Zoe Ball’s son happy to ‘see her smile through tough times’ after her mysterious BBC Radio 2 absence

Zoe Ball’s son, Woody Cook, has shared his alleviation successful seeing his parent ‘smiling done pugnacious times’ aft she was precocious spotted with her ex-husband Norman Cook, besides known arsenic Fatboy Slim, successful Hove.

The BBC Radio 2 big has been connected extended permission from her meal amusement since August 8, starring to increasing interest from fans and listeners implicit her absence.

Zoe, 53, who is the BBC’s highest-paid pistillate prima with an yearly wage of £950,000, was photographed extracurricular a café being comforted by Norman.

This follows the archetypal clip Zoe was photographed since her unexplained absence.

The pair, who person maintained a adjacent narration since their separation successful 2016, stock 2 children: Woody, 23, and Nelly, 14.

Both parents are present surviving a sober manner aft past struggles with alcohol.

Woody, successful an exclusive connection to MailOnline, touched connected his mother’s caller struggles, explaining however helium has stepped up to walk much clip with her during this challenging period.

‘My mum and I similar to support our backstage lives to ourselves,’ Woody said. ‘But I volition accidental I person spent a batch much clip with her recently, arsenic she has ever been determination for maine successful pugnacious times. I’m gladsome to spot her smiling.

‘My mum and I similar to support our backstage lives to ourselves,’ Woody said. ‘But I volition accidental I person spent a batch much clip with her recently, arsenic she has ever been determination for maine successful pugnacious times. I’m gladsome to spot her smiling.’

Zoe has been disconnected the aerial for implicit a month, with stand-in presenters Gaby Roslin and Scott Mills filling her slot.

The clip disconnected follows the nonaccomplishment of Zoe’s mother, Julia Peckham, who passed distant from crab successful April.

A root adjacent to the prima revealed: ‘Zoe’s had a pugnacious fewer months. She had the decease of her mum successful April to woody with, and it’s not been casual for her. Her bosses are being precise supportive and conscionable privation her to travel backmost erstwhile she’s ready.’

Before her leave, Zoe had been connected vacation successful Ibiza and attended Brighton Pride but took different interruption soon aft returning to her vigor show.

Although a docket alteration indicated Zoe mightiness instrumentality arsenic aboriginal arsenic this week, sources astatine Radio 2 person clarified that thing is confirmed. One insider stated, ‘Radio 2 is being led by Zoe connected this. They’re conscionable expecting her to instrumentality sometime this month, but the determination is precise overmuch hers.’

Zoe’s lack has sparked important speculation among her audience, with galore expressing interest implicit her silence, peculiarly connected societal media.

Her past Instagram station dates backmost to August 8, wherever she shared a throwback interrogation clip. Before that, she posted pictures of herself with Woody and Nelly, reflecting connected their amusive summertime spent astatine Ibiza and Brighton Pride.

Zoe’s departure from her relation connected Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two successful May 2021 allowed her to absorption much connected her vigor duties.

Her modulation to the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show successful 2019 marked a important vocation milestone arsenic she became the archetypal pistillate to big the flagship program, taking implicit from Chris Evans.

Woody, who is besides pursuing successful his father’s footsteps arsenic an aspiring DJ, revealed earlier successful the twelvemonth that helium and Zoe had been successful talks with TV accumulation companies astir perchance moving connected a amusement together.

For now, fans of Zoe volition proceed to nonstop their good wishes arsenic they await her instrumentality to the airwaves.

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