Zoe Ball has revealed that her wild wedding to Fatboy Slim led to a famous guest breaking his nose.
The Radio 2 DJ, 54, and the star, also known as Norman Cook split in 2016 after 18 years of marriage but have remained close friends and co-parents to their children Woody, 24, and Nelly, 15.
And during their wedding in August 1999, Zoe revealed that actor Steve Coogan broke his nose after a few too many drinks.
Speaking on her podcast Dig It, the radio star also confessed that another guest, a radio producer named Will, fell in a river.
Her show co-host, Jo Whiley recalled: ‘He fell in the stream at our house once when we had a party. Oh no, was it your wedding?’
Zoe corrected her: ‘No, it was my wedding. It was our wedding.’
Zoe Ball has revealed that her wild wedding to Fatboy Slim led to a famous guest breaking his nose
The Radio 2 DJ, 54, and the star, also known as Norman Cook split in 2016 after 18 years of marriage but have remained close friends and co parents to Woody, 24, and Nelly, 15
Jo continued: ‘We had to fish him out of the lake.’
And recalling another water-based catastrophe from the bash, Zoe said: ‘The venue where we got married, there was a swimming pool that Steve Coogan jumped in and broke his nose.
‘Never swim when you have been drinking, people. That is the lesson here.
‘And then Will somehow had managed to walk into the lake and appeared in the bar, just covered in pond weed.’
Zoe has now been sober for the best part of a decade, while Steve, said in 2022 that he had stopped drinking earlier that year.
Norman and Zoe’s son Woody Cook recently revealed how his parents have been ‘gardening’ and ‘doing puzzles’ and working in a local cafe since Zoe quit her six-figure radio job.
Radio presenter Zoe stepped down from her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show in December to ‘focus on her family’, bidding farewell to her lucrative £950,000 salary.
Her departure came after an extended break earlier in the year when her mother Julia died from cancer, and she enjoyed some time off with her family before returning to airwaves in March.
And during their wedding in August 1999, Zoe revealed that actor Steve Coogan broke his nose after a few too many drinks
Speaking on her podcast Dig It, the radio star also confessed that another guest, a radio producer named Will, fell in a river
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, her son Woody, 24, gave an insight into how she has been spending her time since quitting her job, focusing on ‘gardening’ and ‘doing puzzles’.
He admitted it has been ‘funny’ watching his ‘crazy party’ parents Zoe and Norman ditching wild nights out for more calm hobbies.
‘In the last five years, it’s been funny watching my parents take up gardening both of them,’ Woody – who was promoting his Specsavers partnership – shared.
The DJ, 61, and Radio 2 star Zoe, 54, split in 2016 after 18 years of marriage but have remained close friends and co parents to their children Woody, 24, and Nelly, 15
‘These crazy party people I grew up with are now gardening, making puzzles and working in the local café.
‘It’s very funny to see that transitional period, just as I’m kind of leaving the nest and now at the start of something big for me in music.’
Fatboy Slim has owned the Big Beach Cafe in Hove, East Sussex since 2013.
Zoe and Norman were known for their hard-partying ways back in the 2000s and have both since spoken about their battles with alcohol.
They tied the knot in 1999 and welcomed their son Woody and a daughter Nelly, 15, together before they split up in 2016, though they remain very close friends.
