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Jo Whiley broke down in tears as she revealed her husband accidentally killed their cat in a tragic accident this week.
Speaking on the latest episode of her podcast Dig It, the radio DJ, 60, was overcome with emotion as she told her co-host Zoe Ball about the family’s heartbreak.
Sharing the news of Simba’s passing, she began: ‘I feel like I haven’t been honest about what’s going on in my life.
‘But I can’t. I just can’t talk about it. I was going to, but I’m not going to now.’
Composing herself amid her tears she continued: ‘We had a horrible thing happen yesterday.
‘We came back from holiday and I got a call from Steve in a complete panic. He had come home – it sounds ridiculous to say – but he had run our cat over. It’s really sad.’
Jo Whiley broke down in tears as she revealed her husband killed their cat in tragic accident in her latest podcast episode on Wednesday
The radio DJ, 60, was overcome with emotion as she told her co-host Zoe Ball about the family’s heartbreak and revealed Simba had been run over by her husband Steve
Offering her sympathies Zoe added: ‘Oh my god, darling. That’s awful. Poor Steve.’
Jo explained: ‘He literally drove in really slowly and went to move her out of the way.
‘He physically moved her, thought she had gone, then drove in and she hadn’t. We just can’t work out what on earth happened.
She added: ‘It’s been horrid. But you know, it’s another day.’
Fans were quick to send their condolences with messages from her celebrity pals including Fearne Cotton and Dermot O’Leary.
Fearne penned: ‘Love you Jo jo. Losing cats is heart breaking stuff. Im sending you so much love.’
Meanwhile Dawn O’Porter wrote: ‘Oh Jo this totally broke my heart I’m so sorry’ and Dermot added a love heart emoji and kiss.
Jo later took to Instagram to share a tribute post to Simba as she penned: ‘We lost our beloved Simba this week in a horrible accident.
Composing herself amid her tears she continued: ‘We had a horrible thing happen yesterday. ‘We came back from holiday and I got a call from Steve in a complete panic
Jo later took to Instagram to share a tribute post to Simba as she penned: ‘We lost our beloved Simba this week in a horrible accident
Fans were quick to send their condolences with messages from her celebrity pals including Fearne Cotton and Dermot O’Leary
Back in 2021, Jo sadly lost her beloved cat GinGin and came up with a unique way of remembering the adorable moggy as she revealed the ginger and white feline has been immortalised in felt
GinGin passed away in October and the felt model was based on a snap of the cat sitting in a puzzle box (pictured)
‘She was such an incredible beauty and we were lucky she allowed us to live in her house. And occasionally hold her. Though not for very long of course.
‘RIP Simba ♥️ There really was nothing you couldn’t sleep in or on. We loved you very much’.
Back in 2021, Jo sadly lost her beloved cat GinGin and came up with a unique way of remembering the adorable moggy as she revealed the ginger and white feline has been immortalised in felt.
The BBC Radio 2 DJ looked incredibly pleased with the £185 intricate item as she took to Instagram to reveal it and also posed with a miniature of her dog Django.
Jo shared a picture of herself holding the £160 model of Django as well as the £185 felt GinGin and praised crafter Katy Richardson, who made them.
The animal lover penned: ‘Thank you @artbykiki_ for immortalizing our beloved pets.
‘GinGin, our supercilious puss who we lost this year and Django the porn star pup who is still very much alive and kicking – posing legs akimbo more often than not. We [love heart emoji].’
