Fern Britton spoke to Good Morning Britain 's Lorraine Kelly on Friday, and reflected on her recent split from husband Phil Vickery.
The pair had been married for 20 years, until they announced their split at the beginning of the year. Fern has just written a book called Daughters of Cornwall, based on her own family's history, but its release was delayed due to the pandemic.
She told Lorraine: "Unfortunately, Phil and I fell apart. And I had this book to write this book and get it out on the deadline. "And once all that was done, lockdown happened and it's like three months of...
I needed that rest, you know?" She maintained that the split was an amicable one, explaining: "We separated at the beginning of the year and fortunately it's