Scott Mills feels ‘lovebombed’ after BBC Radio 2 shake-up

Radio presenter Scott Mills said helium has been “lovebombed” with benignant messages aft it was announced helium volition beryllium the caller dependable of the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show.

The 51-year-old presenter is acceptable to instrumentality implicit from Zoe Ball successful aboriginal January, pursuing successful the footsteps of erstwhile hosts including Sir Terry Wogan and Chris Evans.

Mills, who presently hosts Radio 2’s weekday day programme, said helium has been inundated with messages since Ball announced helium would beryllium her replacement arsenic she stepped down to “focus connected family”.

“Today has been different huffy time of which I consciousness determination person been galore successful 2024,” Mills wrote connected Instagram.

“I americium genuinely honoured to beryllium taking implicit the biggest meal amusement successful the UK from my everlastingly person @zoetheball.

“I honestly consciousness that I’ve been lovebombed since the announcement.”

Among those sending congratulations was his erstwhile BBC Radio 1 co-host Chris Stark, who joined the Scott Mills amusement successful 2012, who commented: “Go connected lad.”

The brace became fashionable acknowledgment to humorous segments including Innuendo Bingo, earlier Mills moved to BBC Radio 2 successful 2022 aft 24 years astatine Radio 1, taking implicit the weekday 2pm to 4pm slot from seasoned presenter Steve Wright, who died earlier this year.

“A immense convey you to each my colleagues past and contiguous who person sent love, and for each of your benignant messages connected here,” Mills wrote.

“I’ve worked hard my full vocation to get to this point, truthful I americium allowing a infinitesimal to soak it each up and beryllium arrogant of myself.

“This isn’t similar maine and I don’t bash it often.”

Mills reminded his 441,000 followers that “social media isn’t existent life”, adding: “People volition ever constitute things that aren’t kind.

“Don’t instrumentality immoderate of it excessively seriously. Instagram is conscionable different mentation of watching telly. That is each it is.”