Zoe Ball issues heartbreaking death admission
Reach Daily Express March 24, 2026 10:40 PM

Beloved presenter ZoeBallmade a heartbreaking death admission during her podcast interview with Mel Giedroyc on her programme, Where There's a Will, There's a Wake.During their discussion, Zoe, 55, opened up about her own death as well as losing her mother, Julia Peckham, who died last April following a battle with cancer.

When they were talking about the BBC star's love of Glastonbury Festival, Zoe admitted she wants her ashes scattered at the Shangri-La stage as "it's the place where I've had the most fun with my friends, with my kids". She continued: "If it is summertime, take some of the ashes. I'd quite like to be cremated. I just think bung me back of the car. Some of my friends take some of my ashes to Glastonbury, join the festival."

Zoe continued: "I love that place, on the lay lines. I love the idea of on one of the afternoons or evenings or up at Shangri-La. Your mates get together, and everybody has a little bit, and you scatter it around at the rave.

"So you are forever in that fabulous place. Because I've had so much fun there. I love that place."

The star also revealed she still messages her late mother via text, telling Mel: "It's a really lovely thing to be able to text the people that you loved, their numbers are forever in your phone"

The mum-of-two said she'd just been on holiday with her children, Woody and Nelly and saw a shooting star.

"I wished that my mum could be there, and I wished that to myself. Woody looked at me, and he said, 'I know what you just wished.'

"It was that really powerful moment of, she's here. She's everywhere. I go to ring her all the time, to tell her things. I must tell mum that."

Mel, who is one of the stars on Last One Laughing, said she also texts her late mother and finds it a comforting thing to do.

Where There's A Will There's A Wake is available wherever you get your podcasts.

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