Vanessa Feltz has revealed the two This Morning stars who are "proper friends" away from work.
The 61-year-old broadcaster said that both Holly Willoughby and Alison Hammond have been there for her as she recovered from being cheated on by her fiancé Ben Ofoedu.
"’ve known Alison for about 21 years, and Holly for 10 – it’s a long time," she says. "We’re proper friends in real life. It’s not just a TV thing, it’s a real thing. Both of those women are 100 per cent there for me, and have been in various different circumstances.
“Without question, they’re among the first women I hear from. They’re great women and they’re great friends. What you see on TV is what they’re really like, and they’re very funny."
She added to OK! Magazine : "They are excellent company and tremendous for a girls’ night out."
Vanessa was left heartbroken when she discovered that Ben - who she had been in a relationship with for 16 years - had been having an affair while he was away from home starring in panto.
His ‘other woman’ messaged one of Vanessa’s two daughters, Saskia and Allegra, on Instagram, picking Christmas Day to reveal the Phats & Small singer, 50, was a love rat.
A few weeks later, Vanessa bravely took to Instagram to post a video announcing the split, saying, “I haven’t been on Instagram for three weeks, and that’s because my relationship with Ben is over after 16 years.
“I honestly didn’t know what to say, but now it’s clear that it’s over, and I really do feel that once the trust in a relationship is gone, you can’t really get it back.
“So I just wanted to say that obviously I feel incredibly sad and I am pretty disappointed and shocked and all those horrible things, but also full of resolve. I’m not going to let this defeat me.”
Four months on, Vanessa has impressed fans with her positive attitude towards the heartache, and she too has learnt a lot about herself as she finds her feet again.
She told the mag: “I would give other people the same advice I’ve given myself, which is basically just take it day by day,” she said.
“Otherwise, it’s very easy to catastrophise and think, ‘Everything has changed. I don’t feel normal. I don’t know how long this is going to go on – what if it goes on forever? What if I’m never happy? What if I don’t recover?’
“You can quickly fast-forward to a place of complete panic, shock and turmoil that whatever it is you thought you could rely on, you can’t, and whatever you thought was a permanent and a constant, isn’t.”
