Heartbroken Vanessa Feltz has praised Celebs Go Dating for helping get her mojo back after being left crushed by her cheating ex-fiancé.
The telly and radio favourite found out on Christmas Day that Phats & Small singer Ben Ofoedu had been regularly unfaithful during their 16-year relationship.
Celebs Go Dating, which starts on Sunday (August 20), sees expert agents help unlucky-in-love stars find romance.
READ MORE: Vanessa Feltz ‘heartbroken’ by cheating Ben Ofoedu and says ‘family are my strength’
Vanessa is appearing alongside famous faces including supermodel Kate Moss’s half-sister Lottie and Love Island’s Adam Collard.
The former Strictly star says: “I’m feeling the love very much at a time when I could really do with it.
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“I’ve had this broken heart which doesn’t help with sleep.
“Everybody knows I’ve had this horrible, broken relationship. It’s been really hurtful, humiliating and very upsetting, unnerving, disappointing, sad – all that stuff.
“I’ve tried to soldier on, and doing Celebs Go Dating is part of that to have something else to focus on, lots of people to meet.
“I’’s turning out to be a good adventure.”
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While questioning her decision to throw herself back into the dating scene on the box, Vanessa, who hosts her own show on Talk TV and is This Morning’s agony aunt, has found it cathartic.
It’s a far cry from her Celebrity Big Brother experience in 2001 where she scribbled the words “incarcerated”, “frustrated” and
“restricted” on a table and refused to go into the Diary Room when called.
She says: “I think some people thought I was absolutely insane to do Celebs Go Dating – and I’m probably one of them.
“I thought, ‘Why am I torturing myself when I’m already miserable? What the hell am I doing?’
“But it’s turning out to be a good thing. I’m meeting interesting people.
“I don’t know how it’s going to turn out but I think it’s a good thing to get out of your comfort zone in terms of dating.
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“Having professionals helping you doesn’t hurt because I’ve hardly been an excellent picker in the past, have I? They can’t do worse than I have done.
“Anybody who isn’t me can do better than me quite honestly!”
The 61-year-old divorced her surgeon husband Michael Kurer – father of her daughters Allegra, 37, and Saskia, 34 – in 2000 after he cheated, then met Ben in 2005.
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Anonymous messages sent to Allegra on social media revealed 90s star Ben, who had a hit with Turn Around, had been having flings.
Then a woman emailed Vanessa to confess she was in love with her man and claimed they had been seeing each other for over a year.
Vanessa says: “I’m hoping to benefit from the advice of Paul C Brunson, Anna Williamson and Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn who has joined the agency.
“‘I’m taking it seriously and not messing about but I’m not expecting to find true love, of course I’m not.
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“However, I’m hoping I will learn some good things about myself, dating and life – and will benefit from other people’s expertise.
“The older you get the more you realise how little you know rather than the more you’re confirmed in your views.
“People think older people can get stuck in the mud and be very hidebound about their opinions and feelings but I don’t find that.
“I find all I learn is how little I know about anything and how many things I’ve made a mess of.
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“Therefore, it’s a very good programme to be part of.
“They look after you, make choices for you and tell you why and look at how you did – I’m pleased about it.
“Paul is such a nice man – and Anna is very kind. I think they’re very surprised I agreed to do the show and they behave like they’re very grateful to have me.
“My philosophy is, when you get an opportunity take it because you never know what will happen.”
Vanessa teamed up with plant-based food range Gosh! to encourage Brits to love lunchtime. Celebs Go Dating starts tomorrow at 9pm on E4
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