Vanessa Feltz announces exit from Radio 2 after more than a decade on breakfast show

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Regular listeners of Vanessa Feltz' Radio 2 show have been left devastated today with the shock news she is set to leave the station.The star has quit her early morning breakfast show after 12 years and almost two decades on the air for the BBC.An emotional Vanessa left fans in tears as she announced she will be moving on very soon to 'catch up on a much-needed decade's deficit of beauty sleep' and use her 'energy-boosting shut-eye' to 'frolic with her fiancé Ben Ofoedu 'who irritatingly remains 10 years younger than me.' She will also step down from her regular presenting gig on the breakfast show at BBC Radio London, as writes Manchester Evening News.Feltz has presented shows on BBC Radio London since 2001 and Radio 2 since 2011."I have something to tell you, and I know you already know that I love you," Vanessa said on her show on Thursday morning (July 28).

Starting to tear up, she said: "Oh I knew I was going to cry but I'm going to try not too... It has been an honour to share the early hours with you," before continuing on with a heartfelt message to her listeners.She shared a video of the moment she announced she was leaving on Instagram which she captioned: "Devastated.

Farewell to @bbcradio early breakfast." She will present her last Radio 2 Early Breakfast Show on Friday, July 29. Following a two-week break she will cover Jeremy Vine for two further weeks and bid a final farewell to Radio 2 listeners on Friday, August 26.Fellow BBCR2 star Sara Cox was among the first to respond to Vanessa, writing: " In bits.

What a brilliant farewell speech though I wouldn’t expect anything less. So happy for you & your family that you’re going to get more kip.