Fearne Cotton has made a statement by ditching her wedding ring and has been spotted out for the first time since the shock news her marriage is over.
The 43-year-old television and radio presenter has been married to Jesse Wood, 48 – the son of Rolling Stones icon Ronnie Wood – since 2014 but their romance has now come to an end. Over the weekend, Fearne was spotted out on the streets of London with her wedding finger noticeably naked.
On Sunday, Fearne was spotted out and about as she went to collect a morning paper and some milk. While she kept her right hand covered and then exposed – with rings on all her fingers on display – it appeared she had ditched her wedding ring as she grabbed a newspaper.
While she had a dazzling band on her middle finger, her wedding finger was clearly bare as she walked around in a thick fluffy coat and wrapped up with a scarf. The star looked strained as she went about her morning just days after her shock announcement that her marriage had ended.
The TV and radio star had a number of rings on her right hand… (
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…but her wedding finger was clearly bare (
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Fearne broke the news of her split last week, writing online: “It is with a heavy heart that I let you all know that Jesse and I are ending our marriage. Our priority has been, and will always be, our children. We please ask that you respect the privacy of our family at this time.”
The formed CBBC star had married to guitarist Jesse in 2014 after three years of dating together. They went on to welcome two children; welcoming their son, Rex, 11, in 2013, and a daughter named Honey, nine, in 2015. Jesse already shares two children, son Arthur, 22, and daughter Lola, 19 with his ex Tilly Wood – and Fearne had been a proud step-mother to both of his older children, regularly mentioning them on social media.
In the wake of the shock split news, one of Fearne’s friends has reportedly said that a personal change in Fearne could have been the catalyst for the change in their marriage. As reported by the Mail, a source said: “They are a lovely couple. But Fearne has changed a lot since they got together. She was a kind of rock chick when they first met and now she has turned into a bit of a hippy dippy therapy type.”
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A friend has claimed that Fearne has ‘changed’ since she married Jesse (
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According to the paper, a friend said that Fearne wasn’t “that cool”, saying that when she started dating a “Rolling Stones nepo baby”, their loved ones “thought they would be together forever”. It’s reported that Fearne immediately got on with Jesse’s family, including his dad, Rolling Stones star Ronnie and his younger sister Leah.
The source added that Fearne “wouldn’t stop smiling” after she met “handsome and kind” Jesse, who was the polar opposite of her former partners However, Fearne had recently opened up about the fact her sex life with her husband had faded away over the years.
She told Alan Carr in 2021 on his Life’s A Beach podcast, Fearned admitted: “Sexy time hasn’t happened for so long in terms of me going anywhere. I think for me and my husband, booking into the local Travelodge would make us feel sexy at the moment.”
She said explained: “We have had no time alone because of the ridiculous pandemic but before all this craziness, Paris was our go-to. Not every weekend, maybe once a year. But it felt well special because it’s so chic and beautiful. It just has an air of something gorgeous, doesn’t it? I love it there.”
