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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Zoe Ball recalls ‘uncomfortable’ experience posing for lads’ mags at the start of her career

Zoe Ball has reflected on the “uncomfortable” experience of posing for lads’ mags such as Loaded while she fronted Top of the Pops for the BBC in the Nineties.

The Radio 2 presenter, 54, regularly hosted the chart show alongside Jayne Middlemiss and Jo Whiley, who said she’d been relieved Ball “took one for the team” and did the objectifying photoshoots.

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