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Gemma Calvert

Exclusive: Fern Britton reveals why she 'couldn’t bear' to watch acclaimed Netflix drama Adolescence

Fern Britton for the July 2025 cover of woman&home.

Former This Morning host Fern Britton has told woman&home how she swerves news stories about child suffering because they cause her too much distress.

Asked when she feels the most vulnerable, the 67-year-old mum of four said, "Whenever I see children suffering in these wars and awful cases [of] parental cruelty. I can't deal with it, so I can't watch any of that," she explains.

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