Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters After taking an unexpected break from the airwaves, Zoe Ball made her much-anticipated return to BBC Radio 2's Breakfast Show today. Greeting her listeners at the crack of dawn after her six-week break, she said: "Morning gorgeous people its me Zoe the happy wanderer. I've wandered back.
How was your Brat summer? Was it marvellous? "We did that in the 90s it was called something different then. I hope you've been enjoying some of the gorgeous sunsets over the last few weeks. It's a tad soggy our end this morning.
Take it easy out on the road." She went on to thank her friend and colleague Scott Mills for filling in for her in her absence, hinting "but more on that later". Zoe's absence from the morning flagship show came after the death of her mum Julia Peckham , who passed away in April.
It's clearly been a difficult time for the radio DJ, who recently shared a photo of Julia to her social media to mark her birthday, writing: "happy heavenly birthday Mama. your beautiful beaming smile shining down on our hearts always but boy, losing you is harder than i could ever have imagined. holding on so tight, letting the tears come & wishing on the stars But today (Monday, September 23) Zoe, who reportedly earns around £950,000 a year for the high-profile radio gig, sounde.