ITV This Morning viewers 'feel awkward' as pregnant Ferne McCann breaks down in tears in first appearance since voice note drama

This Morning viewers admitted to feeling 'awkward' as Ferne McCann broke down in tears discussing her recent 'voice note' drama for the first time. The former The Only Way is Essex star hit the headlines back in November 2022 after an anonymous Instagram account posted a series of voice messages from a woman they claimed was Ferne.

The audio messages reportedly featured the 32-year-old talking about the victims of her ex Arthur Collins, who was given a 20-year jail sentence in December 2017 for carrying out an acid attack in a packed nightclub. Sixteen people suffered chemical burn injuries and three people were temporarily blinded in the attack.

Also in November, Ferne apologised to acid attack victim Sophie Hall after claiming voice messages leaked online were "manipulated and edited". The reality TV star said she felt she had “no choice” but to address the audio messages in which she allegedly called Ms Hall ugly and stupid.

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In a statement released on Instagram at the time, Ferne wrote: "I am aware that people will have a number of questions about the voice messages being put into the public domain and purportedly sent by me.

"Most importantly I want to apologise to all the victims of Arthur Collins abhorrent actions in 2017 that they have to relive that night and the pain that followed because this matter is again in the public domain. In particular I want to apologise to Sophie Hall. I do not believe her to be ugly or stupid. She has been brave beyond belief. Arthur Collins' crimes created genuine victims so I am not trying to portray myself as one."

Ferne said she was unable to elaborate on details because there