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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Saira Khan

'Fearne Cotton stepping back from limelight shows happiness is a hard choice to make'

As a woman who has been in the public eye on telly, I can sympathise with Fearne Cotton’s decision to step back from the limelight.

It’s really hard when you are ridiculed, trolled and threatened just for doing your job.

Fearne says she was petrified. She had so much anxiety over saying or doing the wrong thing and being vilified for it that she decided to walk away from a successful career in TV and radio at just 40 in order to preserve her mental health.

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