The Only Way is Essex star Ferne McCann has revealed why she quit her reality show.
Ferne McCann: My Family & Me, which was previously known as Ferne McCann: First Time Mum, documented the star and her family as they navigated their busy lives.
Earlier this month, Ferne took to Instagram to reveal that the show's 13th season will be its last. The final season began airing on ITVBe last week, with new episodes available to stream on ITVX.
The reality star has now explained that the catalyst for ending the show was when her six-year-old daughter Sunday asked if she was "famous".
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"The show has been going on for so long that we joked we'd still be filming when Sunday had children and be calling it Second Time Nan," Ferne told The Mirror.
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"But I knew the time would eventually come to either have a break or stop altogether, and for the last year I've been thinking about it.
"The point where everything changed was when Sunday actually said to me, 'Am I famous?' A few of her friends had seen her on an advert. And I was like, 'Oh I don't know...'
"It made me feel uncomfortable, because I don't want her to feel she is different. Sunday has done the show since she was born, so she's always been aware of the camera, but we'd never felt she was aware of the situation."
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Despite Sunday not watching the show, Ferne felt it was the "right time" to stop filming after hearing her daughter's comment.
"This show has been a glorious experience, I'm immensely proud of it and have absolutely no regrets – what an amazing home video," she continued.
"But for me now, I want Sunday to have a life where she doesn't have to come home from school, get changed and film. This isn't the end of Sunday being on TV – she will still pop up – but it won't be so often."
Ferne shares Sunday with ex-boyfriend Arthur Collins. She is also mum to one-year-old daughter Finty, who she welcomed with her fiancé Lorri Haines. The couple announced their engagement in 2022.
Ferne McCann: My Family & Me airs on ITVBe and streams on ITVX.
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