Zoe Ball's son breaks silence on BBC exit and shares united family photo including dad and sister

Zoe Ball's lad with Fatboy Slim DJ, Norman Cook, has breached his soundlessness connected her quitting the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, saying that helium is looking guardant to spending much clip with her

Zoe Ball's lad with Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook, has paid an affectional tribute to his mum aft she announced during the week that she would beryllium quitting the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show astatine the extremity of December.

Woody Cook, 23, who has made his sanction arsenic a DJ successful a akin vein to his begetter arsenic good arsenic appearing connected world TV amusement The Circle, posted his thoughts connected societal media and the hopes helium has present that Zoe has said she is leaving radio, for now.

Woody posted immoderate unseen household photos which showed some his parents with him and his 14-year-old sister Nelly, who is seldom seen successful nationalist posts. Eight years aft Zoe and Norman divorced, they inactive looked a blessed family, with the celebrated mates being joined for 16 years earlier they separated.

DJ Woody, wrote connected Instagram: "Well done Mama connected a fabulous stint connected Radio 2! Here's to much clip astatine home! Excuse the full household pic can’t find capable crackers with @zoetheball. YOU ARE AMAZING. 4AM is simply a brainsick clip to get up!"

Zoe, 53, was among the archetypal to reply to her son's post. writing: "Love you Bear. beyond xxx." She announced her departure from the Breakfast Show earlier this week, and besides confirmed that Scott Mills would beryllium replacing her successful the New Year.

It has been reported that 1 of the driving factors to Zoe stepping down arsenic was the decease of her mum Julia successful April. Zoe took clip distant from her amusement successful March, truthful that she could beryllium astatine her mum's side. After returning concisely to vigor successful August, Zoe took different extended interruption successful September, erstwhile it is believed she took banal of her beingness and made her determination to discontinue her show. Zoe succeeded Chris Evans successful 2019 and her last broadcast is scheduled for December 20.

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". An insider told Mail Online: "She simply wants to unrecorded differently, which means having much of a household life. 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."

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