Fearne Cotton’s ex-husband, Jesse Wood, is showing off his new relationship after splitting from the TV host.
Jesse, whose father is Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood, was married to Fearne, 43, from 2014 to 2024. They share a son, Rex, and a daughter, Honey.
Fans were stunned when Fearne confirmed their separation last December, as she wrote on Instagram at the time: ‘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,’ she added. ‘We please ask that you respect the privacy of our family at this time.’
Now, seven months on, Jesse is loved up again, as he’s dating Made in Chelsea star Gemma Gregory.
Jesse, 48, and Gemma, 39, went public with their romance this weekend, attending the VIP screening of Twiggy at The Cinema at Selfridges, hosted by director Sadie Frost.
It marked their first joint red carpet appearance, with Jesse wearing a casual band tee while girlfriend Gemma opted for a stylish maxi dress with revealing side cut-outs.
They happily posed for snaps at the event, making no secret of the fact that they were together.
It comes after the Daily Mail reported in March that Jesse had been getting to know Gemma, who found fame at 13 after appearing in a BBC adaptation of Great Expectations, for a while.
A close friend told the outlet: ‘They seem very happy and in love. They have been together [for] some time, and people around them know about their relationship.
‘Gemma is a lovely woman who has been through some difficult times over the years. She deserves some happiness.’
The TV star joined Made in Chelsea in 2012. She gave birth to her son, Benji, in 2014.
Gemma, the daughter of actor Paul Gregory, has previously been romantically linked to Nicholas Knatchbull, son and heir of Earl Mountbatten, and England polo captain Henry Brett.
As for her new blossoming romance with Jesse, who also has two other children from his previous marriage before Fearne, she recently debuted it online.
Taking to Instagram, she posted a series of cosy snaps from their days out, one of which had the caption: ‘Bloody love this one’.
This came just weeks after Fearne was photographed kissing her new boyfriend, TV director Elliot Hegarty.
According to The Sun, she started seeing him in January, having met through their mutual friend Gok Wan.
‘Fearne and Elliot have known each other for a while. When their marriages ended, their friendship developed into romance,’ said an insider.
However, things got rocky when the paparazzi pics of the new couple kissing allegedly blindsided Elliot’s wife.
A family friend revealed to MailOnline: ‘Laura is totally shocked and devastated because she only knew about Elliot being with Fearne when she saw the pictures all over the media. Imagine finding out that your husband’s moved on so quickly like that?’
Appearing on ITV’s Lorraine earlier this year, the Happy Place founder divulged more details about the demise of her marriage and how she was feeling.
She began in her first TV interview post-split: ‘It’s all very amicable, and the kids are doing great. I am in a very good place.’
At the same time, Fearne also assured viewers that she was ‘completely recovered’ after undergoing surgery to remove two benign tumours from her jaw.
‘I feel really good. I have a lot of people reaching out who have had the same thing,’ she added.
Stressing that she’s doing well, the former Celebrity Juice star later told Scott Mills on his BBC Radio 2 show that she was ‘really happy’ and had been ‘springing out of bed in the morning, ready for life’.
Scott, who has been pals with Fearne for 25 years, even said he had never seen her ‘more positive or happier’.
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