Vanessa Feltz Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
Publish date: 2024-06-18
Vanessa Feltz Quick Info
Height
5 ft 2 in
Weight
74 kg
Date of Birth
February 21, 1962
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Eye Color
Hazel
Vanessa Feltz is a British TV personality and journalist. Her early morning radio show on BBC Radio 2 is much appreciated by her fans and one of the critics has described her voice as “like lemon tea with honey”.
Born Name
Vanessa Jane Loretta Feltz
Nick Name
The blonde bomb site
Vanessa Feltz with a fan in April 2018 (Veronique Cotrel / Instagram)
Sun Sign
Pisces
Born Place
Islington, London, England
Residence
St John’s Wood, London, England
Nationality
Education
Vanessa studied at the independent school Haberdashers’ Aske’s School For Girls in Hertfordshire. For her further education, she went to Trinity College, Cambridge from where she graduated with a first-class honors degree in English.
Occupation
Broadcaster, Journalist, Television Personality
Family
Father – Norman (Worked in the lingerie business)
Mother – Valerie Ohrenstein (Died of cancer in 1995)
Siblings – Julia (Younger Sister)
Others– Ezekiel Jack (Grandson) (b. 2014), Neroli Joy (Grandaughter) (b. 2015)
Manager
Vanessa is represented by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) located in London.
Build
Large
Height
5 ft 2 in or 157.5 cm
Weight
74 kg or 163 lbs
Boyfriend / Spouse
Vanessa Feltz has dated –
Michael Kurer (1983-2000) – Michael Kurer was a junior orthopedic surgeon when he met Vanessa in the early ’80s. He proposed to her on their very first date and they got married in a lavish wedding ceremony in 1983. Soon after, they became parents to 2 daughters, Allegra Kurer (b. 1986) and Saskia Kurer (b. 1989). Surprisingly in 1999, Michael gave her an ultimatum of 3 months asking her to get in shape or else he would leave her. So Vanessa trained for 7 weeks with her personal trainer Dennis Duhaney, in whose presence she received the ultimatum. Michael left her anyways after these 7 weeks and it was later learned that he was having an affair with a junior doctor named Rachel Evans. Their divorce, which was finalized in 2000, proved to be financially straining as she had to shell out £1.5 million in the settlement. Vanessa was also severely depressed after her divorce, as a result of which she lost a ton of weight dropping from a UK size 26 to a size 12.
FitzroyCharles (2001) – Vanessa allegedly hooked up with Fitzroy Charles, a bouncer, in 2001. She maintained that they were flirting with each other but never got physically intimate. Things took a turn for the worse when Fitzroy gave a detailed account of the nature of their alleged relationship to a leading newspaper. Vanessa filed a complaint citing invasion of privacy but it was rejected by the PCC (Press Complaints Commission) on the grounds that she had shared details about her private life before.
Dennis Duhaney (2000-2006) – Right after her divorce from Michael Kurer, Vanessa was working closely with Dennis Duhaney, who was her personal fitness trainer. The two formed a bond and began dating soon after. It was reported that Dennis ended their on-again-off-again relationship unexpectedly in 2006.
Ben Ofoedu (2006-2023) – Vanessa met Anglo-Nigerian Ben Ofoedu, former singer of the music band Phats & Small, at a London party in 2006. She is 10 years older than him and was introduced to Ben through a common friend and Boyzone star, Keith Duffy. They instantly felt a connection and got engaged in December 2016. A year later, they were seen announcing the dates for a civil wedding. However, it never materialized. In 2011, the couple again made announcements of an impending wedding and their plans to adopt a baby but in vain. The long-time partners started living together in St. John’s Wood in London. In February 2023, she revealed to The Sun on Sunday newspaper that she and Ben had split.
Vanessa Feltz with Tamsin Eames, Ben Ofoedu, and a friend in Spain in July 2018 (Tamsin Eames / Instagram)
Race / Ethnicity
White
Hair Color
Blonde
Eye Color
Hazel (Green being the dominant color)
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Voluptuous figure
Brand Endorsements
Vanessa has done the endorsement for Heineken Beer in 2001.
Vanessa Feltz during the Stonewall Awards 2011 in November 2011 (Nick Lansley / Flickr / CC BY 2.0)
Religion
She was raised in a Jewish household.
But her present religious views are unknown.
Best Known For
Having a long-lasting career as a public figure in the British media since the mid-90’s
Being a radio host, chat show host and participant in several reality TV shows like Strictly Come Dancing, Big Brother, The Weakest Link, etc. staying relevant to the audience for many decades
First Film
She made her theatrical film debut as Vanessa in the rom-com Once Upon a Time in the Midlands in 2002.
First TV Show
In February 1995, Vanessa made her first TV show appearance as a panelist on the game-show Do The Right Thing.
Personal Trainer
Vanessa has always had a love-hate relationship with her weight. Although she was never a fat child, she began gaining weight after having 2 pregnancies in quick successions and letting herself go during that time. After her 16-year long marriage crumbled, she lost 6 stone of weight due to her depressed state of mind. Once she began feeling like herself, her weight skyrocketed again.
She calls herself an emotional eater wherein she eats for every occasion. In 2010, she had a gastric band fitted in her stomach (a surgical treatment which limits one’s food intake and thus helps control obesity). She lost nearly 4 stone in a matter of 6 months post the operation. However, she would find ways to supplement her food cravings by downing foods like chocolate, risotto, and Shepherd’s pie.
It was her partner Ben Ofoedu who gave her the confidence to be comfortable with her body saying that he loved ‘chubby blonde girls’. This helped Vanessa feel more comfortable in her skin and accept the fact that she would never have a svelte figure. Since then, she has become more body confident.
In 2014, Vanessa came forward with her story of s@xual assault in the hands of disgraced TV personality Rolf Harris. While interviewing him live on channel 4’s Big Breakfast in May 1996, Rolf groped her inappropriately in the presence of his wife and crew members. Her story was corroborated after examining the tape of the show. Vanessa had decided to come forward in the light of several s@xual assault charges against Harris for which he was sentenced to prison for 5 years and 9 months but he was released in 2017 after completing only 3 years of his sentence.
Vanessa became the target of Journalist Kevin Myers when a blatantly racist article was published in The Sunday Times in 2017. The article titled “Sorry, ladies – equal pay has to be earned” alleged that Vanessa and Claudia Winkleman, both female presenters for the BBC, were well paid because they were Jewish. Myers was sacked from the paper for his unjustified attack on Jewish people with Vanessa addressing the column as ‘vile’.