Fern Britton, 66, 明らかにする／漏らすs she's in 会談 to RETURN to This Morning after 15 years as she 反映するs on 'difficult' 離婚 from Phil Vickery and opens up about her sex life and therapy

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Fern Britton?has hinted she's in 会談 with This Morning bosses to return to the show, 15 years after her 出口.

The presenter, 66, 明らかにする／漏らすd that ITV have approached her to make a 一連の films for the show, after her guest 外見 earlier this year.

Speaking to Women & Home magazine, Fern also?反映するd on her 'difficult' 離婚 from celebrity chef Phil Vickery and 公約するd she will never marry again.

She said: 'When my interview finished and I left the studio, I was approached by a [member of the] 生産／産物 team who said, 'Would you like to do some little films with us?'

'That conversation is yet to be had but those little four-minute films now and again? Perfect. If I could just do them in Cornwall, that would be even more perfect!'?

'So many of the team that I worked with are still there and it was a real trip 負かす／撃墜する memory 小道／航路. It was wonderful to be の近くに to people who meant a lot to me.?

'The morning that I 辞職するd, I'd not even thought of leaving the show, so I left behind a lot of good stuff and a lot of good friends, so [going 支援する] was lovely.'

に引き続いて her Celebrity Big Brother stint, fans were reminded of how good Fern is on camera.

Rumours then began 渦巻くing that she may return to This Morning - 15 years on from her 劇の 出口 に引き続いて a 反目，不和 with Phillip Schofield.?

わずかに 避けるing the topic, Fern said: 'Doing [TV] interviews would be the dream. I'd やめる like to do something with politics. I'm not 利益／興味d in party politics but 政治家，政治屋s, and where the minds of those characters that we 投票（する） for are at.?

'I don't mind what party they're up for, as long as they're speaking truly to the country to understand what's going on in the world, what a f***-up leaving Europe was and how they're 猛烈に trying to cover up the terrible things that are happening because of that.?

'Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard very much get my 投票（する）. It's very good to see Cat 支援する. She's been in America, 伸び（る）ing more experience but to テレビ視聴者s, she's fresh.?

'Fresh, 女性（の）, more 円熟した, experienced and very nice ? she's got a lot going [for her] and Ben is 簡単に 100% lovely.?

'We were working together more than 20 years ago on things, so it was 広大な／多数の／重要な to see him.'

During the interview, Ferne then 反映するd on her 離婚 from Phil.?

The television 星／主役にする has been married twice: firstly to television hotshot Clive Jones CBE and secondly to celebrity chef Phil Vickery, 63.

Fern and Phil 発表するd that they had 分裂（する） after two １０年間s of 'happy' marriage with 近づく-同一の tweets 株d in 2020.

Subsequently,?Phil was seen kissing Fern's best pal, Lorraine Stanton, in 2022 - but Fern 主張するd they remain good friends.?

Fern 明らかにする／漏らすd she now has a more distant 関係 with Phil, with whom she 株 daughter Winnie, 22, in a 最近の interview with Woman & Home magazine.

Fern said: 'My marriage 決裂／故障 was a very difficult time. Phil was 20 years of my life and we 株 a daughter. It's not ideal that our marriage didn't work, but it didn't に向かって the end and so here we are.?

'Now, in general, there's no 傷つける or feeling any more. Winnie wants to see us both happy and settled, so he and I connect on important 問題／発行するs like 'Is Winnie 承認する?' or 'Do you think we should get together and buy her a new car because the old one is now older than her?'?

'On those basic levels [we connect] but I don't need to know what he's doing in his personal life.?That's not my 商売／仕事 any more.?

'I've had a lot of therapy over about 12 years. We have breaks but my therapist is very much a part of my life and has navigated me through grim stuff. '

Looking to the 未来, Fern, who is also mother to twin sons Jack and Harry, 30, and daughter Grace, 27, said: 'Love would be wonderful. I'm not looking for it but if it arrives, I'd welcome it with open 武器.?

'I don't want to ever marry again. I don't ever want to live with anyone again.?

'It's enough to look after myself and I've done enough looking after other people. I 港／避難所't 時代遅れの anyone 適切に for 25 years. It's been a long time!?

Fern famously told Good Housekeeping?in 2018: 'Sex is 広大な／多数の／重要な, but a cup of tea is 広大な／多数の／重要な, too. There's nothing nicer than getting into bed with a cuppa and having a 抱擁する and a 雑談（する） ? that's love.'

And she 二塁打d 負かす／撃墜する on her 発言／述べるs, as Fern 株d: ''Is sex important in a woman's 60s?' is a question I've been asking myself.?

'It's not enormously important but, for me, it's more [about] exposing yourself to a stranger's 注目する，もくろむs and [thinking]: 'Will I be critiqued 不正に? Do I want to be critiqued?'?

'I want the ideal sex, which is romantic, gentle, 実行するing and looking into each other's 注目する，もくろむs. No 体操, not 存在 given 従犯者s to wear or use, not sex for sex.?

'It's much more about having someone who's really into me as a person and then, of course, I'd have to perhaps go for somebody with a big beer tummy and hairy ears.?

'井戸／弁護士席, if I love him, that will be 罰金! To be seen, that's what we would all prefer.'?

The year she married Phil, Fern 離婚d her first husband, Clive Jones, former 大統領 of ITV News and 地域s.

In 2022, Fern 明らかにする／漏らすd their 分裂（する） was 原因（となる）d by a 不和 which began when she was 明らかにする／漏らすd to be smarter than he was.

Fern 解任するd on the Walking The Dog with Emily Dean?podcast: 'He had this degree and I don't. I 内密に went off and did the Mensa [実験（する）].

She continued: 'I lied, I said I was going somewhere else, and it took a day to do this 実験（する）. I passed ― and やめる 井戸／弁護士席 too.

'Then he was furious so he did it because he's got a 抱擁する brain. But he's not a problem solver and he didn't get it. So an 巨大な 不和 opened.'

The couple had three children together and began dating while Clive was still married.

Fern broke off their 事件／事情／状勢 after a year, but Clive turned up on her doorstep two days later, 明らかにする／漏らすing he had left his wife for her.

The couple married in 1988 and 分裂（する） in 2020.?

The July 問題／発行する of Woman & Home will go on sale May 30.?