Miquita Oliver and Fearne Cotton are back in the spotlight after Miquita admitted she still feels ashamed of the comments that wrecked their friendship and cost her a Radio 1 job.
Speaking on her Miss Me? podcast, Miquita looked back at the fallout with brutal honesty. She told co-host Jordan Stephens that she made the remarks when she was just 20.
She said: “I would like to tell the story of me and Fearne Cotton. So basically when I was 20 I did something really awful that I was really ashamed of for a long time.”
Miquita then explained what happened next. She said: “I did an interview in NME and I wasn’t very nice about her at all. I was awful about her and I was fired from Radio 1 because of it, so I lived in a lot of consequence.”
Miquita spoke about her feud with Fearne (Credit: Brett Cove / SOPA Images / Shutterstock)
Why the Miquita Oliver Fearne Cotton fallout lasted so long
The former Popworld host said the tension dragged on for years. They stayed civil, but the awkwardness never really left.
She said: “We didn’t like each other… I don’t even think she didn’t like me, but because I’d been so awful about her, she stayed away from me.”
Things got even trickier when Fearne started dating Steve Jones. Miquita worked with him on T4 every week, so they kept crossing paths.
She said: “When I was 24, she started going out with Steve Jones, who I presented T4 with every week. I’d see her all the time. We were civil, but it was a little bit uncomfortable, but it was ok.”
The remark at the centre of the row came in a 2005 NME interview. Asked how she would improve Top of the Pops, Miquita replied: “Get rid of the she-devil Fearne Cotton.”
That line had major consequences, with Miquita being sacked from Radio 1.
Miquita Oliver and Fearne Cotton: timeline of their fallout and reconciliation
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