Overview
- Ball said she was "on the floor in the kitchen" unable to move and had to stop working a few months after her mother Julia died in April 2024.
- She described an "amazing doctor" arriving with coffee and bagels and helping her access support, adding she still finds some days "brutal."
- The presenter took six weeks off in 2024 then left the weekday show in December after six years, with Scott Mills taking over in January.
- She has since returned to Radio 2 at weekends and co-hosts Dig It with Jo Whiley, which drew more than one million downloads in its first month.
- In a separate interview, Ball reflected on 1990s lads’ mag shoots, saying she was presented with "racks of tiny clothes," told to "straddle a chair," and felt conditioned not to refuse.