Zoe Ball has flown to New York with her daughter Nellie to visit her son Woody after stepping down from her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Friday.
The DJ, 54, decided to leave the show after six years to ‘focus on family,’ and now she’s in the Big Apple to spend quality time with her two children, whom she shares with ex Norman Cook AKA Fatboy Slim.
Woody, 24, shared the happy news on his Instagram Stories on Saturday, posting an excited selfie with the caption: ‘My mum and sister just landed.’
He later shared another snap of Zoe and Nellie relaxing on the bed, writing, ‘Family safe and sound.’
Woody is currently living in New York for work while he tours with his music label Truth Tribe.
Zoe confirmed she was quitting her breakfast show last month as she handed over the reins to her ‘bestie’ Scott Mills.
Zoe Ball has flown to New York with her daughter Nellie to visit her son Woody after stepping down from her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show
Woody, 24, shared the happy news on his Instagram Stories, posting an excited selfie with the caption: ‘My mum and sister just landed’
She was left in tears as Woody sent in a sweet message to her final BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Friday.
Ball started sobbing as Woody said: ‘Hey mum, you’ve done such an amazing job on the Breakfast Show and I just wanted to thank you for making everyone’s mornings a bit more magic. Here’s to a healthier sleeping schedule. Love Woody.’
Choking back tears as she introduced the next song, Ball said: ‘Oh my goodness, this is for everyone who’s listened and everyone in the room and my kids of course. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) It’s Frank Wilson.’
As her three-hour show came to an end, Ball signed off to her listeners with a message of female empowerment.
The first ever female host of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, shared: ‘Remember, girls, you can do anything.’
She began her final message by remarking it had been a ‘real privilege’ to host the show, as she praised the ‘special, intimate relationship’ she had with the listeners, saying it felt like ‘having a chat with a mate’.
Ball shared: ‘It’s been such a gift to do this show, to follow wonderful Terry and, of course, Chris, tough acts to follow. Pretty cool to be the first lass to host and I won’t be the last. Remember, girls, you can do anything.
‘So to the biggest stars of our Breakfast Show, that’s you all of our listeners, young and old, and those in the middle, thank you for tuning in, whether as a lone listener, as a family, as a work gang on your morning jogs, dog walks, truck drives, training, commutes or hiding in bed, it’s been a real privilege to keep you company through your morning manoeuvres.
Zoe bid an emotional farewell to her Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Friday, after breaking down in tears following a sweet message from her son
As her three-hour show came to an end, Ball signed off to her listeners with a message of female empowerment, saying: ‘Remember, girls, you can do anything’
‘You’re just there, and I’m just here having a chat with a mate. It’s such a special, intimate relationship. It’s never lost on me that we’ve been through life’s little highs and little lows together.
Chuckling, she reflected on years of ‘much laughter, silliness, few tears, lots of singing and dancing’, and said ‘dear Scott [Mills will look after you in the new year’.
Quoting Paul Williams’ hit, she went on: ‘You give a little love and it all comes back to you. I’ve felt that love from you listeners. I send buckets of love to you. Take care of yourselves lovely peeps, my top cats.’
She ended her show by playing Keeping the Dream Alive by Münchener Freiheit.
Ball began the programme in an upbeat mood, quoting adapted lines from Les Miserables’ One Day More by telling listeners: ‘Another day, another destiny, one final show from me, ZB… only joking I’m not going to sing, let’s have some Daft Punk.’
She then played the French electronic duo’s hit One More Time and read out a message from a listener who said he was driving home for Christmas early so he could listen to her last show.
Admitting she had been ‘crying on and off since 6.30AM’, she read out a message from Strictly and I’m A Celebrity star Oti Mabuse, saying after the song: ‘Thank you Oti for your gorgeous message this morning, that made me cry too.’
After reading out some ‘five-word weekends’ where listeners sum up their weekends in short form, Ball said one of her plans was: ‘Having a good old blub.’
She then played Peggy Gou’s (It Goes Like) Nanana and announced that Father Christmas would be appearing on the show after 8am ‘talking to the kids’.
During the show, Ball said she wanted to send love, especially to her family, and children, Woody and Nell, who ‘fill me with wonder every day, being your mum is the best thing that ever happened to me”‘
Ball also gave a shout-out to ‘all the marvellous folk who work at Radio 2, our boss, Helen (Thomas), she has a tough job but she does it with great care. I have so much respect for her.’
She also told staff, including security guards, cleaners, presenters and the production team, that ‘you’re all wonderful and you’ve made our show so fun.’
