{"id":84314,"date":"2023-11-15T16:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84314"},"modified":"2023-11-15T16:29:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:29:33","slug":"zoe-ball-reminisces-over-moment-with-ex-husband-fatboy-slim-before-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/celebrities\/zoe-ball-reminisces-over-moment-with-ex-husband-fatboy-slim-before-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe Ball reminisces over moment with ex-husband Fatboy Slim before success"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Zoe Ball on Fatboy Slim&#8217;s Geography degree<\/h3>\n<p>Zoe Ball reminisced about a time with her ex-husband Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, 60, in a rare comment about their marriage during her live show on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC Radio 2 Breakfast host was told by a listener that today marks World Town Planning Day, which triggered a memory of her ex-spouse from before he became a famous DJ.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the show&#8217;s travel reporter Richie Anderson, she said: &#8220;Do you know who studied planning as part of a Geography degree?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An intrigued Richie replied: &#8220;Who?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My dear ex-husband, the father of my children,&#8221; she spilled. &#8220;The Fatboy, he studied a bit. Whenever we were in a plane and we&#8217;d be flying over [a place], he&#8217;d start telling me how that town was planned, which was absolutely fascinating.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Read More&#8230; <\/strong> <strong>James Martin prepares for last week of show after cancer battle update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/79\/590x\/secondary\/Zoe-Ball-Fatboy-Slim-5055180.jpg?r=1699439501378\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And what did he do with it? He left it all behind and went and made crazy dance music.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what happens people,&#8221; she added, before swiftly moving on.<\/p>\n<p>The couple met through the music world in Ibiza when Zoe was presenting on BBC Radio 1 and he was playing a gig.<\/p>\n<p>They went on to marry in 1999 and, apart from a brief seperation in 2003, continued to stay together until 2016.<\/p>\n<p>During their 17 years of marriage, they had two children; Woody, 22, and Nelly, 12.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t Miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Vernon Kay replacement announced for BBC Radio 2 as he goes on hiatus[REVEALED] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Princess Kate&#8217;s gesture that amused Roman Kemp before &#8216;awkward&#8217; girlfriend chat[EXCLUSIVE] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Piers Morgan inundated with support after diagnosis as appearance sparks concern[HEALTH NEWS] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/79\/590x\/secondary\/5055190.jpg?r=1699439501441\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Announcing their split, they said in a joint statement: &#8220;With great sadness we are announcing that we have separated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After many exciting adventures together over the last 18 years we have come to the end of our rainbow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are still great friends and will continue to support each other and raise our beautiful children together, living next door but one. X Zoe &amp; Norm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over time, the pair remained on good terms and earlier this year, he joined her in the studio ahead of Glastonbury.<\/p>\n<p>In a light-hearted exchange live on the show, Norman was taken aback when she almost forgot his name during the introduction.<\/p>\n<p>She told listeners: &#8220;I now welcome to the show somebody you may know from The Housemartins, Pizzaman, Beats International \u2013 I nearly forgot what you were called then, sorry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And such things as our marriage. It is Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following their split, she struck up a romance with Billy Yates, who sadly took his own life in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, she is said to have called it quits with her latest known boyfriend Michael Reed.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/1832724\/zoe-ball-fatboy-slim-marriage-career-geography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoe Ball on Fatboy Slim&#8217;s Geography degree Zoe Ball reminisced about a time with her ex-husband Norman Cook, aka Fatboy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3590],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zoe Ball reminisces over moment with ex-husband Fatboy Slim before success - 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