Vanessa Feltz turned 61 on Tuesday and celebrated as a single woman following her split from cheating on Ben Ofoedu.
The host was all smiles in a sweet Instagram video where her granddaughter gave her balloons.
She marked the special occasion with a lavish meal, where a cake was brought to her while her family sang happy birthday.
Earlier in the day, Vanessa looked radiant in a video that showed her trying on dresses during a shopping trip.
She looked stunning in a blue and cream printed maxi dress, while accessorizing with a pair of oversized sunglasses.
Beaming: Vanessa Feltz turned 61 on Tuesday and celebrated as a single woman following her split from cheating on Ben Ofoedu
Vanessa also revealed that she is “touched to the core” by the messages from strangers after the heartbreaking split.
Since ending her relationship with singer Ben, 50, which began in 2005, Vanessa has spent hours online chatting and responding to his well wishes.
writing on it magazine of yours column, said: ‘I’ve been showered with support and practically hugged by thousands of lovely strangers. In the long, lonely hours when I have no hope of sleep, I read all the messages and often reply.
‘A stranger has thought to make time to reach out and hug me. I am moved to my soul.
The radio DJ added: ‘To everyone going through the same thing I send a kiss, a hug and a squeeze. We have this. We will survive.’
The TV presenter also wrote in her Express column that she was “battered and bruised” after learning of 50-year-old Ben’s betrayal following their sixteen-year affair.
Saying that she was “born and raised to be married”, Vanessa was optimistic about the future, writing: “I’m curious as to who and what the future will bring.”
His words come after the woman Ben has reportedly estranged with exclusively told MailOnline for the first time how he sent a bombshell email to Vanessa, followed by an “awkward” phone call, in which she denounced Ben’s “serial womanizer”.
Ben’s affair told Vanessa that she had been “hopelessly in love” with him after a series of passionate encounters in Ibiza and Thailand.
But she insisted that the BBC Radio 2 presenter deserved to know that her partner had tried to seduce at least three other younger women.
The successful businesswoman, who looks a lot like Vanessa, said she initially had no idea Ben had a long-term partner when she began her affair with him, and broke off the relationship as soon as she found out.
But beach club owner and restaurateur Ella, 59, who did not wish to use her real name, described him as “an octopus who has no respect for women” and said she wanted to set the record straight after he ” spread lies” about his year. -Long adventure.
After the email, Ella and Vanessa had a ‘difficult’ phone conversation during which Vanessa told her that what she and Ofoedu had done was ‘very wrong’.
In the email, Ella wrote to Vanessa: “I was aware of his relationship with you and I felt very guilty, but he haunted me so much that I couldn’t resist his charm.”
Stunning: The broadcaster looked radiant in a video that showed her trying on dresses during a shopping trip
Sweet: She marked the special occasion with a lavish meal, where she was brought a cake while her family sang happy birthday.
Family: Vanessa was all smiles in a sweet Instagram video where her granddaughter gave her balloons
“I was terrified sending that email,” Ella said, “and even more terrified when Vanessa called me back.” I completely understood her anger at me and I certainly didn’t snap back at her, but it was a very awkward conversation.
Despite the revelations about Ben’s behavior in the email and phone call, Vanessa apparently decided to forgive him.
However, earlier this month, Vanessa announced that she had finally dumped Phats and Smalls singer Ben after a series of other illicit relationships surfaced.
She, a mother of one, has remained silent for six years but only decided to speak out after she said Ben insulted her in his mea culpa interview last week, in which he described their relationship as “purely sexual with no feelings involved.” . ‘and, what is more derogatory, that her sex with her was ‘almost a chore’.
Earlier this month, Ben Ofoedu tearfully admitted that he cheated on Vanessa.
Ben also admitted that he had a sexting relationship with a Phats & Small fan, and that he flirted with another woman at Butlin’s.
In the video he says: ‘First I would like to apologize to Vanessa and also to my family. This past week has been incredibly painful. I have never had this amount of abuse.
‘I will always love Vanessa, she is the Queen of my heart, she was my everything. But I have been incredibly dumb and stupid. I just have to put my hands up and be honest. I regret everything, where do you want me to start?
It’s been a lot. It’s about my behavior, I have to look at myself. I’ve been doing a lot of soul-searching in the last three weeks. I’m not here to point fingers, I’m here to say that it’s me and I need to work on myself.
‘I don’t come from a family that talked about therapy, but now I would love to see a therapist. I need someone to help me fix things. There were two situations that have meant that I have effectively thrown my life away.’
Ben previously told The Mirror of the Ibiza: ‘I met her at the concert scene. She was the same age as Vanessa, possibly older. She was fond of me, she said a lot of nice things.
Shocking: The woman Ben reportedly drifted off with first told MailOnline how he sent a bombshell email to Vanessa, followed by an ‘awkward’ phone call, denouncing the ‘serial womanizer’ “Ben’s (Vanessa and Ben in August 2021)
On the road: It’s been claimed that Ben’s return to touring with Phats & Small (pictured) in holiday parks across the UK led to his alleged roving eye (Ben pictured with bandmate Jason Phats, right, in 2008)
‘During a short period of time we had sex three times. It was purely sexual, there were no feelings involved. It felt like a chore. I just fell back into it with her to keep her sweet and all a secret.
Ben said he had a hard time coming to terms with Vanessa’s apparent lack of desire to get married, even though the couple got engaged in 2006.
He explained: ‘I cheated because it was unsafe. The girl from Ibiza said things like ‘You’re a great guy. I don’t know why you’re not married. Who wouldn’t want to marry you? That, along with the alcohol, was a recipe for disaster. It was a volatile situation. That’s why it happened.
Vanessa previously said she was hesitant to remarry after divorcing from her ex-husband, physician Michael Kurer, in 2000.
It comes after it arose Vanessa allegedly found out her ex-boyfriend was cheating on her on Christmas Day when her lover trolled her daughter online.
Vanessa’s daughter, Allegra Kurer, recounted how the family was devastated to learn of Ben’s alleged behavior.
Allegra, 37, and her younger sister Saskia, 34, received the terrifying messages over the festive period and knew they had to tell their mother.
She said: ‘It was Christmas day, of all days. We were all together as a family, but Ben was out doing pantomime when the messages popped up via Instagram.
“Up until that point, we were having a great time, the kids were having a great time, so for us to receive that through a social media account was the most terrible shock.”
“It was anonymous and of course it revealed a lot of things we didn’t know, but it was also very abusive and extremely hurtful,” he told The Sun.
Old times: Vanessa’s first marriage to surgeon Dr. Michael Kurer ended in 2000 after he reportedly left her for another woman, 13 years after they exchanged vows (the former couple are pictured together on 1997)
Allegra said it was “horrible” when it came time to tell Vanessa about the messages.
While Allegra noted that the messages were anonymous, she said there was enough information to know that the claims against Ben were true.
Allegra added that she contacted the police about the messages and hopes something can be done about it.
She added that Ben, who Vanessa had been with for 16 years, has been such a close part of her family for so long that the breakup has been “devastating” for all of them.