Fearne Cotton announces she has SPLIT from her husband Jesse Wood after 10 years of marriage
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Fearne Cotton has announced she has split from her husband Jesse Wood after ten years of marriage.
The presenter, 43, took to her Instagram stories on Friday evening.
Fearne wrote: ‘It is with a heavy heart that I let you all know that Jesse and I are ending our marriage.
‘Our priority is and always will be our children.
“We ask that you please respect our family’s privacy at this time.”
Fearne Cotton has announced she has split from her husband Jesse Wood after ten years of marriage
The presenter, 43, took to her Instagram Stories on Friday evening to issue a statement
Fearne married the musician, 48, the son of Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood, in 2014 in an intimate ceremony in London attended by the likes of Denise van Outen, Holly Willoughby, McBusted and Keith Lemon.
Fearne and Jesse started dating in 2011 after meeting at a party in Ibiza, the year the guitarist split from his first wife Tilly Wood after eight years of marriage.
According to Fearne, their first date consisted of a meal of vodka and cigarettes, and they said they “didn’t eat anything.”
However, their lifestyle has since changed and Jesse is now sober, while the pair went vegan together in 2021.
The couple went on to welcome son Rex, 11, and eight-year-old daughter Honey, while Fearne is also stepmum to Jesse’s children Arthur, 21, and Lola, 18, from his first marriage.
In 2022, the radio star admitted she “felt very ill-equipped” when she became a stepmother in her 20s.
On Kate Ferdinand’s Blended podcast, she recalled, “I became a stepparent, or at least entered this family, when I was 29.”
When asked what she thinks makes a good stepmother, she said, “I would hate to ever meet someone who would say, ‘I totally broke this one,’ and tell you how to do it.” I’m still working on it.’
“But at the end of the day, those are the best times when all four kids are together and getting along. Everyone lean into it. You just have to lean into the good things to recharge yourself,” she added.
Jesse previously praised Fearne’s parenting skills, saying she was ‘an amazing mum’.