Sara Cox opens up on ‘very unhappy’ relationship with ex-boyfriend

Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox has opened up astir her narration with an ex-boyfriend which near her feeling ‘very unhappy’ and ’emotionally stranded.’

The radio presenter, 49, has revealed details of an aged narration which played retired anterior to her emergence to fame successful the 1990s.

After starting retired arsenic a nonrecreational model, Sara archetypal appeared connected screens successful Channel 4’s The Girlie Show successful 1996, earlier scoring a presenting relation connected MTV, arsenic the big of the late-night euphony amusement MTV Hot.

It was during this aboriginal clip successful her vocation that Sara lived successful a converted religion successful London, having moved from her hometown of Little Lever adjacent Bolton, Greater Manchester.

Sarah has revealed however she lived determination with a erstwhile fellow – who she describes arsenic ‘horrible’ – ending the narration aft helium ‘stole’ from her.

‘I was successful a precise unhappy narration erstwhile I archetypal moved to London. I lived successful Arnos Grove successful Enfield, northbound London, successful a converted church’ Sara revealed.

Sara reflected connected the concern during a July interrogation with The Times, saying: ‘I was with this idiosyncratic who turned retired to beryllium horrible and helium stole from me.

‘I felt emotionally stranded there. Then I binned him disconnected and the MTV and Big Breakfast years began.’

After her clip with MTV, Sara took connected a presenting relation with Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast, which she appeared connected from 1998 – 2000.

In 1999, Sara made the determination to vigor joining Radio 1, taking implicit from Zoe Ball arsenic the big of Radio 1 Breakfast the pursuing year.

It was during this clip that she interviewed comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, who appeared connected the amusement successful quality arsenic Ali G to beforehand the merchandise of his drama azygous Me Julie.

Recalling the fateful interview, Sara described herself arsenic having being ‘stitched up’ erstwhile Sacha started swearing up a storm and joked astir ‘smuggling drugs up his bum.’

‘I was 27 astatine the clip but erstwhile I look backmost astatine that clip and peculiarly that day, I consciousness truthful young, and I was decidedly unprepared,’ she said connected the podcast How To Fail with Elizabeth Day.

‘Mistakes were made, and the interrogation shouldn’t person happened arsenic it did, and we were mode excessively trusting.’

In December 2003 Sara hosted her last occurrence of the meal show, moving to the day ‘drivetime’ slot.

She presently hosts BBC Radio 2’s drivetime amusement from Monday to Friday, and remains a TV regular, having hosted The Great Pottery Show Down and appearing connected episodes of The Great Celebrity Bake Off and Britain’s Top Takeaways.

This play she appeared arsenic a impermanent connected Saturday Kitchen – wherever she was overshadowed by personage cook and edifice professional Jay Rayner and his Monster Munch-encrusted cabbage.

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