Zoe Ball’s shock as her ex Fatboy Slim starts dating one of her best friends – and pals say it’s why she moved
BBC radio star Zoe is said to be reeling over the news best pal Nicola Lokko is now dating her ex-husband
FATBOY Slim is in a new relationship with one of ex-wife Zoe Ball’s close friends, The Sun can reveal.
The DJ, 55, real name Norman Cook, has moved on with Nicola Lokko, 41.
Shocked BBC star Zoe, 47, had happily lived two doors away from him in Brighton following their marriage split in 2016.
But friends say his romance with Nicola is the reason she has moved to Ditchling in East Sussex.
After Strictly spin-off host Zoe moved to her £970,000 cottage, loved-up Nicola shared pics with pals from inside Norman’s beachfront pad.
Norman and Zoe even went on double dates with Nicola and her then partner, Harry Potter’s Arthur Weasley actor Mark Williams, 59, when they were still a couple.
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Pals say Zoe — dating construction boss Michael Reed, 47 — is “freaked out”.
And funnyman Steve Coogan is among the “gobsmacked” circle of friends.
One insider said: “Norman deserves to be happy, but his choice of partner has upset the apple cart."
Zoe and Normal married in 1999 at Babington House in Somerset.
They split after 18 years in 2016.
A statement at the time said: "With great sadness we are announcing that we have separated.
"After many exciting adventures together over the last 18 years we have come to the end of our rainbow."