Ben Ofoedu says abuse from the public over his split with Vanessa Feltz has made it the "worst three weeks of HIS life".
He says the messages he's received from Team Vanessa since she revealed he'd cheated on her have been "unbelievable" and "horrific”.
“Next to the passing of my brother, I’ve had the most horrific three weeks of my life,” vented Phats and Small star Ben, 50.
“It’s been incredibly difficult. I’m not used to being attacked. The amount of abuse I’ve had, it’s unbelievable.
“People just tell me what they think. I’m silly to read it but I do.”
Speaking for the first time about the end of his 16-year relationship with fiance Vanessa, Turn Around singer Ben confessed to cheating on the This Morning agony aunt and breaking her heart.
He admitted to sleeping with a woman three times while gigging in Ibiza in 2015 and keeping it secret from former Radio 2 host Vanessa for eight months.
The infidelity came to light after Ben’s fling revealed all to Vanessa but she forgave him after a brief split. But in December Ben’s second indiscretion came to light.
He’d been sexting a woman on Instagram for nine months and eventually Celebrity Big Brother and Strictly Come Dancing favourite Vanessa, 60, caught sight of the messages and confronting him.
Around the same time she’d been told he had said something sexually suggestive to someone at a Butlin’s gig in Skegness in November.
She dumped him and threw him out of their London home.
“I’m going through an incredibly painful break up,” shamed Ben says.
“There’s so much pain to Vanessa, her family, me and my family. That’s my concern.
“I’ve been incredibly stupid. Sometimes you’ve got to hold your hands up. You’ve got to be honest. I’ve got every regret.
“The last incident was so trivial. But it’s not about what caused it, it’s about me and my behaviour. I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching. I’ve got a lot of work to do on myself.”
It comes after Vanessa's family revealed they were contacted by a troll online who told them of his infidelity on Christmas Day.
The anonymous account revealed details of his online indiscretions.
Daughter Allegra, 37, said the messages sent via Instagram to her and her sister Saskia, 34, were so threatening and cruel about their broadcaster mum that they have called in the police.
She said: “It was just absolutely ghastly, not to mention the nature of the specific messages, which were so horrid. Vile, abusive. Extremely upsetting."
