THE former lover of Zoe Ball’s new man Billy Yates has given the new couple her seal of approval, after they began dating just five months after her split from DJ Norman Cook.
Zoe, 46, is said to be smitten with Antiques Roadshow worker Billy and his ex Molly Johnson, 41, has sent on her best wishes to the pair.
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Speaking to the Daily Mirror, she said: “It’s all lovely and fabulous. I hope they’re very happy. He is a dear, dear friend, my whole family just adore him.
“All that matters to us is that he’s happy. He’s a really, properly brilliant man, and I’m keeping my fingers crossed for him. I wish the very best for him.”
Molly and Billy split up several years ago, after living together in London.
Zoe and Billy have been seen kissing and she recently helped him move home.
The star’s telly star dad Johnny Ball, 78, told the Mirror: “We are very happy that she is finding a new lease of life.
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“She is very happy at the moment, and that is lovely.”
She then returned alone to her South Coast home for the weekend.
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The couple have two children, 16-year-old Woody and six-year-old Nelly, and still live in the same street.
A source said: “It has been a tough time for Zoe but she’s smiling again and is very happy.
“She is in a great place and very happy with Billy.
“They get on really well and are very close.”
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Zoe and Billy were seen kissing in the back of a cab in London recently too.
An onlooker said: “They looked like a new couple who are besotted with each other.
“Zoe couldn’t stop smiling and was very into him, they look great together.”
It is believed the pair met several months ago when they were introduced through mutual friends at the BBC.
As well as Antiques Roadshow, Billy has worked on a string of other shows including ITV’s The Xtra Factor.
Reports said he runs Billy Yates Media, which has just £123 in funds. Zoe’s ex Norman was once worth an estimated £18million.
On his Twitter page Billy describes himself as an “award-winning pickled egg scoffer, booze quaffin’, part-time lady sniffing, solver of life’s everyday problems.”
Zoe split with Norman when it was claimed she tired of the DJ’s teetotal lifestyle.
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The pair tweeted: “After many exciting adventures we have come to the end of our rainbow.
“We’re still great friends and will continue to support each other and raise our beautiful children together living next door but one.”
Last night Zoe and Norman refused to comment.
Billy’s mum said: “We have nothing to say.”
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