Vanessa Feltz admitted she was feeling "battered and bruised" ahead of her 61st birthday, following her heartbreaking split from her fiance of 16 years Ben Ofoedu. The TalkTV host and This Morning agony aunt reflected over the past 12 months, and becoming unexpectedly single after Phats & Small singer Ben cheated on her.
She wrote in her column for The Express: "What a difference 12 months makes. I started a new all-singing, all-dancing job at TalkTV after 33 years at the Beeb, embarked on Instagram and now have 330k followers, became a grandma for the fourth time when Cecily Violet was born and five weeks ago became unexpectedly single."
Vanessa, who spent Valentine's Day on a healing trip to Ireland with her family, says she's "marching on" after the heartache and looking forward to the future. "I was born and bred to be married. I grew up listening to Fiddler On The Roof with 'Matchmaker, Matchmaker' on a loop, so it’s something of an adjustment."
