Zoe Ball was visibly moved this morning as she prepared to host her final BBC Radio 2 breakfast show. Overwhelmed with emotion, Zoe expressed her gratitude to her loyal listeners for their unwavering support throughout the years, sharing heartfelt messages from fans that had brought her to tears.
As she kicked off the show, Zoe admitted the team was feeling sentimental: "We've had some tears already. We don't quite know what to do with ourselves this morning, do we?
I've come in and I suddenly can't remember how to press the button." Meanwhile, another co-host confessed: "I wasn't sure which chair to sit in!" Despite trying to keep it together, Zoe acknowledged the emotional charge in the air: "We're all pretending we're going to be OK, that the emotion isn't getting to us - but it's definitely getting to us.
So hold tight! But Richie, so many nice comments yesterday - made me blub my eyes out!" She confessed to having a moment of vulnerability earlier, but promised a show filled with joy and her favourite tunes: "I've already had a little cry on Patrick!
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