Tuesday, 28 October 2008

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Fern Britton: I attempted suicide

Presenter had paracetamol and whisky

This Morning host Fern Britton is married to chef Phil Vickery

Fern Britton was once so depressed she tried to kill herself.

The presenter's suicide bid at the age of 25 followed a messy break-up.

‘One afternoon I decided I couldn’t bear the pain longer,’ she writes in her autobiography.

‘I sat down and opened a bottle of paracetamol. All I wanted was to sleep and sleep and sleep.

‘I tipped the bottle, poured myself a handful of pills and swigged them down with a glass of whisky.

'I didn’t take the whole bottle, as if I didn’t know whether or not it was what I wanted.’

Fern, 51, was interrupted by a call from an ex-boyfriend who immediately sent someone round to help.

‘I was lucky,’ she admits. ‘Why hadn’t I swallowed the lot? Because I was a coward. I wasn’t brave enough.’ 

Holly Arnold