Phil Vickery flirts with shepherdess following split from Fern Britton
TELLY chef Phil Vickery has been flirting online with a shepherdess following his marriage break-up.
Phil, 59 — who split from Fern Britton in January after 20 years — has exchanged a string of messages with Yorkshire Dales sheep farmer Alison O’Neill.
Phil and divorced mother of one Alison, 56, met filming ITV’s This Morning.
They have shot segments on lambing at her 35-acre farm and she has also had regular cooking slots filmed in her kitchen and at the London studio.
A source said: “Phil and Alison became good mates. They have very natural chemistry. A few people have been gossiping.”
Phil retweeted Valentine-themed posts by Alison and the pair regularly comment on one another’s tweets.
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Fern, 63 — who co- presented This Morning for seven years until 2009 — recently shared a post about “betrayal, falling out and being used”.
Phil and Alison were asked to comment.
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