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Zoe Ball’s pay cut means BBC’s highest-paid star is still a man

Radio 2 breakfast show presenter felt it was inappropriate to earn £1.36m during pandemic, says corporation

Zoe Ball has taken a £380,000 pay cut 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 negotiations with the broadcaster and signed a new deal to earn a still hefty £980,000.

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