Vanessa Feltz’s This Morning pals reveal they’ve been ‘supporting her for weeks’ after devastating Ben Ofoedu split

VANESSA Feltz’s This morning co-stars Phillip Schofield and Holly WIlloughby have revealed they’ve been supporting her for weeks amid her split from fiancé Ben Ofoedu.

The popular broadcaster, 60, ended the 16-year relationship after allegedly discovering evidence Ben had cheated on her.

The agony aunt told her ITV colleagues that she felt “sad, hurt and terribly humiliated” in her usual segment on the show today.

And it ended up being her time to be counselled as Phil and Holly Willoughby offered words of comfort.

Phil said: “We have been talking you through this for weeks.

“There are a hundred hugs for you when you go off camera today.

Vanessa told the pair that Ben’s infidelity was “a terrible shock” and “also a kind of gradual thing” as she pieced things together.

Vanessa continued: “I don’t want to dwell on the details, I really do want to focus on the future.”

Phil told her: “There really is a bright future for you.”

And Vanessa said: “I am telling myself there is a future, I really want there to be.

“I think the best thing to do is to gather all the things you love, the people you love, and keep them close.”

The trio then turned to Vanessa’s role on This Morning as an agony aunt and Holly asked her about her phone-in topic today.

The TV and radio star turned the tables on viewers, asking them to help her, in a show first.

Vanessa became tearful and her voice shook, telling viewers: “It’s about broken hearts really.”

She added: “I would love it if people called in and told me how they got over heartbreak.

“I’ll take any advice I can get, from anyone, if anyone wants help I’ll be there for them but also if anyone has anything they can tell me.

“I’d be really grateful to recieve it, because I feel like I’m in the eye of the storm, I really do.”