Zoe Ball 'blissfully happy with new Norman Cook lookalike boyfriend as they stroll hand-in-hand at Glastonbury' - nine years after her divorce from the Fatboy Slim DJ

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Zoe Ball was spotted looking 'blissfully happy' with her new boyfriend who strikes a remarkable resemblance to ex husband Norman Cook.
The Radio 2 presenter, 54, was spotted strolling hand-in-hand with the mystery man while enjoying the music at Glastonbury on Friday.
In snaps obtained by The Sun, Zoe cut a casual figure in a black ensemble while shielding her eyes behind shades.
Her companion, who was tall and boasted salt and pepper hair just like Fatboy Slim, 61, held her hand as they made their way through Worthy Farm's VIP area.
An onlooker told the publication: 'Zoe is down at Glastonbury as a punter and has brought her new boyfriend along for the ride, they seemed blissfully happy and were strolling along holding hands.'
'People were doing double takes at her bloke though because he looks a lot like Fatboy. It's so great to see Zoe smiling again,' they added.
MailOnline have contacted Zoe's reps for comment.
Zoe and Norman, who share son Woody, 24, and daughter Nelly, 14, announced their split in 2016 after 17 years together, before finalising their divorce in 2020.
Zoe continues to have a close relationship with Norman and is thought to have sold her £2million country home in Sussex to move to a townhouse between Brighton and Hove, close to where he lives.
Both Zoe and Norman are now teetotal having admitted issues with alcohol and both had stints in rehab.
Norman previously credited his former wife for keeping him down to earth when he was at the height of his fame.
He told the Changes podcast: 'One thing I did have to keep a lid on during that crazy time was my ego.
'While you've got licence to break rules, you've always got a lot of people who'll let you get away with murder.
'Zoe was really good for me for that, because she knew the fame game and we would sort of check each other.
'If I wasn't respectful to people, she'd go: ''Oi, come on, that's not how we behave! Go back and thank them for that''.
'We were both quite good at keeping each other's feet on the ground. Because it's hard when everyone's saying: 'Here, have this, take this, drink this, you're brilliant.'
'It's hard to keep some kind of limit and say: 'I am actually a human being, not a superstar.' I think we probably saved each other a lot of bother.'
In 2016, Norman said he was still mending his 'wounded heart' more than two years after his break-up with Zoe.
At the time, Zoe had moved on with boyfriend Michael Reed and the DJ at the time ruled out dating as his 'heart's not ready' to find love again.
'I'm single, I'm definitely not on Tinder,' he told the Daily Star at the time.
'It's been 18 years since I was in this situation, I've forgotten what the rules are. My heart's not ready. My heart is still wounded to be honest.'
Norman and Zoe began their romance in 1997 after they met in Ibiza and they married two years later at Babington House in Somerset.
They split briefly in 2003 when it emerged she had an affair with a close friend of her husband's DJ Dan Peppe.
Following the revelation, Norman said he still loved Zoe and would take her back, as long as she promised never to see Peppe again.
The Praise You hitmaker confessed at the time: 'I still love her. If you love someone you'll forgive them.
'I've spoken to her today and she is genuinely remorseful.'
In September 2016 they announced their separation for good, nine months after Zoe was seen embracing Franklin Lake singer Tay Tay Starhz, 22, at the December 2015 festive wrap party for Strictly Come Dancing's BBC2 spin-off show It Takes Two.
In a joint statement, the pair wrote: 'With great sadness we are announcing that we have separated.'
Following the breakdown of her marriage to Fatboy Slim, Zoe found love again with her partner Billy Yates, who took his own life in May 2017.
After a long battle with depression, Billy, 40, took his own life in May 2017 at his home in Putney, London.
The Radio 2 presenter previously told how she felt 'really grateful' he had said goodbye to her the last time she saw him.