Gaby Roslin steps in for Zoe Ball Zoe Ball is set to rake in around £60,000 during the next three weeks despite not being on air to present her breakfast show on Radio 2 . The BBC confirmed to Express.co.
uk that t he star is taking a break and won't be back until September . In July it was revealed that despite taking a £30,000 cut on her pay packet for the previous year the 53-year-old is the corporation’s second-highest-paid employee. She was paid between £950,000 and £954,999 by the BBC last year, with only Gary Lineker earning more with an annual salary of at least £1.
35m. This works out she gets paid around £4,000 per show. Her earnings sparked backlash on social media, particularly as the Beeb simultaneously revealed plans to cut 500 jobs.
With the presenter on hiatus for the next three weeks at least she will pocket the huge figure for doing nothing. READ MORE: GMB fans 'switch off' over 'odious' Jonathan Ashworth's new presenting role Zoe Ball will be off air until September as she takes a break from her BBC radio show (Image: BBC) One fan added: "Another week, another day #ZoeBall is missing from @BBCRadio2. At an average of £5k a show, are her wages being docked?" Another added: "Zoe Ball must have full sick pay entitlement - She’s never there.
" A third chipped in: "Zoe Ball must have an amazing contract...
and she’s one of the highest paid." A fourth penned: "It's nice work (and an even nicer astronomical salary paid by us licence payers) if you can get.