Zoe Ball's heartbreaking year before quitting Radio 2 - family tragedy to Fatboy Slim reunion

Zoe Ball has discontinue her Radio 2 job, telling listeners contiguous that she volition beryllium stepping down arsenic presenter of the weekday Breakfast Show successful December

Zoe Ball stunned fans erstwhile she announced she was quitting Radio 2 today.

After a melodramatic twelvemonth successful which the fashionable presenter, 53, cancelled a fig of shows and took a lengthy hiatus from work, Zoe, who sadly mislaid her mum, Julia Peckham, successful April, told listeners she's "decided it's clip to measurement distant from the aboriginal alarm telephone and commencement a caller chapter".

It's not known what the mum-of-two's adjacent steps volition be, but they whitethorn see a measurement backmost from the spotlight aft a precise melodramatic year...

Losing her beloved mum, Julia

Zoe confirmed her parent Julia's decease successful April aft announcing her pancreatic crab diagnosis successful March earlier this year. The Radio 2 star told listeners her mum had been transferred to a hospice arsenic she thanked paramedics who helped her and dedicated a Bon Jovi opus to them. She admitted that things were "pretty pugnacious astatine the infinitesimal for the family."

Zoe said: "Things are truly pugnacious for my mum astatine the moment, conscionable sending retired loads of love. Love you mum." Days later, she announced the quality of her mum's decease connected Instagram, posting: "Sleep choky beloved Mama. 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."

It continued: "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."

Breakfast Show absence

Following her mum's death, Zoe had been away from her Breakfast Show slot for six weeks, which reportedly near immoderate of of her colleagues successful the acheronian astir the crushed for her absence.

The much-loved broadcaster past appeared connected her BBC Radio 2 amusement connected August 8 earlier returning successful September. Little had been said astir the crushed for Zoe's abrupt absence, with 1 root connected Zoe's squad telling reporters: "This is each precise tricky." While Zoe's lad Woody broke his silence connected the enigma past night, telling a reporter: "My mum and I similar to support our backstage lives to ourselves but I volition accidental I person stepped up and spent a batch much clip with her precocious arsenic she has ever been determination erstwhile I've had pugnacious times. I'm gladsome to spot her smiling."

'Wandering back' to work

However, successful September Zoe "wandered back", telling listeners: "Morning gorgeous radical it's maine Zoe the blessed wanderer. I've wandered back."

There had been nary authoritative crushed fixed arsenic to wherefore Zoe, was absent and her mysterious lack confused fans aft she had told societal media followers: "See you astatine dawn," the nighttime earlier her archetypal time disconnected successful August.

However, aft keeping a debased illustration for implicit a month, she was spotted with friends including ex-husband Norman Cook. Photos showed the prima chatting and laughing with the radical earlier walking on the beachfront. She besides reunited with Norman 2 months earlier for her lad Woody...

Reuniting with ex-husband, Fatboy Slim

Zoe and Fatboy Slim looked each inch the arrogant parents arsenic they reunited to enactment their son, Woody, successful July. The Radio 2 prima and DJ, existent sanction Norman Cook, 60, divorced aft 18 years of marriage, but proceed to co-parent Woody, 23, and his sister, Nelly, 14.

Woody is present pursuing successful his dad's footsteps, carving retired an awesome DJ vocation of his ain and erstwhile helium played to a packed-out assemblage successful Brighton, Zoe and Norman partied on with him.

After the gig, Woody, who has besides performed astatine Glastonbury, proudly shared the footage of his parents connected societal media with the caption: "Caught some parents dancing."

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