Zoe Ball, 54, opens up about a painful new health battle—just weeks after emotional return to Radio 2, one detail has fans truly worried
Zoe Ball has revealed she is suffering from a new health condition just weeks after making her Radio 2 comeback.
The star, 54, gave her listeners an update on her wellbeing as she spoke on her show on Saturday and revealed she has been diagnosed with bursitis.
Bursitis is when the fluid-filled sacs (bursa) that cushion the joints have become painful and swollen.
It comes after last year she revealed she had been battling another painful health condition – TMJ (temporomandibular joint) – after announcing her departure from her Breakfast Show host role.
At the time she said she was quitting her breakfast show to ‘focus on family’ and then also had to face the health condition which causes bad headaches.
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Zoe Ball has revealed she is suffering from a new health condition just weeks after making her Radio 2 comeback
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The star, 54, gave her listeners an update on her wellbeing as she spoke on her show on Saturday and revealed she has been diagnosed with bursitis
Speaking about her bursitis this weekend on her show she said: ‘Yes, it’s come to that. Fifty-four and I got bursitis.’
Despite the pain she has still been training with her personal coach, Seth, in a bid to improve her strength.
‘Thank you to Seth,’ she said on the show. ‘I found out I’ve got a… what is it? A rating of… was it a four or five on the fitness level?
‘I was quite impressed with myself – out of, I think it’s nine or ten. You’ve gotta start somewhere, haven’t you?’
It comes after Zoe returned to her new Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 2 in early May after previously taking a step back to focus on time with her family.
The star stepped down from her breakfast show in December to ‘focus on her family,’ bidding farewell to her £950,000 salary.
Reconnecting with her listeners she announced: ‘Hello it’s me, oh it’s lovely to be back on a Saturday.
‘This is where it all began for me back when I used to sweep up and make the teas.’
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It comes after last year she revealed she had been battling another painful health condition – TMJ (temporomandibular joint) – after announcing her departure from her Breakfast Show host role
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It comes after Zoe returned to her new Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 2 in May after previously taking a step back to focus on time with her family
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The star stepped down from her breakfast show in December to ‘focus on her family,’ bidding farewell to her £950,000 salary
Happy to see the star’s return, a viewer wrote: ‘Great to have you back, Saturday afternoon is much better than having to wake up early.’
She proceeded to read out some other well wishes she then added: ‘It is lovely to be here thanks for all your messages’.
After six years at the helm, Zoe handed her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show over to Scott Mills after stepping down to ‘focus on family’ just months after her mother Julia’s death in April.
Then in February, Radio 2 officially announced programme changes, including a new weekly show with Zoe (1-3pm on Saturdays).
She will also be hosting two specials, including a BBC TV show celebrating Elaine Paige’s 60-year career in showbusiness.
Helen Thomas, Head of Radio 2, said at the time: ‘Zoe is one of the UK’s most loved presenters, so I’m thrilled to announce that she has a new home on Radio 2 on Saturday lunchtimes.
‘Plus she’ll be hosting various specials for us throughout the year.’
Zoe had a tough year last year when she lost her mother.
The BBC Radio 2 star announced in early March 2024 that her mother had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was being ‘incredibly brave’.
Then in April Zoe told her BBC Radio 2 listeners Julia had been transferred to a hospice, as she dedicated a Bon Jovi song to paramedics who helped her.
A day after the much-loved broadcaster shared the news of her mother’s passing on Instagram. In a tribute, she said: ‘Sleep tight dear Mama.
‘Thank you for teaching us how to love unconditionally, to always show courage and empathy. And how, even in the darkest of days, laughter is the greatest of gifts.
It continued: ‘We are bereft without you but will hold so tight to each other. Your grace & your smile that lit up every room you were in, will light the stars to guide us.’
After announcing her mother’s illness, Gaby Roslin ‘occasionally’ stepped in to replace her on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show so the pair could spend time together.
Zoe revealed her mother’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis on March 6, as she told fans on social media she would be taking time away from her BBC show to focus on her family, who were going through ‘tough times’ – but added her mother was being extremely ‘brave’.
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Zoe had a tough year last year when she lost her mother
She said at the time: ‘Heartbreakingly our beautiful Mama Julia has been diagnosed with Cancer.
‘As many of you know from experience, these are extremely tough times. Mum is being incredibly brave.
‘My brother Jamie & I are completely in awe of the brilliant Doctors, Nurses & support teams looking after Mum. Thank you.
‘Gratitude to our families & our extended family & friends at home & at work for their support at this time.
‘Sending out love to people reading this who are battling cancer, or awaiting diagnosis & also to the folk looking after their dear ones who are poorly.’
