Zoe Ball stepped out for a low-key buying journey after returning to Radio 2 on Monday morning following a mysterious six week absence.
The presenter, 53, returned to air with enterprise as traditional as she provided her followers a energetic welcome again and requested listeners ‘what have I missed?’.
And after a profitable first present, the BBC star appeared relaxed as she loved some retail remedy on Marylebone Excessive Road and sported a purple plaid shirt and denims.
Spreading positivity on first present again, Zoe paid tribute to each Jamie Theakston and Lauren Laverne following their most cancers battles.
The star ‘despatched on the love she has obtained’ to the pair as she wished them properly throughout their therapy.
Zoe Ball stepped out for a low-key buying journey after returning to Radio 2 on Monday morning following a mysterious six week absence
The presenter, 53, returned to air with enterprise as traditional as she provided her followers a energetic welcome again and requested listeners ‘what have I missed?’
She instructed listeners: ‘I need to say whereas we’re sending some love, our breakfast buddy Laura Laverne our mate at six music is at present going by way of some cancer therapy.
‘She is doing OK however simply needed to ship my love out to her.’
Zoe additionally paid tribute to her previous colleague Jamie as she added: ‘And my expensive stay and kicking Priory mate, Jamie Theakston who can be having some therapy for most cancers in the intervening time.
‘He’s going to be OK and he’s doing properly. Sending a lot like to them. So a variety of the love I obtained to me I’m sending again to them.’
Jamie revealed last week that he is currently undergoing treatment for stage 1 laryngeal cancer.
In the meantime Lauren told fans last month that she was recovering from the illness after it was picked up ‘unexpectedly’ throughout a screening take a look at.
Zoe has had her personal private expertise with most cancers this 12 months after her mum Julia Peckham died of pancreatic most cancers again in April.
The star was instructed to ‘take on a regular basis she wants’ following the loss of life of her beloved mom, however Zoe returned work on Could 13.
And after a profitable first present, the BBC star appeared relaxed as she loved some retail remedy on Marylebone Excessive Road and sported a purple plaid shirt and denims
She accomplished her outfit with a pair of inexperienced trainers and carried a tote bag over her shoulder
Spreading positivity on first present again, Zoe paid tribute to each Jamie Theakston and Lauren Laverne following their most cancers battles
She was again on air on Monday morning
Jamie revealed final week that he’s at present present process therapy for stage 1 laryngeal most cancers
On Sunday, Zoe Ball broke her silence after her six week absence from BBC Radio 2, taking to social media to verify she is going to return to her flagship present on Monday
After her current six week absence, Zoe prolonged her due to her colleague and radio presenter Scott Mills for overlaying her present as she added: ‘Simply needed to say a thanks to Scott for taking care of the present and naturally Spoony for taking care of Scott’s present.
‘He was alleged to be happening vacation DJing around the globe he needed to change all his plans so thanks boys and thanks everybody for being so supportive.
‘A number of you despatched so many messages from listeners they meant the world so I thanks to all of your attractive ones.’
Zoe confirmed on Sunday that she would resume her function as host of the morning programme following a mysterious absence.
She started: ‘Hi there blissful wanderers, I’ve wandered again’ and telling them she hopes they loved their ‘Brat summer season’.
The star continued: ‘Morning attractive individuals it is me Zoe the blissful wanderer. I’ve wandered again. How was your Brat summer season? Was it marvellous?
‘We did that within the 90s it was referred to as one thing completely different then. I hope you’ve got been having fun with a number of the attractive sunsets over the previous couple of weeks. It is a tad soggy our finish this morning. Take it straightforward out on the highway’.
Thanking Scott she stated: ‘Thanks Scott Mills for taking care of the present for the week – extra on that later. What have I missed? Textual content me! Missed ya!’
After a fast information section, she welcomed any new listeners as she joked: ‘It is me Zo! It’s possible you’ll keep in mind me from the 90s, yeah I am again.’
Zoe not been on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Present since she briefly returned to internet hosting on August 8, following a summer season break.
The primary tune Zoe performed to mark her return was 1987 hit September by American band Earth, Wind & Fireplace, which she joked had come just a few days late on account of its well-known lyrics ‘do you keep in mind, the twenty first night time of September?’.
After the observe, Zoe quipped that she hadn’t been to Turkey for a ‘new face and enamel’ throughout her time without work, however newsreader Tina Daheley instructed her ‘you do look nice although.’
Zoe stated she had ‘a lot gossip’ to compensate for, however joked a few of that must be reserved for off-air conversations together with her fellow presenters.
The star went on to learn out messages from listeners who had textual content to fill her in on what she had missed whereas away from her internet hosting job.
As one listener phoned in to request a tune, they welcomed Zoe again as she replied: ‘Ah thanks it’s pretty to be again.
‘And so good of Scott to cowl, he’s a stunning boy, he used to cowl for me again in 90s for barely completely different circumstances however he will likely be again later in the present day.’
Zoe admitted it was a little bit of a treacherous drive in her ‘little MINI’ as a result of heavy rain that had hit London in a single day.
On Sunday, Zoe Ball broke her silence after her six week absence from BBC Radio 2, taking to social media to verify she is going to return to her flagship present on Monday.
She instructed followers: ‘Again to breakfast tomorrow morning 6.30.’ She added: ‘@realscottmills 7 @djspoony thanks for placing within the mega shifts.’
Zoe shared an Instagram reel of Disco Bambino’s observe Odeon (Holdin’ On) as she added the phrases ‘Deliver it’ to the publish and tagged her Breakfast Present workforce.
The broadcaster, who’s the BBC’s highest paid feminine star incomes £950,000-a-year, has been absent from her primetime radio slot since August 8 with followers rising more and more involved.
Zoe was instructed to ‘take on a regular basis she wants’ following her mom’s loss of life, however the thriller surrounding Zoe’s return continued to deepen final week amid her unexplained absence, because it’s emerged that she’s bought her countryside dwelling.
The Mail revealed that Zoe has moved home in current weeks, promoting her stunning countryside dwelling within the idyllic Sussex village of Newick which she purchased for £2,025,000 in August 2020.
She is known to have upped sticks in August and moved to a townhouse between Brighton and Hove, near her ex-husband DJ Norman Cook dinner, the daddy of her two youngsters, from whom she separated in 2016. They divorced in 2020.
Some recommend that the change is a ‘new begin’ for Zoe, who has been single since she break up from mannequin Michael Reed final 12 months after five-and-a-half years collectively.
‘Zoe clearly obtained fed up with life within the nation and needed to maneuver to someplace a bit extra energetic,’ stated a supply with information of her new dwelling.
‘She has turn into actually engrossed in making her home simply as she needs it and has been fortunately ordering furnishings and shopping for fine details to make it excellent.’
Certainly, Zoe was noticed at Brighton’s Churchill Sq. buying centre on Wednesday, with one onlooker describing their shock at seeing her.
‘Everybody has been questioning the place she has been after which there she was, proper in entrance of my eyes,’ they stated.
Regardless of a flurry of involved messages on-line from followers, Scott opened Zoe’s present final week with no point out of his absent colleague.
He beforehand despatched a message of assist to the star whereas standing in for her on August 12, telling listeners that he was unexpectedly taking up.
‘If you happen to set your alarm each morning to go off at 6:30am and usually Zoe comes on, please don’t freak out. You haven’t overslept,’ he instructed listeners, including that he can be within the sizzling seat for some time.
‘If you happen to’ve simply put us on this morning, it is Scott Mills in for Zoe for the subsequent few weeks. I am sending you all my love Zo, as are the workforce,’ he stated.
It comes as Zoe’s son Woody Cook dinner revealed he’s ‘glad to see her smiling through tough times’ after she was photographed being comforted by ex-husband Norman Cook dinner, aka Fatboy Slim, exterior a café in Hove on Thursday.
As concern has grown round her unexplained absence – Woody, 23, who Zoe shares with Fatboy Slim – has damaged his silence on his absence.
He solely instructed MailOnline: ‘My mum and I wish to maintain our personal lives to ourselves however I’ll say I’ve stepped up and spent much more time together with her not too long ago as she has at all times been there after I’ve had robust occasions. I am glad to see her smiling.’
Sources near the star instructed MailOnline she has been given ‘as a lot time as she wants’ by the BBC, who acted equally when she took time without work in March to take care of her unwell mom Julia Peckham who handed away from cancer a month later.
As Zoe was noticed for the primary time in weeks, BBC bosses are stated to be doing ‘every part they will’ to assist her return to work when she is prepared.
Earlier than leaving her present in August, the star loved a vacation to Ibiza together with her son Woody and daughter Nelly and attended Brighton Satisfaction.
She then returned to work for 3 days earlier than leaving the present.
The BBC has not provided any rationalization for her absence, aside from a spokeswoman final week saying she will likely be again later this month.
Zoe has additionally been unusually quiet on social media together with her final Instagram message posted on August 5.
In March, Zoe stated she can be taking time without work to take care of her mom Julia Peckham, who had been recognized with pancreatic most cancers.
She died in April and the host returned to work on Could 13. Final 12 months, Ms Ball took three weeks off in Corfu to host Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream for rival ITV.
Zoe has overcome a sequence of tragedies and heartbreak that led her to take time away from Radio 2 to give attention to her household earlier this 12 months.
The BBC icon introduced in April that her mother Julia had died after a battle with pancreatic cancer following her prognosis only a month earlier than.
Posting a tribute to her mom on social media, she stated: ‘Sleep tight expensive Mama.
Zoe has had her personal private expertise with most cancers this 12 months after her mum Julia Peckham died of pancreatic most cancers again in April
It comes as Zoe’s son Woody Cook dinner revealed he is ‘glad to see her smiling by way of robust occasions’ after she was photographed being comforted by ex-husband Norman Cook dinner, aka Fatboy Slim
Zoe’s mum Julia died in April and the host returned to work on Could 13
Within the tribute posted to Instagram (pictured), Zoe instructed followers she is ‘bereft’
‘Thanks for educating us the way to love unconditionally, to at all times present braveness and empathy, and the way, even within the darkest of days, laughter is the best of presents. We’re bereft with out you however will maintain so tight to one another.’
It’s the newest in a string of tragedies the beloved Radio 2 presenter has needed to endure.
Her five-and-a-half 12 months relationship with Michael Reed not too long ago broke down, and 7 years in the past her partner Billy Yates took his own life in May 2017.
Mr Yates’s loss of life got here after the breakdown of Ms Ball’s 18-year marriage to DJ Fatboy Slim, actual identify Regular Cook dinner.