Xpose star Cassie Stokes is throwing herself into her work to mend her broken heart.
The 32-year-old broke up with her Canadian long-term girlfriend Kathleen Gauvin in January.
And the presenter credits her busy work schedule for getting her through the pain.
She said: “Yeah it is always good to have that, of course.
“I think everyone knows when you are sad you want to just work, work, work and keep yourself busy with everything and jeez I’ve done so much over the past with work and events.
“So it’s keeping yourself busy and getting into that mentality of not thinking about it.”
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She also admitted “the pressure is on” to create the best content amid the recent schedule cuts to the show.
Last month Virgin Media announced Xpose, which previously aired three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday would be moving to Virgin Media One for a once a week Friday night special.
Speaking to the Irish Mirror after the changes were implemented, Cassie said: “It’s really good.
“We launched last Friday and the hour show did amazing, the content was so cool, we had Mary Kennedy and Gary Barlow so what better show to tune into.
“But the pressure is on to get the best content... but I get to work on some of my own pieces now.”
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When asked if she was worried about the future of the show when she heard the news, Cassie added: “I’m all for change. I think change is always a positive thing no matter but it just depends on how you take change.
“I think this was incredible and we went back on to the bigger channel. We are on it for an hour.
“So we doubled the length and we are on a bigger channel and the Six O’Clock Show audience is a brilliant time slot to get, right after the news so you know it used to be at 6pm about two years ago.
“You watch the news and then you watch your entertainment and stuff like that.”
Working at the helm for much of the last year during her colleagues Karen Koster and Glenda Gilson’s maternity leave has meant Cassie is always busy.
She said: “I started working three years ago, and this year, because the two girls have been off, it has been an amazing experience in that you are doing everything.”
