Vanessa Feltz has revealed that she is dating again but admitted that it is "not going well" for her after she had a doomed evening with a "much younger man" who she did not take to at all.
The broadcast legend, 62, split from pop star Ben Ofoedu, 54, in 2023 after 16 years together when she discovered he had been unfaithful.
Dates gone wrong
Now, the former Strictly Come Dancing contestant, whose Channel 5 daytime show was suddenly axed a matter of weeks ago, has revealed that she is trying to meet new people but gave two examples of dates which came out of nowhere but did not go according to plan.
Vanessa explained that she had gone on one date with a man who she met outside a shop and insisted he was "handsome and polite" but that there was just no connection. However, the star was set to be dealt another blow when she met a "significantly younger man" on an escalator in a tube station and he took her to dinner at a tasting restaurant only to talk about his "tragic" life stories for hours on end.
Escalator encounter
She said: "He was an artist, he was significantly younger than me. He said something like 'Oh, you look beautiful,' and we were getting on the same tube. He made a fast move on me and a girl who I didn't know and had never met but she was sitting opposite said ,'Go on, go on V!'"
"So I did go out with him for dinner one night and he was one of the ones who tells you about his very sad life. I went in all sparkles and thinking, 'Oh, we met on the escalator, there's got to be a good story here...'"
Speaking on Best's Suddenly Single podcast, she added: "But he was serious and quick in this very long dinner. Also, terrible mistake, never do this, wasn't my fault, I didn't realise this had happened but he booked one of those tasting menus that goes on for about 10 years."
Endless tasting menu
"Because you don't see the menu, I had no idea how many courses it was going to be. I think it might even have been eleven! It just went on and on and on, and you don't know how many so you don't know how much to eat because you don't know when you're going to get full!"
"And he was so busy into his tragic life story, I'm really sorry he had a terrible life and everything but I didn't know him. It felt like course 107, and I am polite, I don't get up and walk out but I really would've loved to. I wanted to say 'Look mate, we've done nine courses, I don't like the food, and I don't like you very much, I'm sorry you've had a terrible life but I never want to see you again.'"
"But I felt that would be really rude, So I felt I had to sit through it it took about 10 years to get to the end of it. I had really lost the will to live. I was holding my head on my hand just to stop myself from falling under the table. But I did try. Surely it's a numbers game and it will end up all right in the end?"
