Media gossip of the weekend - Zoe Ball and Norman Cook confirmed they were to separate four years after they married. It was Zoe’s agent Vivienne Clore who confirmed the couple were separating to give themselves "a bit of time and breathing space".
But after tabloid allegations that marital problems had been caused by Norman "partying hard" while she stayed at home to look after their two-year-old son, Zoe spoke to reporters direct. Denying the tabloid stories she said the separation was "amicable", and that the problems were "just the usual ones that anyone goes through".
She continued: "There's really nothing to say apart from the fact that the reasons are not because my husband has been partying hard, not looking after the baby. That's not the reason, that's not the reason at all as one paper wrote today. And that it's nothing to do with me missing the limelight or the lifestyle I used to have while I worked in television."