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Fearne Cotton | |
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 Cotton in 2014 | |
| Born | 3 September 1981 Northwood, London, England |
| Other names | Fearne Wood |
| Education | Haydon School |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Ronnie Wood (father-in-law) Billy Cotton (great-granduncle) Sir Bill Cotton, CBE (first cousin, twice removed) |
| Website | officialfearnecotton |
Fearne Wood[1] (née Cotton; born 3 September 1981)[2] is an English broadcaster and author. She began her career in the late 1990s as a children’s television presenter for GMTV, CITV and CBBC. She went on to present various television shows, including Top of the Pops (2004–2020), Love Island (2006), The Xtra Factor (2007), and Interior Design Masters (2019). Cotton was a regular co-presenter of the Children in Need annual telethons from 2005 to 2015, with the exception of 2009. From 2008 to 2018, she was a team captain on the ITV2 comedy panel show Celebrity Juice.
In 2007, Cotton became the first regular female presenter of the Radio 1 Chart Show, which she co-presented with Reggie Yates for two years. She was later given her own Radio 1 show, airing every weekday morning from 2009 to 2015. She joined BBC Radio 2 in 2016.
In 2018, Cotton began presenting Happy Place, a podcast focusing on wellbeing and mental health, available to online streaming platforms. She has also released eight self-help books, two children's books, and four books on healthy eating.[3]
- ^ Bonet, Anna (6 October 2022). "Fearne Cotton: 'I really want to feel well'". Inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
[Quoting Cotton:] 'I am Fearne Wood. It is just such a hassle to change, what with the books and everything over the years. If someone comes up to me saying, "Are you Fearne Cotton?" Jesse's like, "Wood!"' She laughs. 'But I like having the same surname as my kids and all that jazz.'
- ^ @fearnecotton (3 September 2017). "Thanks for having me planet earth" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Fearne Cotton". www.penguin.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.