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Fearne Cotton was glowing as she enjoyed an evening out with fellow podcasters Elizabeth Day and Jamie Laing on Thursday night, amid her split with her husband Jesse Wood.
The Happy Place presenter, 43, shocked fans by sharing the divorce announcement on Instagram last week after 10 years of marriage - just days after she disclosed a health scare, revealing she had discovered two tumours on her jawline.
She has since been seen out and about without her wedding ring and admitted on her podcast that she 'doesn't want to feel depleted, stressed and not present in her family home'.
Letting her hair down, Fearne put on a brave face as she posed for a selfie with the duo, which she posted on her Instagram story alongside the caption: 'Quite literally...How To...have...Great Company.'
The text was in reference to all of their podcasts, as Eliza fronts How To Fail and Jamie is the host of Great Company.
Fearne looked glamorous in a plunging satin black shirt and a slew of layered gold necklaces as she smiled for the snap.
Fearne Cotton was glowing as she enjoyed an evening out with fellow podcasters Eliza Day and Jamie Laing on Thursday night, amid her split with Jesse Wood
The Happy Place presenter, 43, shocked fans by sharing the divorce announcement on Instagram last week after 10 years of marriage
Speaking to Caroline Hirons on her latest podcast, which released on Monday, Fearne spoke of the 'toxic pressure that a woman can have it all'.
After a stressful few weeks battling her tumour scares, going through a divorce, while running a business at the same time, Fearne admitted: 'The pressure is immense'.
She said: 'There is a lot of pressure for women to prove ourselves, that we can run businesses, I'm trying to do the same with Happy Place. But if we are honest, the pressure is immense.
'I can imagine you [Caroline] are like me, there are lots of things I'd like to do, lots of goals.
'I want to grow and expand myself in many ways but I don't want to feel depleted and stressed out and not be able to be present in my family home, [I want to] have time with my friends, have fun.
'There is still that toxic sort of trope that women can have it all, that people believe.'
Fearne shares son Rex, 11, and daughter Honey, eight, with Jesse, 48, and she is also stepmother to his children Arthur, 21, and Lola, 18, from his first marriage.
In the statement revealing the split Fearne told fans that their priority was their children.
She posted on Instagram: 'It is with a heavy heart that I let you all know that Jesse and I are ending our marriage. Our priority has been and always will be our children.
The announcement came just days after she disclosed a health scare, revealing she had discovered two tumours on her jawline
Speaking to Caroline Hirons on her latest podcast, which released on Monday, Fearne spoke of the 'toxic pressure that a woman can have it all'
'We please ask that you respect the privacy of our family at this time.'
It comes after Fearne had reportedly feared for her marriage for some time before announcing the couple's split.
Friends of the couple have told The Mail that Fearne and Jesse had feared for their marriage for a while.
It has emerged that the couple had faced challenges for several years, with Fearne previously admitting that their marriage had been 'suffering' as far back as 2019.
Speaking at the time, Fearne said Jesse's demanding schedule with his band Reef had put a strain on their relationship which left them desperately 'clinging onto their marriage' in an unearthed interview.
The couple's problems eventually came to a head with a two-hour 'screaming match' where they worried their 'love had gone'.
The presenter candidly told readers in her column for Red Magazine: 'Love takes hard work - and no one wants to hear that'.
She continued: 'This year, Jesse and I hit a rough patch - he was away, touring relentlessly, [with his band, Reef].
It has now emerged that the couple had faced challenges for several years, with Fearne previously admitting that their marriage had been 'suffering' as far back as 2019
After a lengthy row, which took place in a local park, the pair broke down crying but the former Top Of The Pops host credited her husband's emotional side for them being so honest with each other
Speaking at the time, Fearne said Jesse's demanding schedule with his band Reef had put a strain on their relationship which left them desperately 'clinging onto their marriage' in an unearthed interview; pictured 2018
'I was trying to keep my own career going while looking after our kids and we were both desperately clinging on to our marriage.'
After the lengthy row, which took place in a local park, the pair broke down crying but the former Top Of The Pops host credited her husband's emotional side for them being so honest with each other.
She added: 'In the midst of this gargantuan row, I think we both wondered where the love had gone and worried that it might not come back.'
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Fearne and Jesse for comment.
The news comes just three days after Jesse's band Reef announced they would be going on tour again in 2025 for their 30th anniversary.
They will be touring the country beginning in Nottingham on October 16 and ending on November 8 in London.
Fearne previously confessed the pandemic killed her and her husband's sex life in an unearthed podcast.
Back in 2021 Fearne admitted the pair were struggling to find time for each other as she confessed 'sexy time' was no longer a happening.
The presenter took to her Instagram stories last week to issue the statement and tell fans their priority is their children
Fearne tied the knot with the musician, who is the son of Rolling Stones member Ronnie Wood, in 2014
Speaking with Alan Carr on his podcast Life's A Beach, she said: 'Sexy time hasn't happened for so long in terms of me going anywhere.
'I think for me and my husband, booking into the local Travelodge would make us feel sexy at the moment.'
Asked where they would go for a romantic trip abroad, she confessed the couple were struggling for time alone just the two of them.
'We have had no time alone because of the ridiculous pandemic but before all this craziness, Paris was our go-to.
'Not every weekend, maybe once a year. But it felt well special because it's so chic and beautiful.'
'It just has an air of something gorgeous, doesn't it? I love it there.'
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