{"id":317391,"date":"2023-10-19T13:35:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=317391"},"modified":"2023-10-19T13:35:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:35:47","slug":"phil-vickery-addresses-love-life-after-being-seen-with-ex-fern-brittons-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/celebrity\/phil-vickery-addresses-love-life-after-being-seen-with-ex-fern-brittons-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Vickery addresses love life after being seen with ex Fern Britton’s mate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Celebrity chef Phil Vickery has hinted at his relationship status amid rumours he is dating his ex-wife Fern Britton’s best friend.<\/p>\n

The TV cook, who appears on This Morning, was pictured kissing Lorraine Stanton as they left a London hotel together last month.<\/p>\n

However, Phil has since broken his silence following the snaps, taken with who is thought to be his ex’s pal \u2013 insisting they are “just mates”.<\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram today, Phil, 62, addressed his love life again as he revealed his daughter has poked fun at him for being “old and single”.<\/p>\n

“My daughter asked me, ‘Dad, you may be old and be single’. I replied, ‘I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it,’ albeit it may be in a wheelchair,” he posted on his Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n

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Phil and Fern were married for 20 years before they announced their split in January 2020.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Fern commented on the image of her ex Phil and friend Lorraine, writing on Twitter: “Good morning all. Just to clear up any concerns. It is not true.”<\/p>\n

When quizzed about a potential new romance, Phil told MailOnline: “Could not possibly comment on that because she’s just a friend.”<\/p>\n

He added: “We’re just mates having lunch for goodness sake.”<\/p>\n

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Asked if ex-wife Fern, 65, was satisfied with his explanation he added: “Yes, she put a tweet out. There you go, we’re friends.”<\/p>\n

The pair met while on the much-loved cooking show Ready Steady Cook back in the 90s, in which Phil made over 200 appearances between 1996 and 2010.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the beginnings of their romance, Fern told The Telegraph in 2016: “The boys were four; Grace hadn’t even started toddling.<\/p>\n

“I remember thinking at the time that nobody was going to take a 40-something woman with three kids.<\/p>\n