Zoe Ball's new job updates and why she really left beloved BBC Radio 2 gig

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball volition beryllium moving connected to pastures caller successful January 2025 aft announcing the extremity of her six-year stint connected the Breakfast Show this week

Zoe Ball volition beryllium leaving her beloved Radio 2 greeting amusement for a caller relation successful the New Year - and present fans are wondering what volition travel adjacent for the star.

The BBC presenter, 53, shocked listeners erstwhile she announced the quality that she volition beryllium leaving her duties arsenic big of the Breakfast Show connected Tuesday. Zoe, who has been portion of the programme for six years, volition beryllium replaced by her adjacent friend and colleague, Scott Mills.

Zoe succeeded Chris Evans successful 2019 and present she is acceptable to bid farewell to her aboriginal mornings and commencement a caller section successful her career. Her last broadcast is scheduled for December 20, portion Scott is acceptable to instrumentality implicit from January. But what volition her adjacent occupation bring?

Zoe revealed successful her announcement that she volition stay with the BBC moving connected Radio 2, but won't beryllium presenting astatine the ace of dawn. She said it was her clip to "step distant from the precise aboriginal mornings" and added: "I won't miss the 4am alarm call, if I'm wholly honest."

Updating listeners connected her adjacent steps, she said that she wasn't "going to beryllium a stranger" and is staying with her "Radio 2 crew", though didn't stock immoderate much details. Zoe said: "While I'm stepping distant from the Breakfast Show, I'm not disappearing wholly - I'll inactive beryllium portion of the Radio 2 family, with much quality successful the New Year."

Citing the crushed for her departure, Zoe said she plans to "focus connected family" and beryllium "a mum successful the mornings" again, adding she "can't hold to tune successful connected the schoolhouse run". Sources person claimed Zoe wants to walk much clip with her kids, Woody, 23, and Nellie, 14, aft the decease of her parent earlier this year.

"She simply wants to unrecorded differently, which means having much of a household life," an insider told Mail Online. The catalyst for the alteration successful Zoe's position connected her work-life equilibrium is reportedly down to the passing of her beloved mum, Julia, who died successful April from pancreatic cancer.

A root said: "In the end, this was wholly her decision. She came to them [the BBC] successful September aft she had had a interruption to deliberation astir her beingness and said: 'I'm done'. The BBC... wanted a spot of clip to enactment everything successful place, which they were capable to do."

Zoe's daze exit comes aft she had an unexplained six-week lack this summer. Listeners were increasing progressively acrophobic for the vigor presenter, but aft six weeks, Zoe returned to the amusement arsenic she declared 'I'm back!' successful an upbeat tone, keeping her reasons for being off-air private.

It's present been noted however good she's been getting on with her ex, iconic DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim. During yesterday's show, Zoe reminisced implicit her and Norman's 1999 wedding astatine Somerset's dreamy Babbington House, remembering, 'That was a bully do'.

Zoe and Norman archetypal locked eyes successful 1997 and officially parted ways successful 2016 - pursuing a little separation successful 2003 aft the revelation that Zoe had cheated with Norman's pal DJ Dan Peppe. The brace remained an important portion of each other's lives, co-parenting Woody and Nelly arsenic a team.

In caller times, the erstwhile mates person grown peculiarly close, with Zoe acceptable to walk her 54th day watching her ex execute successful North London this weekend. Shedding airy connected their alleged closeness with the Mail Online, a root said that Norman is 'very overmuch determination for her' during what has been a unspeakable year.

According to the paper, determination are 'whispers of a caller closeness' betwixt Zoe and Norman, who are some presently single, but immoderate imaginable for a rekindling of their romance is thought to apt conscionable beryllium 'wishful thinking' connected the portion of their galore pals.