It was a revealing year for celebrity chef Nigella Lawson — or as she'd put it, "mortifying" -- and during an appearance on The Michael McIntyre Chat Show in Britain, The Taste judge was brought to tears while opening up about the split with her husband, domestic violence allegations and her own admitted drug use.

The TV chef and mother-of-two admitted she wasn't innocent in the breakup with Charles Saatchi but hasn't spoken out publicly much at all since being forced to admit her cocaine and marijuana use in court defending herself in a criminal trial.

"I have had better times," Lawson said.

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"It's spring and I am feeling better and I am very happy to be here."

Lawson, 54, went on to say, "I try not to live in the public sphere very much. You have your own life and you are the person inside. I really think if the major thing in your life is what p