Fern Britton’s ‘My Cornwall’ series has reportedly been dropped after two series.

Fern Britton’s ‘My Cornwall’ series has reportedly been dropped after two series

Fern Britton’s ‘My Cornwall’ series has reportedly been dropped after two series

The ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ contestant, 66, has said the region helped her heal after her divorce from TV chef Phil Vickery and the deaths of her parents, and her Channel 5 show on her new life in the country started in 2022.

A source told The Sun about the show apparently being axed: “(It) seemed to have the potential to become a regular TV event (but) this year the decision was made, to Fern’s disappointment, to not commission a third series.”

Fern moved to Cornwall from London in 2020 – but her show angered some locals who objected to the presenter “presuming it was her Cornwall”.

The former This Morning host has joined other celebrities including Levi Roots and Sharon Osbourne on ITV’s ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ and has threatened to leave if her ex-colleague Phillip Schofield shows up.

She sook solace in Cornwall after a rollercoaster love life, which included a divorce triggered by a high Mensa test score to a ban on future husbands.

Fern first met her husband, TV executive Clive Jones, while he was still married, and the pair had an affair.

After a year, the host decided to end things but he showed up at her door two days later, having left his wife for her.

They married in 1988 and had three children together, twins Jack and Harry and daughter Grace.

But their marriage collapsed shortly after Grace was born and they split in 1998.

More than 20 years later, Fern revealed their divorce was caused by her secret IQ test, and claimed Clive was “furious” after she took and passed a Mensa exam, causing a huge rift between them.

Fern said on the ‘Walking The Dog with Emily Dean’ podcast: “He had this degree and I don’t. I secretly went off and did the Mensa.

“I lied, I said I was going somewhere else, and it took a day to do this test. I passed – and quite well too.

“Then he was furious so he did it because he’s got a huge brain. But he’s not a problem solver and he didn’t get it. So an immense rift opened.”

Fern went on to marry TV chef Phil Vickery, 62, in 2000 but they divorced 20 years later.

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