The rumor that Zoe Ball is departing the Radio 2 Breakfast Show owing to sickness is making the rounds on the internet. Find out what’s wrong with the presenter and get an update on her health. Zoe Ball is a British radio and television personality best known as the first female host of the BBC’s Radio 1 Breakfast and The Radio 2 Breakfast Show. She also co-hosted the children’s program Living & Kicking with Jamie Theakston from 1996 to 1999. The Blackpool native is also a budding dancer, having been on the third season of Strictly Come Dancing in 2005. From 2011 until 2021, she also presented the BBC Two spin-off program Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two. The British broadcaster has hosted the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour in 2011 and 2015.
Is Zoe Ball Leaving the Breakfast Show on Radio 2?
Zoe Ball has announced her departure from the Radio 2 Breakfast Show. The radio broadcaster, however, is not departing the Breakfast Show for good. On January 29, the 52-year-old announced on Twitter that she had COVID-19 and would be taking a sabbatical from hosting The Radio 2 Breakfast Show. Ball also notified supporters that Vernon Kay would be filling in for her until she recovered from her sickness. Vernon Kay, 49, also went to Twitter to announce that he will take over the Breakfast Show for a few mornings. He wished Zoe Ball a speedy recovery and encouraged fans to tune in at 6:30 a.m. for the broadcast. Vernon Kay appeared on the 30 January broadcast of the Breakfast Show.
What’s the deal with Zoe Ball? Illness And Health Update
Zoe Ball, a British radio personality, is now on leave due to illness. However, after declaring her sickness on January 29, the 52-year-old has not provided any health updates. Ball is hopefully healing from the covid and avoiding social media for the time being. She took over as presenter of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show on January 14, 2019, when Chris Evans left the show after nine years.
Following that, Ball was replaced in the Sunday mid-afternoon slot by Rylan Clark. Ball has been hosting the program continuously for almost four years and just took a hiatus due to covid. Once her health improves, she is anticipated to return to The Breakfast Show.
Zoe Ball Parents and husband
Zoe Ball was born on November 23, 1970, in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, to parents Johnny Ball and Julia née Anderson. Johnny Ball, her father, is a television presenter and math popularizer. He often performed mathematical and trick exhibitions. When Zoe was two years old, Johnny and Julia divorced. He is married to his present wife, Diane, and they live in Bolton. Zoe Ball is married to Fatboy Slim (real name Norman Cook), a well-known DJ and artist.
The pair met while working at BBC Radio 1 and married in August 1999 at Babington House in Somerset. The couple divorced in 2003 when Zoe disclosed she had an affair; nevertheless, the pair ultimately reunited. Zoe and Norman have two children: a boy, Woody Fred Cook, born in 2000, and a daughter, Nelly Cook, born in 2010. However, in September 2016, the couple announced their separation and divorce. Zoe Ball met her current boyfriend Michael Reed via a mutual acquaintance in 2017. Reed is a fashion model as well as a carpenter.
