ZOE Ball has revealed she had a “massive cry” after a yob smashed her car window and stole her handbag while she was on The One Show.
The radio and TV star, 54, was recounting a recent appearance on the prime time BBC show on her Dig It podcast with Jo Whiley.
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After having fun catching up with pal Vernon Kay, the good vibes from the studio quickly faded when Zoe returned to her shattered window.
She explained: “Someone had smashed the front window of my car, that’s never happened to me before.”
Initially “frozen” by the upsetting find, Zoe used a festival poncho in the car to cover the damaged window.
She then blasted Radio 2’s country show at ear-splitting volume as she carefully drove the 64 miles home to Brighton.
Zoe was relieved nothing of value was taken, though she admitted: “I got in and I had a massive cry.”
“It was good, I love a big blub. The ones where you wake up in the morning and your face is a bit swollen and you’re like, ‘Well, I’m glad I got that out’.”
She partly blamed herself for the theft having left her bag on display.
She explained: “Do you know what I did? I did a stupid thing, I was so busy running into The One Show with my suits and my bag and everything.
“And we were going to do a picture with our Spotify picture, which was amazing, and I left a bag on the front seat. Big no, no in London, idiot. Luckily, nothing in it except my diary.”
In solidarity, Jo then shared how she had a phone pinched from her hand in a street mugging.
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She said: “Just a boy on a bike just literally snatched it from my hand.
“And then you having something like this, it’s just so disappointing that people would do that to another person.”
Zoe made her triumphant return to BBC Radio 2 in May with a new Saturday show.
She previously made a tearful goodbye to the breakfast show after six years at the end of 2024.
On her comeback, Zoe told listeners: “Hello it’s me, oh it’s lovely to be back on a Saturday.
“This is where it all began for me, back in the day when I used to sweep up and make the teas.”
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