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'I couldn't do live radio or TV now for any money in the world': Fearne Cotton admits 'all her mental health lows' were due to work as she reflects on panic attacks in her early career By Amelia Wynne For Mailonline Published: 12:23 BST, 9 June 2024 | Updated: 12:29 BST, 9 June 2024 e-mail View comments Fearne Cotton has admitted that 'all of her mental health lows' have been due to work and that 'no money in the world' would make her return to live radio or TV. The star, 42, spoke in a very candid new interview about her struggles and panic attacks in her early career when she was a children's television presenter for GMTV, CITV and CBBC. She told how it is impossible to be in the public eye when you're young and 'get through it in one piece' as she admitted big red carpet events never felt 'safe' to her.

Speaking to The Times she said: 'If you want to get a whole host of mental health problems, get in the public eye really young, because you get them all. 'There's no way you can get through it in one piece ..



. All my mental health lows are because of my job. Nothing else.

It is not conducive to a balanced mind.' Fearne Cotton has admitted that 'all of her mental health lows' have been due to work and that 'no money in the world' would make her return to live radio or TV The star, 42, spoke in a very candid new interview about her struggles and panic attacks in her early career when she was a children's television presenter for GMTV, CITV and CBBC (seen in 2000) Fearne went .

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