Zoe Ball's health battle that caused on-air 'meltdown' before quitting BBC Radio 2

Radio 2 fable Zoe Ball is simply a respected adept successful her field, but a wide misdiagnosed information has near her struggling successful different areas of her life, adjacent resulting successful a televised 'meltdown'

As a trailblazing broadcaster, Zoe Ball is admired by galore - but things haven't ever been casual for the celebrated star.

The vigor presenter, who has contiguous announced her daze departure from her Radio 2 Breakfast Show, previously opened up astir however her beingness has been affected by a wide misunderstood condition. Earlier this year, Zoe, 53, suffered a 'meltdown' portion filming Taskmaster’s New Year Treat, aft she and chap celeb guests Deborah Meaden, Kojey Radical, Lenny Rush, and Steve Backshall were fixed a task that progressive timing - thing that is not Zoe's beardown suit.

While connected the show, Radio 2 fable Zoe, who was past twelvemonth diagnosed with Attention-defecit/hyperactivity upset (ADHD) confessed: "So, a peculiar task progressive a spot of timing, which is maths, which is, again, not a strength, I physically started to melt down. That did wounded my head."

ADHD is simply a neurodevelopmental information that impacts a person's attraction abilities and behaviour, and whitethorn origin them to acquisition hyperactivity, restlessness and difficulties sleeping. This information whitethorn contiguous otherwise successful girls and women, who person historically been misdiagnosed oregon wholly overlooked.

According to the NHS, girls are much apt to grounds inattentiveness only, and are little apt to amusement disruptive behaviour, meaning their symptoms whitethorn beryllium much and could good beryllium missed. Those with ADHD whitethorn besides beryllium forgetful and conflict to transportation retired instructions, and person difficulties sticking to tasks and organising their work.

Speaking exclusively astir her diagnosis with the Mirror successful December 2023, Zoe explained her difficulties completing tasks which whitethorn good look elemental to others, admitting: "My encephalon is conscionable each implicit the goddamn shop." Mum-of-two Zoe added: "I americium ADHD.

"My lad [Woody] and I are both, we’re rather similar. I marque myself laughter sometimes, due to the fact that if I’m successful a tiny abstraction and I’ve got loads of tasks to do, I tin screen truthful galore miles. My family, they laughter due to the fact that they’ll find things of excavation successful definite places and they’re like, ‘If you travel this, you’ll spot what Mum was trying to achieve'.

"I person 18 pairs of glasses and I volition inactive suffer each of them… my encephalon is conscionable each implicit the goddamn shop. So a peculiar task progressive a spot of timing, which is maths, which is, again, not a strength, I physically started to melt down. That did wounded my head.”

In a connection made to loyal listeners this morning, Zoe revealed that the clip had travel to 'start a caller chapter' aft six years of aboriginal starts, portion clarifying she would proceed moving with Radio 2 successful immoderate capacity. Zoe 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.”

An inspiration for galore women successful the tract of broadcasting, Zoe made past arsenic the archetypal pistillate big of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show successful 1998, holding the station until 2000. After joining Radio 2 successful 2006, Zoe paved the mode again successful January 2019, by becoming the archetypal pistillate to contiguous the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, a station antecedently held by Chris Evans. She volition present beryllium stepping down aft December 20, with chap vigor seasoned Scott Mills stepping into her shoes.

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Scott, 51, has stated tha helium is “beyond excited” to beryllium instrumentality up the gig aft Zoe's deparure. He told fans: “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.

"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.

"It truly is simply a lifelong imagination travel existent to travel successful the footsteps of Sir Terry, Chris and Zoe to beryllium the caller presenter of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show.”

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