Fearne Cotton admits she’s enjoying a ‘burst of fun and partying’ as she opens up about her ‘coping mechanisms’ amid Jesse Wood split

Fearne Cotton has revealed she has been having a ‘weird burst of fun’ lately, amid her split from husband Jesse Wood.

The presenter, 43, shocked fans by sharing the divorce announcement on Instagram this month just days after she revealed a health problemwhich revealed that she had discovered two tumors on her jawline.

The mother-of-two spoke about her mindset over the past few weeks in a chat with comedian Joanne McNally about her latest Happy Place podcast.

After Joanne revealed that she had gone from having to rely on her friends to have fun to suddenly feeling ‘hyper independent’, Fearne shared her own thoughts.

She confessed, “I am with a little weird burst of pleasure. I don’t know why, it comes out of nowhere. It’s like, oh, I just want to be teased a little and have some fun.

‘I’m coming out of it a bit. I guess it’s all phases, but I completely understand that kind of hyper-independence. I think I’ve had that for so long, maybe because I started working young.’

The presenter, 43, shocked fans by sharing the divorce announcement on Instagram this month, just days after revealing a health problem

Fearne continued: ‘Sometimes I don’t trust that people will do what I need or support me in the right way.

“So I’m like, ‘No, I’m doing everything on my own,’ which isn’t great, but I know I can rely on myself.

“So I’m kind of sticking with that and I know that’s not great, but it’s just a coping mechanism, I guess.”

Fearne also appeared to reference her marital problems in her previous podcast admitted to her Happy Place podcast that she “doesn’t want to feel exhausted, stressed and not present in her family home.”

Speaking to Caroline Hirons, Fearne spoke about the ‘toxic pressure that a woman can have it all’.

After a stressful few weeks of battling her tumor fears, going through a divorce and running a business at the same time, Fearne admitted: ‘The pressure is enormous’.

She said: ‘There’s a lot of pressure on women to prove ourselves, that we can run businesses, I’m trying to do the same with Happy Place. But if we’re honest, the pressure is enormous.

‘I can imagine you [Caroline] being like me, there are many things I would like to do, many goals.

“I want to grow and expand in many ways, but I don’t want to feel exhausted and stressed and unable to be present in my childhood home. [I want to] spending time with my friends, having fun.

“There’s still that toxic kind of trope that women can have everything that people think.”

Fearne confessed: ‘I have a bit of a weird burst of pleasure. I just want to get a bit p***ed and have some fun’ (pictured on a night out with Eliza Day and Jamie Laing last week)

Fearne shares son Rex, 11, and daughter Honey, eight, with Jesse, 48, and so is she also stepmother to his children Arthur, 21, and Lola, 18, from his first marriage.

In the statement revealing the split, Fearne told fans that their priority was their children.

She posted on Instagram: ‘It is with a heavy heart that I let you all know that Jesse and I are ending our marriage. Our priority is and remains our children.

“We ask that you please respect our family’s privacy at this time.”

Fearne reportedly feared for her marriage for some time before announcing the couple’s separation.

It has emerged that the couple had been facing challenges for a number of years, with Fearne previously admitting their marriage was ‘suffering’ as far back as 2019.

Fearne said at the time that Jesse’s demanding schedule with his band Reef had put a strain on their relationship, leaving them desperately “clinging to their marriage.” in an unearthed interview.

The couple’s problems eventually came to a head with a two-hour “shouting match” during which they worried that their “love was gone.”

Fearne tied the knot with the musician, the son of Rolling Stones member Ronnie Wood, in 2014 and the couple split a decade later

Jesse, the son of Rolling Stone rocker Ronnie Wood and model Krissy Findlay, has yet to speak out about their divorce.

The couple, who tied the knot in a small ceremony in London in 2014, celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary in July.

The pair met in 2011 while in Ibiza, with Jesse recently split from his first wife, actress Tilly Wood.

Fearne previously said their first date consisted of vodka and cigarettes. But Jesse stopped drinking and as of 2021 they are both vegan.