Ferne McCann broke down in tears as she publicly apologised over the leaked voice notes on This Morning.
The pregnant reality star appeared on the ITV daytime show on Thursday (March 15) to discuss the upcoming tenth series of First Time Mum.
However, Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield quickly quizzed Ferne on the vile votes which were leaked betwen September and November 2022 by an Instagram account.
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A series of audio messages were leaked online last year in which Ferne appeared to take aim at former TOWIE co-stars Samantha Faiers, her sister Billie Shepherd and even her ex Arthur Collins’ acid attack victim Sophie Hall.
While Ferne said she is not able to give her “full truth” yet to do an ongoing criminal investigation, she did issue an apology.
She said: “It definitely wasn’t my finest hour and it definitely was a difficult time of my life when those voice notes were leaked.
“I need to take this opportunity to publicly apologise again to those affected.
“Obviously the words I used were unpleasant and I have reached out privately to those people.
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“It’s very difficult because I’d love to sit here with you guys and share exactly what went on but its now part of a criminal investigation so I can’t do that.
“What I can say is that these voice notes are from a time when I was in a very vulnerable situation five to six years ago.
Since then I have done a lot of work on myself and I’ve been in therapy for six years and I feel I am a different person.”
In a lengthy Instagram statement, Ferne previously apologised to Sophie for having to “relive that night and the pain that followed.”
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Ferne, who is mum to daughter Sunday, will address the voice notes on First Time Mum, which returns to ITVBe on Wednesday, March 15.
In a first-look clip, the Celeb SAS; Who Dares Wins star tells friend James ‘Arg’ Argent that the school run has helped keep her mind occupied throughout the storm.
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“Having that consistency was a purpose to get up,” she says.
“I had to for Sunday, My only saviour was being a parent to Sunday. I’m so grateful to some of the school mums.
“I was so embarrassing and so mortified.”
Arg tells Ferne that although it wasn’t her “finest” hour, she has always been good friend to him.
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