'When bad things were happening, we just got closer'

As Vanessa Feltz and daughter Saskia Joss launch their podcast, they share what it's like to parent - and be parented - in the spotlight

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here's little we haven't seen Vanessa Feltz tackle in more than 35 years as one of Britain's best-known TV personalities, from her high-profile divorce from surgeon Michael Kurer, the father of her two daughters, to her mental health crisis in the Celebrity Big Brother house and her split from Ben Ofoedu in January 2023 after 16 years together. But her ability to pick herself up and brush herself off has rarely been in doubt.

Now 63, the star is showing us another side of herself as she takes on a new role as podcast co-host with her youngest daughter Saskia Joss, 35, who's a child therapist and author of Help! My Child's Anxiety Is Giving Me Anxiety. In this exclusive chat, Vanessa and Saskia discuss finding common ground on the podcast and some of the family's toughest moments over the past three decades.

What's it like working together for the first time?

Vanessa: Fantastic, and unexpected. Neither she nor I ever dreamed in a million years we'd work together. We're in completely unrelated fields. Saskia qualified as a primary school teacher, then a children's therapist. So this is a bonus.