Scott Mills life as he starts Radio 2 - net worth, husband and response to Zoe Ball leaving

Scott Mills is acceptable to instrumentality implicit the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show from January 27 pursuing Zoe Ball’s departure from the role, the presumption has announced.

Zoe, 54, signed disconnected her past amusement connected December 20 after helming the programme for six years. Trevor Nelson volition present beryllium taking implicit Mills’s erstwhile weekday slot of 2pm to 4pm connected the aforesaid day, portion Nelson’s erstwhile precocious nighttime Monday to Thursday slot volition beryllium filled by DJ Spoony’s The Good Groove show.

He said that he was not “finding it daunting astatine all” to instrumentality implicit 1 of the biggest shows connected the radio. “I’m acceptable for the challenge,” helium said. Zoe became the archetypal pistillate to contiguous the meal amusement erstwhile she took implicit from Chris Evans successful January 2019.

Scott’s salary for the Breakfast Show was revealed past year, and he’s not going to marque adjacent fractional of what Zoe raked successful for the aforesaid job.

Zoe announced her determination to permission successful November, saying it was clip for her to “step distant from the precise aboriginal mornings and absorption connected family”. Her past meal amusement featured messages from vocalist Kylie Minogue, England footballer Alessia Russo and Doctor Who prima David Tennant.

She was the BBC’s highest-paid on-air pistillate presenter successful 2023/24, with a wage betwixt £950,000 and £954,999, ranking her 2nd connected the database of top-earning endowment down Gary Lineker , according to the corporation’s yearly study published successful July. Scott had a 2023/24 wage of £315,000 to £319,999, up from £300,000 to £304,999 during the erstwhile period.

In contrast, Scott volition lone beryllium paid £450,000 for taking her place, according to The Sun . While the six-figure wage is inactive a tiny wage emergence for the chap Radio 2 star, it’s a large dive from Zoe’s near-million cheque.

According to an insider, however, the BBC is precise keen to scrimp and save. “The BBC is nether tremendous unit to commencement making important savings,” they told the outlet.

They added: “BBC Director General Tim Davie is making it softly known that the days of the immense 7 fig salaries for its aureate girls and boys are over. But it’s a existent balancing enactment since, arsenic a nationalist broadcaster it needs, and wants, to pull apical talent. The fearfulness is stars, already fed up of nationalist scrutiny erstwhile their salaries are published, whitethorn defect to the streamers, oregon ITV .”

They divulged: “Scott, though, was genuinely thrilled to get the gig. He didn’t adjacent inquire astir a wage rise,” portion Scott himself precocious said, “I don’t bash it for the wealth but for the love… arsenic I person done since I was 16.”

Money aside, some Zoe and Scott look chuffed that he’s stepping successful to capable her shoes. After helium was announced arsenic her replacement, the duo cuddled up to each different and snapped a pic extracurricular the BBC gathering successful London.

“Zoe and I person been specified bully friends present for implicit 25 years and person spent overmuch of that clip arsenic portion of the aforesaid vigor household present astatine Radio 2 and besides connected Radio 1,” helium gushed, adding, "She’s done an unthinkable occupation connected this amusement implicit the past six years, and I americium beyond excited to beryllium handed the baton. It feels ever since signaling my archetypal shows arsenic a kid for an assemblage of one, my mum, each roads since person led to this astonishing opportunity.”

Likewise, Zoe fawned implicit Scott and assured listeners that he’d beryllium cleanable for the role. She said: “Scott and I spell mode backmost to our Radio 1 days, erstwhile helium was doing aboriginal mornings earlier me. He’s been a adjacent person for years, and I’m beyond thrilled it’s him taking implicit the Breakfast Show.

“Breakfast has ever been his dream, and what a twelvemonth he’s had – from racing astir the satellite to his beauteous wedding to Sam. He’s not lone a blooming superb shaper but 1 of the champion successful radio. I can’t hold to tune successful connected the schoolhouse run."

Work aside, it's been a monumental twelvemonth for Scott , who won BBC One's Celebrity Race Across the World and tied the knot with his different half, Sam Vaughan. The mates had an intimate Spanish wedding successful June with a star-studded impermanent list, including Pixie Lott, Rylan, Calvin Harris and Joel Corry.

But the brace weren't ever besotted with each other - successful the aboriginal days, Sam was unconvinced that Scott was 'The One'. Scott antecedently revealed that Sam stepped backmost from their narration aft having doubts, and it broke the vigor presenter's bosom - but helium tried to support it cool.

"The much clip we spent together, the much I could spot we were close for each other. I conscionable needed him to spot that too," helium told The Times . "So erstwhile we had the speech astir taking it guardant and helium said, 'I'm not ready', I was devastated." It enactment an extremity to their long-distance romance.

Scott would regularly question to Wales and Sam to London, but abruptly they stopped talking. "Being friends with idiosyncratic you're successful emotion with doesn't work," Scott admitted. "We didn't talk for six months." During that time, helium drowned his sorrows with crystal pick connected the sofa.

While his mum came implicit to comfortableness him, Sam's parent gave her lad a stern talking-to. "When helium sent maine a substance saying 'I miss you', his mum sat him down and said, 'Don't messiness him around. Either spell for it oregon permission him alone'," Scott explained. Eventually, Sam made his decision.

The brace moved successful unneurotic conscionable 3 months earlier lockdown and 2 years later, Scott proposed. In June, they officially said "I do", successful beforehand of their nearest and dearest. His adjacent person and erstwhile Radio 1 co-star Chris Stark provided the Master of Ceremony duties astatine the wedding, successful a beauteous villa adjacent Barcelona.

Moments aft Chris declared that Scott and Sam were legally married, fume streamers successful the colour of the rainbow flag, symbolising the LGBTQ+ community, erupted into the aerial arsenic the audience, including Vick Hope and Jordan North , wiped distant their tears.

Speaking astir their extravagent wedding day, Scott told the Mirror and different property soon after: "We some had the astir unthinkable day. To observe with each our adjacent friends and household successful Spain was truthful special. We are looking guardant to spending the remainder of our lives together."

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