Yahoo News Fern Britton admits 'I wasn't coping well' as she shares ageing fears
Fern Britton has admitted she hadn't been "coping well" in the last seven years.
The former This Morning star opened up about her own struggles since turning 60, as she explained how difficult things have been for her. She admitted it had been a turbulent time for her, including losing her parents and getting divorced.
However, she shared on Morning Live today that she has turned her focus to eating right and exercising and is now feeling much better, revealing that she wants to "repower" herself.
Speaking on the show, she said: "The last seven years have been tricky. I lost my parents, I got divorced, the pandemic, and then I kind of lost myself. I really wasn't coping well with that stuff - I was eating too much, I wasn't exercising. Not doing very well. And then I thought, I've really got to get the power back in me, and then I had the thought of this word - repowering."
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Fern went on to explain that she struggles with the new approach to dating.
"We've got the power. You look back and when you were younger, everything was fun. It was proper stuff - now it's all swiping, and I hate it, and I'm not going to do that. It was such a fun time going to parties, and you were excited to meet strangers. I don't want to meet strangers anymore, I don't want to be invited to huge parties," she said.
During a recent chat on The One Show, Fern admitted she didn't see a future for herself.
"Yes, when I was 60, my mum was still alive, and by the time I was 61, and a bit, she wasn't. She died, and then a year later, my father died, and then a year later, my marriage died, and then the pandemic happened. And I found myself for the first time in my life, aged 63 or whatever I was, then not being able to see a future and thinking, 'I am stuck, what has happened?'" she explained.
She also admitted that she is fearful about sharing her life with someone new.
Fern said: "I imagine what it would be like to have someone to talk to and walk with. Someone with whom to share hobbies, hold hands, and maybe... gulp... get intimate. It's not just my body. I'm worried about sharing with someone new; mostly, it's my personal space. What I would really like is a semi-detached relationship. One where we live in our own houses and not in each other's pockets."
*Morning Live airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
