Fearne Cotton has revealed how she became a “sort of hermit” during a difficult period that left her “crippled with anxiety” and “debilitated”. The TV and radio presenter, 44, underwent surgery in December 2024 to remove two benign tumours from her jaw, and shortly after announced that she had split up with her husband Jesse Wood, who is the son of Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood, after 10 years of marriage. The couple are parents to son Rex, 13, and daughter Honey, 10. The former Top of the Pops presenter, who is now the host of the Happy Place podcast, told The Sun that she felt overwhelmed by “a snowball of anxiety” during this tough time. “I was very scared of getting things wrong, like getting socialising wrong,” she told the paper. “I built up a snowball of ­anxiety that could be triggered by just stumbling over a word in a conversation.” Cotton said she struggled to work and drive while dealing with debilitating anxiety (Getty Images) “I could go to a party and then …