Zoe Ball wipes away tears overcome with emotion at farewell Radio 2 lunch with co-stars
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Zoe Ball was overcome with emotion as she was treated to a farewell lunch by a handful of her BBC Radio 2 colleagues on Tuesday. The DJ and TV star, 54, enjoyed a meal at London’s swanky Langan's Brasserie towards the beginning of the week and doting mum Zoe was clearly feeling sentimental about leaving her team behind, appearing to become emotional at one point during the evening.
Zoe seemingly wiped away a tear with her hand, but before long the ex-wife of hitmaker Fatboy Slim had a huge grin on her face as she enjoyed one last hurrah with her co-workers. Her upmarket dinner comes just over a month after Zoe confirmed she’d be stepping down from her Radio 2 role, an announcement that followed her extended absence over the summer in the wake of her mother Julia Peckham's death in April.
But Zoe was in high spirits on Tuesday evening and looked typically stylish in an edgy all-black look. The mum-of-two was joined by the likes of Richie Anderson and Tina Daheley, who clearly treated the much-loved DJ to a special farewell gift, with Zoe bundling solo out of the posh eatery clutching an enormous yellow Selfridges bag.
Before hopping into a waiting car and being whisked home, Zoe - who will present her last show on Friday - made sure to give her Radio 2 family a big hug. Announcing the news last month, Zoe told her fans: “After six years of fun times alongside you all on the breakfast show, I've decided it's time to step away from the early alarm call and start a new chapter.
"You know I think the world of you all, listeners, and it truly has been such a privilege to share the mornings with you, to go through life's little ups and downs, we got through the lockdown together, didn't we? We've shared a hell of a lot, the good times, the tough times, there's been a lot of laughter. And I am going to miss you cats.".
