Scott Mills reveals Zoe Ball’s incredibly sweet gesture that led him to become radio star

SCOTT Mills has revealed Zoe Ball’s incredibly saccharine motion that led to him becoming a vigor star.

Earlier contiguous it was revealed that the 51-year-old volition beryllium replacing Zoe connected her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast show.

Zoe plans connected stepping down adjacent period aft taking connected the relation backmost successful January 2019 aft Chris Evans.

The 53-year-old is usually connected aerial weekdays from 6:30am, but from January adjacent twelvemonth it'll beryllium Radio 1 DJ Scott.

When Scott appeared connected the amusement contiguous to speech astir his caller job, helium mentioned however Zoe made him consciousness truthful invited erstwhile helium archetypal started retired arsenic a DJ.

Scott said unrecorded connected air: "I was moving it retired past night, I person known you Zoe Ball, for 25 years.

"When I joined Radio 1, erstwhile I was a small baby, I volition ne'er hide however you truly took maine nether your helping and truly looked aft me.

"I didn't cognize 1 idiosyncratic there. You'd bash the amusement and I'd conscionable travel beryllium successful and hangout!

"I had nary friends.

"Honestly, conscionable being astir that vibe everyday, I would usually enactment for the full time astir days.

"Then successful the archetypal week, archetypal week of maine doing the aboriginal greeting show, you messaged maine connected my Nokia and said 'do you fancy coming retired with the meal pack later?'

"I was similar that's truthful kind.

"Nobody other did that astatine that point!"

 Zoe announced her departure on her meal amusement this morning.

But she said she volition stay connected BBC Radio 2 - teasing an announcement successful the caller year.

She said: “After six unthinkable years connected the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, it’s clip for maine to measurement distant from the precise aboriginal mornings and absorption connected family."

The broadcaster mysteriously "vanished" from her Breakfast amusement for six weeks implicit the summer.

Scott has had a hugely palmy vigor vocation implicit the years.

He started astatine the property of 16 arsenic a big of his section vigor presumption Power FM and was fixed the graveyard slot betwixt 1am and 6am.

He aboriginal worked for GWR FM Bristol, Piccadilly Key 103 successful Manchester and Heart 106.2 successful London.

Then successful 1998 helium joined Radio 1 arsenic the aboriginal meal amusement presenter betwixt 4am and 7am.

In July 2005 helium shifted to an early-evening weekday slot portion covering for Sara Cox who was connected maternity leave.

Sara decided to not instrumentality truthful the slot became The Scott Mills' Show from 1pm-4pm, Monday to Friday.