Scott Mills' Radio 2 salary revealed - and it's much less than Zoe Ball's

Scott Mills volition regenerate Zoe Ball connected the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show conscionable earlier Christmas, but helium won't get paid anyplace adjacent her £950,000 salary

Scott Mills’ wage for the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show has been revealed, and he’s not going to marque adjacent fractional of what Zoe Ball raked successful for the aforesaid job.

Zoe, 53, shared connected Tuesday greeting that she’d beryllium leaving the vigor show aft joining backmost successful January 2019, and Scott, 51, was announced arsenic her replacement conscionable minutes later. Zoe got a large wage gaffe for her hosting duties, with an eye-watering salary of £950,000 per year.

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.”

Despite the information that the BBC is making a large money-saving woody by securing Scott for the role, the root emphasised that helium had nary hard feelings astir not being offered Zoe’s mega salary.

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 world 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."

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