Vanessa Feltz reassured fans that she won’t let her heartbreaking split from Ben Ofoedu “defeat her” after 16 years together.
Over the weekend, the TV presenter cut ties with her fiancé following suspicions that he had cheated on her with several women throughout their relationship.
The TalkTV favourite recently spoke of her “shock” and “heartbreak” over the Phats & Small singer’s suspected infidelity on her drive time show.
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The 60-year-presenter confessed she was horrified when she discovered his “double life” and admitted that it felt as though her “blood stopped pumping” after their separation.
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On Monday, the star told listeners that despite the “sadness” and “shock”, she wasn’t willing to let their break up get her down.
She explained: “People who have been reading about my private life over the weekend will know that my 16-year relationship has come to an end.
“I have said, I’m very sad. I’m very shocked, but I am going to soldier forth. I hope to rise like a phoenix from the ashes and all of that.
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Vanessa continued: “Meanwhile, I’m feeling that brokenhearted thing, you know where your heart hurts. You know, you feel as if you know the blood’s kind of stopping pumping halfway round.
“Then you kind of take a bit of a breath and shake a little bit, then it starts pumping again.”
Elsewhere on the show, Vanessa thanked her loving celebrity friends who have been “rallying round” her when she needed it the most.
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Following the news, a number of her broadcaster pals flooded to social media to share their support for the This Morning star after she confirmed the news online.
It is understood that she discovered a wave of emails and social media messages that led to unfortunate discovery about his reported infidelity.
Vanessa took to her Instagram last night to explain why she had been absent from social media for more than three days.
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She told her loyal legion of followers: “I’ve missed you, I haven’t been on Instagram for three days and that’s because my relationship with Ben is over after 16 years.
“I didn’t know what to say to you on Instagram, but no it’s clear that it’s over, I really believe that once the trust is gone in a relationship that’s it. It’s over and you can’t really get it back.
“So, I just wanted to say obviously I feel incredibly sad and I’m pretty disappointed and shocked. It’s a pretty horrible thing, but also, I’m full of resolve. I’m not going to let this defeat me.”
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