Fearne Cotton’s sex life was “killed” by the Covid pandemic.
The 43-year-old TV and radio host’s frank admission has resurfaced after she confirmed on her Instagram stories on Friday (12.12.24) night she had split from her husband Jesse Wood, 47, after a decade of marriage – days after she found two tumours on her jaw.
She told comic Alan Carr, 48, in 2021, on his ‘Life’s a Beach’ podcast about how she and Jesse were battling to find “alone time” with each other: “Sexy time hasn’t happened for so long in terms of me going anywhere.
“I think for me and my husband, booking into the local Travelodge would make us feel sexy at the moment.
“We have had no time alone because of the ridiculous pandemic, but before all this craziness, Paris was our go-to.
“Not every weekend, maybe once a year. But it felt well special because it's so chic and beautiful
“It just has an air of something gorgeous, doesn’t it? I love it there.”
Fearne, who married Jesse – son of a Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood – in 2014 after a three-year romance, announced they had split by saying: "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 always will be our children.
“We please ask that you respect the privacy of our family at this time."
Fearne and Jesse had been battling through a rough patch in 2019, with the presenter admitting at the time their relationship had grown “difficult” due to Jesse’s hectic schedule working with his band Reef.
She said in her column for Red magazine: “Love takes hard work – and no one wants to hear that.
“This year, Jesse and I hit a rough patch – he was away, touring relentlessly (with Reef.)
“I was trying to keep my own career going while looking after our kids and we were both desperately clinging on to our marriage.”
Fearne and Jesse had their first child, son Rex Rayne Wood, a year before they got hitched, with the couple having daughter Honey Krissy Wood in September 2015.
