Thursday, 12 November 2009

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Zoe Ball: My pants are huge!

Presenter is grateful for expanding belly

Zoe Ball has been married to Norman Cook for ten years

Heavily pregnant Zoë Ball might be off the booze, but it doesn't stop her pangs of jealousy over those hitting the party scene.

‘I look at photos of Alexa Chung and Henry Holland living it up and think: "They're so gorgeous and young,"' she tells Now.

‘Then I remember I had it pretty good for a long time, too. We still have fun, but as a family.'

After trying for a baby for several years since the birth of son Woody nine years ago, Zoë and husband Norman Cook, 46, also known as Fatboy Slim, had given up hope of conceiving again.

But after giving up alcohol in January, Zoë finally fell pregnant with her second child.
 
Zoë, 38, admits she's still scared of something going wrong.

‘We've had a long, long wait for this little bundle, so I'm grateful it's happened at all. But until the wee one is in my arms I'm still keeping everything crossed.

‘For now I'm loving being able to eat exactly what I fancy, although the size of the pants I'm wearing is a little scary. But it's only temporary - hopefully!'

Zoë hopes to keep working right up until the birth and is thrilled to be presenting again with her ‘TV husband' Jamie Theakston, on Five's Britain's Biggest Brain.

‘Its great to have my original telly fella back,' she says.

See the full story about Zoë Ball in Now magazine dated 16 November 2009 - out now!