{"id":4134,"date":"2025-06-11T12:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:20:20","slug":"fern-britton-claims-ex-husband-phil-vickery-stopped-talking-to-her-after-devastating-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/fern-britton-claims-ex-husband-phil-vickery-stopped-talking-to-her-after-devastating-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Fern Britton claims ex-husband Phil Vickery \u2018stopped talking to her\u2019 after devastating loss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fern Britton claims Phil Vickery hasn’t talked to her for six years (Picture: Goff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fern Britton<\/a> has claimed her ex-husband, TV chef Phil Vickery, ‘stopped talking’ to her following the loss of her mum. <\/p>\n

The TV presenter, 67,<\/a> and Phil, 64, were married for two decades before their 2020 divorce<\/a>, which came as Fern’s parents died. <\/p>\n

In a new interview, Fern has claimed Phil stopped talking to her after the death of her mother in 2018, and she’s had no contact since. <\/p>\n

‘He hasn’t spoken to me for six years now. As soon as my mum died, he stopped talking to me,’ she said told Yours Magazine<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Fern shares daughter Winnie Vickery, 23, with Phil, so says she will try to never bad-mouth him. <\/p>\n

The former This Morning presenter explained: ‘Winnie adores him. I’m not going to bad-mouth him in front of her; at least, I try very hard not to. I was the child of divorced parents and my mum never bad-mouthed my father.’<\/p>\n

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The pair were together for 20 years and announced their divorce in 2020 (Picture: Mark Cuthbert\/UK Press via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fern claims Phil stopped talking to her after her mother died (Picture: Ken McKay\/ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When announcing their separation in 2020, Fern’s statement read: \u2018After more than 20 happy years together, Phil and I have decided to go our separate ways.<\/p>\n

\u2018We will always share a great friendship and our lovely children.\u2019<\/p>\n

She later said that she and Phil \u2018fell apart\u2019 following\u00a0the death of her parents<\/a>. Fern\u2019s mother, Ruth Britton, died in January 2018. Her father, actor Tony Britton, died shortly after. <\/p>\n

Fern and Phil’s divorce came after her 2016 hysterectomy and a near-fatal sepsis diagnosis. <\/p>\n

‘Then my mum died in 2018 and my dad died in 2019, and then my marriage [to chef Vickery] died,’ she said in a recent interview with The Telegraph<\/a>, <\/p>\n

‘Next, I discovered that my phone had been hacked for 15 years. And last year a man who was stalking me for several years went to court and was given a restraining order. <\/p>\n

‘For a while, I was wondering what else could possibly happen. But lots of women endure difficult stuff and we just live with it and keep going.’ <\/p>\n

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The pair married in 2000 having met on Ready, Steady, Cook (Picture: Eamonn McCormack\/Wireimage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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She moved to Cornwall following the divorce and is happy there (Picture: Fern Britton\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phil was Fern\u2019s second husband, as she was married to Clive Jones for two years before divorcing in 2000. Clive is the father of Fern\u2019s three other children: Jack, Harry, and Grace.<\/p>\n

She added that divorce was ‘not a breeze’, adding: ‘No matter how you hope it\u2019s going to be easy and pain-free, inevitably it isn\u2019t. It\u2019s difficult and brings up a lot of unpleasant characteristics in everybody.’ <\/p>\n

Fern previously opened up about her mental and physical health struggles<\/a> following the divorce and her parents’ deaths, saying she \u2018fell into this era of indolence\u2019 where she \u2018just started lying in bed later and later and later\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018What was the purpose of getting up and getting dressed or getting showered or cleaning my teeth because I will soon be back in bed.<\/p>\n

\u2018Why don\u2019t I start smoking? Yes. Drinking. Yes, eating yes, the whole thing. And then it took me about a year to realise that I put a lot of weight on, that I was not breathing well.\u2019<\/p>\n

Now, Fern says she’s found her old self again<\/a>, and is ‘enjoying life and having fun’ in her Cornish home, where she moved after her divorce. <\/p>\n

Phil and Fern originally met on the set of BBC Two\u2019s Ready Steady Cook and married in spring 2000. <\/p>\n

Fern has just released her 11th novel, A Cornish Legacy, which tells the story of a woman called Cordelia Jago, as she inherits a crumbling mansion in Cornwall having lost everything. <\/p>\n

Metro has contacted Phil Vickery’s representative for comment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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