Fern Britton loves being single after ex Phil Vickery 'exchanged messages with a sheep farmer'

Fern Britton has revealed she has no interest in getting into a new relationship anytime soon after splitting from husband Phil Vickery in January. Honest: Fern Britton, 63, has revealed she has no interest in getting into a new relationship anytime soon after splitting from husband Phil Vickery, 59, in January Fern, who was married to Phil for 20 years and ex husband Clive for 12 years, insisted she does sometimes miss being married. Flirty: Phil has reportedly been exchanging flirtatious online messages with a shepherdess, following the end of his marriage to Fern Split: The TV chef who split from Fern in January after 20 years of marriage, has exchanged a series of messages with Alison O'Neill, 56, a Yorkshire Dales sheep farmer Last month, Fern shared a cryptic post about being 'used' and 'betrayed' eight months after announcing her split from Phil. A few people have been gossiping' Valentine: The pair often comment on each other's tweets and, back in February, Phil retweeted some Valentine's themed messages from Alison The TV personality explained that she was trying to finish her book while everything in her personal life was going on, and confessed that she 'needed the rest' which was forced on her by lockdown.