DJ Dan Peppe has told the Sun he isn’t the reason Zoe Ball and Norman Cook have split up. "I knew there were problems in the marriage and I helped her, but I wouldn't say I was the cause of those problems. We were friends and it has developed and now we are closer than just friends.”
Zoe, who is taking a week off her Xfm show, yesterday made a statement admitting her relationship with Peppe had "developed" but asked for her and her family to be treated "graciously" by the media. "I am trying very hard to conduct my personal life away from the eyes of the press, but this is proving impossible - I hope that you will now give me some time and space."