Zoe Ball apologises for pulling out of Radio 2 show 'Hadn't realised effect it had on me'

express.co.uk:

 Zoe Ball, 51, took to Twitter this afternoon to apologise to listeners, as she explained the real reason she was absent from BBC Radio 2 today.There was a shake-up to the format this morning, after Zoe arrived 25 minutes late, only for her stand-in host Richie Anderson to announce she had gone home feeling unwell less than an hour later.Tweeting out to her 395,400 followers, Zoe wrote: “Apologies for this morning gang, tyre went on the way in to work. “I was so keen not miss the show, dashed in and hadn't quite realised the effect it'd had on me. “I'm ok.Thanks for the lovely messages.

Big thanks to Richie and Ken for stepping in. “Will be back tomorrow xx,” she assured fans. Richie had previously attributed Zoe’s late star to a “flat tyre”, but fans were confused when she later dropped off the airwaves again due to her “not feeling well”.

Zoe’s explanation cleared up any speculation, however, as her followers began sending her support in the comments section. Martin Cox wrote: “Thank you for updating us.

I was seriously worried about you. “Hope you have time to fully wind down from the earlier stress.Take care.”Throwing out a compliment to travel reporter Richie, Robert Perkins commented: “Hope your ok Zoe missed you this morning although Richie did a fab job xxxx.” (sic)Julie penned: “Take it easy this afternoon & get yourself in the right headspace for tomorrow.