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Happy Place

Denise van Outen

Happy Place

Fearne Cotton

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Personal Journals

4.615.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Heartbreak is a universal feeling, but everyone copes with it differently. Presenter, actor and singer Denise Van Outen tends to throw herself into work, keeping busy with exciting professional opportunities, to distract from any pain.


In this chat with Fearne, Denise talks about how she’s learnt to accept being alone after heartbreak and acknowledge the stillness without constantly trying to fill the void. Close friends Fearne and Denise also share their experiences of raising blended families, and chat about how much of your heartbreak – or any other pain – you should share with your kids.


Denise’s book, ‘A Bit of Me: From Basildon, to Broadway, and Back’, is available to buy now. 



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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Happy Place, the show that explores the entire spectrum of human

0:06.4

emotion.

0:07.4

I'm Fern Cotton and today I'm having a chat with one of my best mates, Estonise Funhouten.

0:13.2

Heart Take is horrible and it doesn't matter who you are away from what you've got, it

0:17.4

hurts just as deep.

0:19.3

You know, those nights have just sat in there on my patio three, four o'clock in the morning

0:23.6

just feeling like drained and empty and just thinking I don't know how I'm going to get

0:29.1

through the next week because you just feel so broken, it's horrible.

0:33.3

Denise and I met a very long time ago, so much so that I can't remember the exact moment

0:39.5

that we met but I know she's been in my life for a very long time and we certainly really

0:44.7

bonded when we did our Kilimanjaro climb for comic relief again a long time ago.

0:51.6

Now obviously Denise has had an incredible career as a presenter, actor and singer across

0:58.2

both stage and screen and I absolutely adore hearing her sing that voice.

1:03.8

She's so talented.

1:05.9

Being in the public eye, her relationships and breakups have felt like public property

1:10.7

too.

1:11.7

Most notably she dated singer J.K. back in the 90s and has a daughter with her ex-husbandly.

1:18.5

Now she's experiencing heartbreak again as a result of infidelity.

1:23.4

It's definitely been a really tough time for Denise recently, we've spoken quite a bit

1:28.9

over the last few months privately.

1:31.2

I've just been checking in with her to see how she's getting on emotionally.

1:36.6

So today certainly isn't the first time that we've covered these subjects so I know that

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