reflected on her 'difficult and upsetting' exit from This Morning in 2009 and her huge fallout with former co-host .
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Fern Britton Opens Up on This Morning Exit
Fern Britton reflected on her 'difficult and upsetting' exit from This Morning in 2009 and her huge fallout with former co-host Phillip Schofield.The pair prese...
The pair presented This Morning together for seven years from 2002 until 2009 when Fern departed the programme and was replaced by .
And the TV presenter has now shared hope for ex nemesis Phillip to 'find some happiness' after his affair scandal destroyed his TV career.
It was claimed at the time Fern's departure was due to the fact she was 'sick of living in Phil's shadow' while he was paid 'three times her salary', before she admitted in a 2013 interview that 'we’re not in touch now'.
Speaking to The Guardian, Fern said of her exit: 'I don't really want to go into that. I probably won't ever but yes, it was a day that turned on a sixpence, and suddenly I thought: "I've got to get out of here".'
Fern addressed her fall out with Phil and how he stepped down from This Morning over the affair scandal, 'It was very mixed emotions for me, that one.'
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Fern Britton reflected on her 'difficult and upsetting' exit from This Morning in 2009 and a huge fallout with former co-host Phillip Schofield
The pair presented This Morning together for seven years from 2002 until 2009 when Fern departed the programme and was replaced by Holly Willoughby
A source told Daily Mail at the time that Fern was left embarrassed by the news becoming public so made a statement in order to minimise the situation and 'stop it getting out of control'.
Fern has since revealed she has been making changes in her life both physically and mentally after feeling like she wasn't doing enough to look after herself.
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The former This Morning host explained: 'About a year or so ago, I realised that I wasn't looking after myself – physically or mentally.
'I wasn't doing exercise, I was eating too much and suddenly, it was like I flipped a switch and I thought, "No, you've got to look after yourself'.
'So I started doing that, and it's given me a new sort of energy. I do a bit of yoga and I've started doing the Couch to 5k running app.
'I'm very slow - I've got arthritis in one of my knees and I'm about to have a shoulder replacement – but I just thought, "It's only three miles, come on!" I'm not intending to run a long marathon or beat anybody, but I do enjoy the fitness side of it.'
