Zoe Ball has revealed that she was involved in a “violent” road altercation with a cyclist this week, with the biker punching her windscreen.
The radio presenter, 55, said in Thursday’s (5 November) episode of her podcast that the incident happened days before while she was driving in London.
Speaking to her Dig It co-host Jo Whiley, Ball said: “I had a cyclist punch my car window in London the other day.
“I’ve had a rant about it – cyclists cycling around the car, not stopping at lights, coming every which way at you. It makes it so difficult as a driver in London and I am vigilant and I am really aware but I had people on one side, people on the other side, cars coming out. It’s absolute carnage.
“This guy, he could see I was slowing down, he could see I was moving over and he punched my windscreen.”
When host Jo Whiley said that it’s “violent” and feels “violating”, Ball said: “It’s really violent. I was like, ‘mate, can you see what’s happening either side of me? You can see the car. Just slow down.’”
She continued: “Everyone chill out. Everyone slow down a little bit for God’s sake.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Ball revealed that her anxiety had been “terrible” recently. “I was having panic attacks a little bit at the weekend again which I haven’t had for a long time,” she said, adding that limiting her coffee intake has made a difference.
“It’s so frustrating. I don’t know what it’s about actually. Maybe it’s hormone related because there’s no reason to be feeling anxious really for me,” Ball continued. “Nothing’s changed. I think sometimes grief creeps up a little bit and I think it is just fluctuating hormones. Oh the joys!”
Ball has spoken about her “crippling anxiety” before, admitting in June that it made it hard to get through her radio shows on BBC Radio 2, which she left last December.
The TV presenter lost her mother to cancer the year before, after which she quit her breakfast slot at the station to “focus on family”. She returned in February last year to take over the Saturday afternoon slot before leaving for good at the end of last year.
In September, she announced that she would be back on the airwaves with a new show on Greatest Hits Radio, joining fellow Radio 2 alum Ken Bruce.
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