Mollie King admits she feels ‘anxious’ as boyfriend Stuart Broad heads off to Sri Lanka on tour

Mollie King has admitted she is going into 2021 feeling ‘anxious and uncertain’ as her England cricketer boyfriend Stuart Broad prepares to head to Sri Lanka on tour.

The radio presenter, 33, said she will miss the sportsman, 34, ‘so much’, but has decided to start the new year with a ‘positive mindset’ by exercising every day in January for the sake of her mental health. 

Posing in a pale pink tie-dye crop top and matching leggings, the former The Saturdays singer shared her goals for the coming month on Instagram on New Year’s Day on Friday morning. 

Mollie wrote: ‘So it’s 2021! If you’re anything like me you might be going into this year feeling a bit anxious and uncertain. I often get the January blues and this year is going to be especially tough with everything that’s going on. 

‘@stuartbroad also goes away tomorrow with cricket which is always a mix of feeling excited for him but knowing I’m going to miss him so much. 

‘So I’ve decided I want to make a real effort to keep a positive mindset and start the year in the best way that I can. To help with this, like I did last year, I’m going to try and do one bit of exercise every single day in January. 

‘One of the biggest things to come out of last year for me was what a positive effect exercise has on my mental health and overall outlook.’ 

Mollie appealed to her followers to join her fitness mission, adding: ‘You don’t need to run 10k every day (I certainly won’t!!) but whether it’s walking the dog, an online pilates class or doing 10 minutes of sit ups in front of the TV, just do whatever makes you feel good. 

‘I’ll let you know what I’m doing each day and share some ideas and I’d love to see what you get up to too! 

‘So if you feel like joining in, tag me in your photos and videos and we can do it together! Let’s be having you 2021!!!’ 

Mollie and Stuart were first linked in March 2018, but briefly split five months later in August 2018.

The couple were spotted together again in February 2019, and confirmed they had reunited the following month. 

The Radio 1 presenter praised her ‘modest’ boyfriend last month when he was nominated for the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year prize.

Paying tribute to the talented sportsman in a video screened at the socially-distanced ceremony, Mollie admitted she ‘had no idea how good he was at his job’.  

She said: ‘He was just so sweet and modest. I’d ask him about what he does and not one part of him was bragging – so much so that I actually had no idea how good he was at his job.’