Strictly Come Dancing star Zoe Ball jokingly insisted that Declan Donnelly was the one that got away, as she reacted to an unearthed diary entry of his about her
Zoe Ball has revealed her true feelings about Declan Donnelly after discovering what his first impressions of her were. In an episode of Hanging Out with Ant and Dec, the pair laughed as Dec read out entries from his 1994 diary.
Around this time, he and Ant were known as PJ and Duncan on Byker Grove and had met Zoe while filming a segment for The Big Breakfast. Reading from his diary, Dec said he had written "hello" in a flirtatious way alongside Zoe's name after writing about their encounter. Laughing, Ant teased: "Can we get Zoe Ball on the podcast because someone is a big fan?" "I obviously took a shine to Zoe Ball that day," Dec replied. Reacting to the clip on her and Jo Whiley's Dig It podcast, Zoe said she didn't remember the exact appearance but did recall being fond of Dec after interviewing them. "I did have a crush on Dec," the 55-year-old told her co-host. "I had a crush on him for years. I first interviewed them at Byker Grove, for The Ozone, and I thought, 'Oh, he’s such a sweetheart'." She jokingly added: "But hey, what could've been, what could've been. I think that was my skinny era."Laughing, Zoe said the pair would be "quite an odd pairing," before adding: "I’ve always had a soft spot for Dec, he’s a darling. Ah, Dec, if I’d only known, I would’ve taken you for a Tizer. I’ll have to check my diary from 1994." While Dec may have been the one that got away, Zoe went on to date and marry Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim. The couple were married for 17 years and share two children together, Woody and Nelly. Following their separation in 2016, she entered a relationship with Billy Yates, who tragically took his own life the following year.She is now in a relationship with television production designer Mathieu Weekes, whom she affectionately refers to as "the lodger" on her podcast. Recently giving advice to a listener on the podcast, Zoe appeared to allude to her tough split from the DJ. She said: "Yes it is so hard to leave a relationship when you know it's the right thing to do. "It's just so difficult, you feel awful for the person you've left, you feel terrible for breaking up a family, you feel guilty for your family, it is a lot. "It does take such bravery but when you're out and the dust starts to settle, you realise it was exactly what you needed to do. And hopefully as your kids get older you can talk to them a little bit more about why that happened."
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