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Zoe Ball fought back tears as she opened up on the emotional breakdown she went through following her mother’s death.
The BBC Radio 2 star spoke about the impact losing her mother Julia Peckham had on her, following her death from pancreatic cancer in 2024.
Speaking to her Dig It podcast co-host Jo Whiley, the radio DJ said: “I had to stop working, I was on the floor in the kitchen, I couldn't move.
“I had a proper emotional break down, I haven't talked about it very much but it was brutal.”
