Radio 2 breakfast show presenter felt it was inappropriate to earn £1.36m during pandemic, says corporation
Zoe Ball voluntarily took a £380,000 pay cut during negotiations to remain as host of the Radio 2 breakfast show for a further two years, meaning she avoids becoming the first woman to top the BBC’s list of highest-paid stars.
Ball’s salary had hit £1.36m for her
Job presenting the UK’s most popular radio programme, which reaches 8.1 million listeners a week. However, a
BBC spokesperson said Ball felt it was inappropriate to earn so much in the middle of a pandemic. They said she volunteered to take a pay cut last year during talks with the broadcaster and signed a new deal to earn a still hefty £980,000.