents, which reportedly caused the pair to realise that they had to 'follow their own paths'. She told Woman & Home: 'I'm not looking for love - I'm still a bit too wary of losing my liberty. 'There's nobody to run something past but, on the other hand, I think back to running things past people and it never really worked out, so why don't I just make my own decision? Then I'm the only person who can go, 'I f***ed up there.' Fern's move into authoring came shortly after her departure from This Morning where she became a household name alongside Philip Schofield from 1999 to 2009, when she was replaced by Holly Willoughby. She reportedly blames Phil for her This Morning exit and isn't afraid to speak out in the CBB house. It was claimed at the time of Fern's This Morning exit she felt 'undervalued by ITV' and that she was 'living in Phil's shadow'. It was also reported she was being paid £250,000 a year less than Phil and that he was earning three times her salary when they were fronting Mr and Mrs together from 2008 to 2010. Phil is said to have banked £45,000 an hour while Fern earned just £15,000. However, Fern denied she left ITV because of her salary and upon her departure she mentioned the whole This Morning team rather than just Phillip.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Fern Britton shows off incredible five stone weight loss as she runs in Cornwall
FERN Britton today showed off her incredible five stone weight loss, as she went for a country run in Cornwall. The former This Morning presenter, 67, has been busy shedding the pounds after admitting that she wanted to get her "life back on track". 5 5 5 Celebrity Big Brother star Fern looked happy and relaxed as she hit the roads of the quaint Cornish village where she lives. The fit star was seen running with ease, and showing off her slimmed down figure. Fern looked in great shape, as she jogged along the idyllic country roads. She was dressed the part in yoga pants, tracksuit top and trainers. Fern's workout clothes showed off her incredible five stone weight loss, which she has achieved through healthy eating and exercise. TIME FOR CHANGE Ferne revealed her incredible weight loss a few weeks ago. She said that she had been on a health kick for 18-months. Ferne told fans how she had quit booze and smoking, plus had cut sugar out from her diet by 80 percent, in a bid to lose the weight naturally. Speaking to Woman&Home magazine in May, the popular presenter said: "I'm just two years off 70 so it's very real. I can't believe it, actually! "At times, I get more tired than I used to or when I'm working in the garden, I think, 'That's heavy'." Fern Britton makes thinly-veiled dig at ex Phil Vickery amid divorce after saying she'll 'never marry again' Ferne said of her children: "I don't want them to feel guilty about not seeing me or worried about me if I'm not well. "It's important that I show them I'm living my own life well." Fern also revealed how a shoulder replacement kick-started her need to get her eating under control. "I told myself, 'I need to stop smoking, stop drinking, get eating under control and stop lying in bed feeling sorry for myself'", she added.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Fern Britton displays her impressive 5st weight loss as she leaves Global Radio while promoting her upcoming novel A Cornish Legacy
Fern Britton displayed her impressive five stone weight loss as she left Global Radio on Wednesday. The TV presenter, 67, has long been open about her weight struggles, having fluctuated between a size 22 and a size 12 over the years. And she showed off her trim figure as she strolled through London, sporting a white frilly blouse and ripped straight leg cropped jeans. Fern had been a guest at Global Radio promoting her upcoming novel A Cornish Legacy - which comes out on Thursday and centres on Wilderhoo - a fictional 1,000-year-old Cornish house that has gone to rack and ruin. She recently revealed the turning point behind her dramatic weight loss in an interview with Woman&Home magazine. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Fern reflected on the powerful moment she decided to take back control of her health. She told the publication: 'People often wonder when you lose lots of weight whether you've done it naturally. 'And I can look at you and say, "Yes, I have".' 'I had my shoulder replacement 18 months ago, and two-and-a-half years ago, when I saw the surgeon, he said, "I'm going to totally replace your shoulder, I'll see you in a year." 'I thought, "I need to get my life back on track. I need to stop smoking, stop drinking, get eating under control and stop lying in bed feeling sorry for myself". 'So I started the Couch to 5k, took about 80 per cent of the sugar out of my life and started to think about what I was eating, which I had never done before.' Five years ago, the presenter moved permanently into her Cornish holiday home before renovating it 'bit by bit'. A Cornish Legacy, which is Fern's 11th novel, took the star two years to write – twice longer than normal. The TV presenter, 67, has long been open about her weight struggles, having fluctuated between a size 22 and a size 12 over the years Fern has long enjoyed storytelling, releasing her first novel New Beginnings 2011, two years after leaving This Morning. But since Covid she has been prolific in her writing, penning Daughters Of Cornwall in 2020 and The Good Servant two years later, with the hotly-anticipated A Cornish Legacy set for release in June. The Sunday Times bestselling author recently took to Instagram to reveal the cover of her new book, which promises another historical adventure on the south-west coastline. In a caption, Fern excitedly announced: 'Hello everyone! I'm delighted to share the cover of my new novel, A Cornish Legacy, out in hardback, eBook and audio in June. 'Enter Wilder Hoo House and discover its secrets! Nestled against the rugged Atlantic coast of Cornwall comes a heart-warming story of new beginnings and finding home where you least expect it… 'You can pre-order A Cornish Legacy with the link in my bio! Love, Fern. x #ACornishLegacy.' Fern has twin sons Harry and Jack, 31, and daughter Grace, 27, from her first marriage, to Clive Jones, and daughter Winnie, 23, with Phil Vickery. Fern has kept her private life out of the spotlight since calling it a off with TV chef, Phil, 63, in 2020, after 20 years.
Telegraph
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Fern Britton: ‘My mum died, my dad died, then my marriage died'
Fern Britton beams at me through my laptop screen, looking joyful and glowy, with a light tan thanks to the blissful spring weather she's been enjoying at her home, close to Padstow in Cornwall. Looking easily a decade younger than her 67 years – she'll be 68 next month – Britton is here to talk to me (bar interruption by one of her three cats) about her latest novel, her 11th, A Cornish Legacy. But of course there is a lot of other ground to cover as well. Britton is after all one of our best loved TV presenters, who co-presented Breakfast Time in the 1980s before moving onto Ready Steady Cook – where she met now ex-husband Phil Vickery – and then to This Morning, where she co-hosted with Phillip Schofield until 2009, leaving amid reports of a feud. Last year she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, coming fifth, and as well as regularly popping up on our screens since her This Morning departure, she's also dedicated herself to her novel-writing. Several are set in Cornwall, where she moved after her split from Vickery, father of her child Winnie. She also has grown up children – twins Harry and Jack and daughter Grace – from her marriage to Clive Jones. As we chat, she explains her latest plot centres around a character, Cordelia Jago, who has lost everything but is then left a house in Cornwall. With Britton having experienced a very difficult few years herself, is the plot semi-autobiographical? 'Not intentionally so, but I think the unconscious mind talks to you. I didn't realise it for a while and then I thought, hang on, this is sort of the life I've had for the last few years – but without the sprawling old mansion. In contrast, my house is very normal and only 30 years old.' Though she determinedly makes light of it, life has thrown one misfortune after another in her direction over the past decade. Having undergone a hysterectomy in 2016, she contracted sepsis and very nearly died. 'Then my mum died in 2018 and my dad died in 2019 and then my marriage [to chef Phil Vickery] died. Next, I discovered that my phone had been hacked for 15 years [by News of the World ]. And last year a man who was stalking me for several years went to court and was given a restraining order. For a while, I was wondering what else could possibly happen. But lots of women endure difficult stuff and we just live with it and keep going.' Key to her resilience and recovery from all the tumult has been, much like her latest heroine, her surroundings. She can walk to the beach in under half an hour and when she sleeps with the windows open, she can hear the sea from her bed. 'Cornwall is my medicine. It feels like a very comforting, healing place to me,' she says. So much so that, despite previously talking openly about needing anti-depressants for several years, she is now medication-free, her last prescription being some three or four years ago. 'I'm in a good place. I know the difference between depression and a kind of overloaded anxiety that we all get. I feel that I've found the person that I used to be and I'm enjoying life and having fun.' There's no hankering after her former Buckinghamshire home and, although she acknowledges she didn't anticipate being single and needing to work in her mid-60s, there's no bitterness when she talks about the end of her second marriage. ' Divorce is not a breeze. No matter how you hope it's going to be easy and pain-free, inevitably it isn't. It's difficult and brings up a lot of unpleasant characteristics in everybody. Then, when it's finally over, there's a little bit of time where you have to just let the emotions subside. And then you can start looking back on how things were good and it was unfortunate that it just ran out of steam or whatever it was.' So, working on her novels comes from a place of need – as well as enjoying writing, Britton reveals she's disciplined at making herself sit at her desk every morning for a few hours before spending time with friends or out in nature in the afternoon. 'I have to be motivated because no one's going to look after me, and it's vital that women are financially independent. We can't say it loudly or more often enough to young women, and there's no shame in it. We need to be able to earn money and look after ourselves.' She's also become very motivated when it comes to looking after her health, she says. Just before the pandemic, in early 2020, she injured her right shoulder badly while emptying her bin and endured more than two years of severe pain. Partly as a result of this and the repeated lockdowns of that time, she started smoking and didn't focus on exercise or diet. It was thanks to the NHS surgeon who recommended a full shoulder replacement that she took herself in hand, she says. In the initial consultation he told her to quit smoking and suggested she lose some weight to best prepare for the operation. 'I had a year to get fit for the operation, so did the Couch to 5km app and gave up smoking. That and being pain-free after the operation has been a great gift. It's given me such a boost.' Now, as well as jogging three times a week, she is also doing weights and stretches to keep herself in good shape and she's noticed her legs getting noticeably stronger and her tummy getting flatter. 'Actually, I'm very proud of myself. People are obsessed with what size you are and this isn't about that. This is about staying fit for my kids so they don't have to worry about me and it's about enjoying this stage of life.' When I ask what she thinks of the current craze for midlifers to turn to drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro to control their weight rather than how she's doing it, Britton is entirely non-judgemental and says everyone needs to choose what is right for them. Moreover, she is passionate about people being allowed to keep their diet tactics private, rather than feeling they must tell everyone about it. She clearly still feels bruised by the tabloid stories about her own choice to have a gastric band back in the days she was presenting This Morning – stories that she now knows only came to light because her phone was hacked. 'I would say to anyone, do what you feel you need to feel good about yourself. If you want to take a medicine to kick start your weight loss then do it and you don't have to tell anyone about it,' she says. 'After my gastric band, I never felt guilty about it. I just thought, I'd do this one thing for me. But that privacy was taken away from me. And I couldn't work out who was saying these things. It had an awful impact on my life. And it damaged my relationship with my mother, who died before the truth came to light.' Among the pastimes helping her put such terrible hurt behind her is hanging out with a couple of very close friends who live nearby, going by the nicknames of Two Cups and Boo – the three of them enjoying weekly line-dancing classes together complete with 'proper cowboy boots'. And being a regular churchgoer has also become an important part of her life, providing a 'lovely, supportive community of people'. We can also look forward to Britton being back on our screens from July, when she presents a new programme, Fern Britton: Inside The Vet's, on ITV1 and ITVX, something she's loved filming. This reveals what happens to beloved pets behind closed doors when they need medical treatment. 'We see it all – I've been in on lots of operations and there are some really good stories,' she says. 'It's uplifting and very warm.' So, looking ahead, what ambitions does she have both professionally and personally? Her dream, she shares, would be for one of her novels to be made into a movie – possibly The Good Servant, published in 2022, which told the story of a royal governess in the 1930s. 'I'm not betting the ranch on it, but there's some interest and it would be amazing if that happened.' She's also working on the next novel, which she says is currently flowing easily. Meanwhile, when it comes to family Britton says she's learnt not to ask any of her four adult children about the prospect of grandchildren; 'They all say to me, 'Mother, don't even ask!'' But for herself she isn't ruling out the prospect of finding new love – 'the door is unlocked to that. Not exactly open, but unlocked,' she says. 'In A Cornish Legacy, you'll have to read to the end, but a very nice man arrives for Cordelia. He's called Ray – normal name, normal guy. What you see is what you get and he's great. Someone like that would do.'
