The mystery surrounding Zoe Ball’s return to Radio 2 continues to deepen amid her unexplained absence as it is revealed she has sold her country home.
The DJ, who is the BBC’s highest-paid female star on a salary of £950,000 a year, has been on extended leave from her show since August 8, replaced by Gaby Roslin and Scott Mills.
BBC bosses have been supporting Zoe, 53, during her “difficult” time and her return date to Radio 2 had been scheduled for Monday 23 September after she was told to “take as much time as she needs” following the death of her beloved mother.
However, her return to the airwaves has raised even more questions as she has now made a major life change.
The Mail can reveal that Zoe has moved house in recent weeks, selling her beautiful cottage in the idyllic Sussex village of Newick, which she bought for £2,025,000 in August 2020.
The mystery surrounding Zoe Ball’s return to Radio 2 continues to deepen amid her unexplained absence as it is revealed she has sold her country home.
The Mail can reveal that Zoe has moved house in recent weeks, selling her beautiful cottage in the idyllic Sussex village of Newick, which she bought for £2,025,000 in August 2020 (pictured, Zoe’s Sussex home)
She is believed to have left his life in August and moved into a terraced house between Brighton and Hove, close to her ex-husband DJ Norman Cook, the father of her two children, from whom she separated in 2016. They divorced in 2020.
Some suggest the move is a “fresh start” for Zoe, who has been single since splitting from model Michael Reed last year after five-and-a-half years together. “Zoe has obviously had enough of country life and wanted to move somewhere a little more lively,” said a source with knowledge of her new home.
‘She is really engrossed in making her house exactly the way she wants it and is happy to order furniture and buy little things to make it perfect.’
In fact, Zoe was spotted at Brighton’s Churchill Square shopping centre on Wednesday, with one onlooker describing their surprise at seeing her.
“Everyone was wondering where I had been and then there I was, right before my eyes,” they said.
The DJ, who is the BBC’s highest-paid female star on a salary of £950,000 a year, has been on extended leave from her show since August 8, with Gaby Roslin and Scott Mills replacing her.
BBC bosses have been supporting Zoe, 53, through her “difficult” time and her return to Radio 2 date had been scheduled for Monday 23 September after she was told to “take as much time as she needs” following the death of her beloved mother.