EXCLUSIVE 'This is all very tricky.' What Zoe Ball's BBC colleagues say about her unexplained absence from Radio 2, reveals KATIE HIND - and why it's caused rumblings of dissatisfaction By Katie Hind For The Daily Mail Published: 21:26 EDT, 20 September 2024 | Updated: 21:26 EDT, 20 September 2024 e-mail View comments There has been just one subject under discussion at Radio 2's HQ in recent weeks: Where on earth is Zoe Ball ? Her absence since early August from her flagship breakfast show, for which she is paid just shy of £1 million per year, has been kept such a secret that even colleagues she sees most days are in the dark. The BBC , meanwhile, have remained silent about her whereabouts.
Even yesterday, a spokeswoman for the Corporation wouldn't confirm or deny whether she would be back on Monday after six weeks away, instead sticking to the party line that she was due back 'later this month'. Moreover, she wouldn't even say whether Zoe was expected back, which begs the question, do the BBC even know when their highest paid female presenter is going to make a return? Zoe's own team have remained tight lipped on the matter, too, with one source saying: 'This is all very tricky.' Her fans, though, have not stayed quiet.
Hundreds have taken to social media in recent weeks to share their concerns for the star, whose salary at the Corporation is second only to that of Gary Lineker . Indeed, her last day in the studio was August 8, three days after she returned from a ho.