Zoe Ball spotted with her new man for the first time as she swaps ex-hubby DJ Norman Cook for BBC cameraman
TV host was seen helping Antiques Roadshow crewmember Billy Yates move into a new flat
SMITTEN Zoe Ball has swapped her Fatboy Slim hubby for a toyboy TV cameraman.
The Strictly: It Takes Two host, 46, has enjoyed a string of dates with Billy Yates just five months after splitting from DJ Norman Cook.
She and Antiques Roadshow worker Billy have been seen kissing and she recently helped him move home.
Zoe’s telly star dad Johnny Ball, 78, told the : “We are very happy that she is finding a new lease of life.
“She is very happy at the moment, and that is lovely.”
Mum-of-two Zoe wore her trademark black as she helped Billy, 40, carry lamps and artwork in to his new flat in South London.
She then returned alone to her South Coast home for the weekend.
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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Two weeks ago Zoe and Billy were seen kissing in the back of a cab in London.
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.
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.”