Zoe Ball pictured for first time since unexplained BBC Radio 2 absence

Zoe Ball has been pictured for the archetypal clip since her unexpected lack from BBC Radio 2.

The fashionable presenter last appeared connected the Breakfast Show on August 8, and hasn’t uttered a connection since her unexplained, and unexpected departure.

Despite fans expressing their worry, presenters covering her – Scott Mills and Gaby Roslin – haven’t aknowledged Zoe’s lack connected air, starring listeners to interest further.

Thankfully, news came this week that the beloved presenter volition instrumentality to the airwaves connected Monday September 23, BBC schedules indicate.

Now she’s besides been pictured retired and astir for the archetypal clip with her ex-husband – and begetter of her children Woody, 23, and Nelly, 24 – DJ Fatboy Slim, existent sanction Norman Cook.

Fans volition beryllium relieved to perceive she looked joyful arsenic she laughed with a radical of radical including her ex-husband extracurricular a café successful Hove connected Sunday.

Photos showed Zoe wearing a pinkish t-shirt with a achromatic cardigan arsenic the radical chatted and past walked on the beachfront.

This is the archetypal clip Zoe has been pictured successful nationalist for implicit a month.

On August 8, Zoe’s past vigor appearance, she signed disconnected arsenic mean and said: ‘See you astatine dawn.’

On Friday, August 9, Gaby Roslin could beryllium heard welcoming the 6.30am assemblage alternatively of the presenter.

Speaking connected the August 12 show, Mills told listeners that helium was unexpectedly taking implicit the meal slot for a fewer weeks, but didn’t explicate why.

‘If you acceptable your alarm each greeting to spell disconnected astatine 6:30am and usually Zoe comes on, delight bash not freak out. You person not overslept,’ helium told listeners.

‘If you’ve conscionable enactment america connected this morning, it’s Scott Mills successful for Zoe for the adjacent fewer weeks. I’m sending you each my emotion Zo’, arsenic are the team.”‘

The presenter had lone conscionable returned to her 6.30am Breakfast slot connected August 5 aft a abbreviated interruption for her precocious mum’s day who died abruptly successful April 12 weeks aft being diagnosed with cancer.

Keeping things airy connected her instrumentality aft her precocious mum’s birthday, the presenter asked ‘What did I miss?’ aft saying her family, which includes two children with ex Fatboy Slim, were ‘bereft’.

The vigor DJ had announced her parent Julia Peckham’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis successful March, subsequently taking clip disconnected enactment to attraction for her in what was her past unexpected absence.

Her mum died connected April 24, with Zoe sharing: ‘Thank you for teaching america however to emotion unconditionally, to ever amusement courageousness and empathy, and how, adjacent successful the darkest of days, laughter is the top of gifts.

‘We are bereft without you but volition clasp truthful choky to each other. Your grace & your grin that lit up each country you were in, volition airy the stars to usher us.’

Zoe joined Norman, 60, successful 1999, having met portion she worked astatine BBC Radio 1 and welcomed Woody the pursuing year.

They temporarily divided successful 2003 but reconciled – welcoming Nelly successful 2010 – and stayed unneurotic until 2016 erstwhile they separated and finalised their divorcement 4 years later.

The erstwhile mates look to beryllium connected bully presumption since their split, arsenic earlier this summertime they were videoed dancing unneurotic supporting their lad Woody, arsenic hefollows successful his father’s DJing footsteps.

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