Zoe Ball quits BBC Radio 2 as she makes heartbreaking on-air announcement

Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball made the announcement unrecorded connected aerial to listeners arsenic she revealed her plans for the future

Zoe Ball has discontinue BBC Radio 2.

Announcing the quality unrecorded connected aerial today, she told listeners that she volition beryllium stepping down arsenic presenter of the weekday Radio 2 Breakfast Show successful December.

The quality comes conscionable months aft her extended absence from the amusement during the summertime pursuing her monther's decease earlier this year. During that time, chap vigor hosts Scott Mills and Gabby Roslin filled successful with her, though her replacement from December has not yet been confirmed.

She said: “Ok you beauteous bunch, I person immoderate news. After six years of amusive times alongside you each connected the Breakfast Show, I've decided it's clip to measurement distant from the aboriginal alarm telephone and commencement a caller chapter. You cognize I deliberation the world of you each listeners, and it genuinely has been specified a privilege to stock the mornings with you, to spell done life's small ups and downs, we got done the lockdown together, didn't we?

"We’ve shared a hellhole of a lot, the bully times, the pugnacious times, there’s been a batch of laughter. And I americium going to miss you cats. I'm going to miss my astonishing Prod Squad who I adore. Already missing Mike, I'm going to miss Tina and Richie. They've each go similar household to me, similar you lot. But I won’t miss the 4am alarm call, if I'm wholly honest. So my past Breakfast amusement volition beryllium with you connected the 20th of December and past its precocious kicks each the mode to Christmas, gang.

"I'm not going to beryllium a stranger, I'm staying successful the Radio 2 unit and household due to the fact that it's an astonishing household - arsenic we saw past week with Paddy’s fantastic Children successful Need challenge- and I’ll person much quality connected that successful the New Year. I conscionable privation to accidental I’m truthful grateful to my unthinkable brag ladies, to Helen and Laura and Lorna and Fiona, they person ever been truthful supportive of maine particularly successful this occupation and peculiarly this year, truthful convey you ladies. Now of people it leaves america with a large question, who is going to aftermath you up successful the mornings? Well the bully quality is you don't person to hold precise agelong to find out. I americium going to uncover the marque caller big of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show connected this amusement this greeting . But for now, cognize I emotion you each to bits and this opus from Supertramp seemed similar a bully 1 to play.”

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