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Inside This Morning star Vanessa Feltz’s incredible Gothic-style home
VANESSA Feltz has given fans a look inside her incredible Gothic-style home after split from ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu.
The Sun on Sunday told how Vanessa had made the decision to end her 16-year engagement with Ben, part of 1990s dance act Phats and Small, after learning he had cheated.
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It comes six years after he cheated with a club owner who runs bars in Ibiza and Thailand.
Vanessa forgave him — but later learned he had been unfaithful with other women at holiday camps where he hosted 1990s-themed parties as part of boy band Boyz on Block with Dane Bowers, Abz Love and Shane Lynch.
Vanessa, an agony aunt, said she had been forced to “take her own advice” by ending the relationship after he broke her trust again.
She said: “I feel incredibly sad, disappointed and shocked and all of those horrible things. I feel terribly humiliated, but also full of resolve.”
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Vanessa lives in a £3.5m London home that was previously owned by millionaire businessman Charles Saatchi.
This Morning presenter Vanessa showed off the impressive living area last year as she prepared for a lunch to celebrate her birthday.
The room features huge bay windows and a stone floor, with comfortable-looking sofa in front of a crackling fireplace.
Vanessa also revealed her unique dining table flanked by tall candelabras and one of her birthday presents - a bosom vase.
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The three-storey property also has a Gothic exterior, with plenty of space at the front for car parking.
Inside the doorways are arches to fit in with the outside design of the house - meaning it's all open plan with no fitted doors between the rooms.
The living area is all cream - from the painted walls to the carpet and a huge L-shaped sofa, which doubles up as a bed.
One of the features in Vanessa's house is her pink kitchen.
There is a pink London skyline stencil running between the units and cupboards, complimenting the pink work surface.
There are three levels to the characterful house, with a winding wooden-varnished stairs situated in the middle of the building.
On the second floor, there's a spare bedroom which has a door leading out to a small balcony area.
It has its own personal gym, which includes a cross trainer, running machine and Swiss balls in front of mirrors so she can watch himself work up a sweat.
Vanessa met Ben in 2005, having divorced in 2000 from surgeon Michael Kurer — Allegra and Saskia’s father — following claims of cheating.
Ben had become an integral part of Vanessa’s family, with her four grandchildren calling him Grandpa Ben and Allegra and Saskia fully accepting him as Vanessa’s partner.
The closeness of the tight-knit family unit has made Ben’s betrayal difficult to stomach for all of them.
Vanessa, who hosts a weekday drivetime show on TalkTV and TalkRADIO, alongside appearing on This Morning, had been nervous about news of the split being made public — but daughter Allegra said fans had been “so kind” with their messages.
She said: “There has been the most incredible outpouring of support from the internet, which I have never seen before but I am not surprised — and I’m so grateful. It means the absolute world to my mum and it’s what is getting her through.
“She is so strong and she is so brave — she’s trying to use this experience to help other people and all the while she is hurting so much herself, and still finding out more and more awful details.
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“I don’t know if finding out any more of the awful details really helps, but the love of a family definitely does.”
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