{"id":2408991,"date":"2026-05-09T12:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2408991"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:29:42","slug":"zoe-ball-shares-the-real-story-behind-iconic-90s-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/zoe-ball-shares-the-real-story-behind-iconic-90s-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe Ball shares the real story behind &#8216;iconic&#8217; 90s photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-0a8af843-852b-4f35-aa98-250915223056\">For many radio listeners and music fans, Zoe Ball was one of the ultimate It Girls of the 90s &#8211; and the iconic photo of her heading to her wedding only solidified her status.<\/p>\n<p>The shot, taken on the morning of her wedding day to Norman \u2018Fatboy Slim\u2019 Cook, showed Zoe, dressed in a cowboy hat, vest and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/jeans\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/jeans\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/jeans\/\">jeans<\/a>, clutching a cigarette and a bottle of Jack Daniels whisky.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-0a8af843-852b-4f35-aa98-250915223056-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">So 90s. So cool. So not the traditional image of a bride-to-be. During an episode of her hit podcast, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/digitpod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/digitpod\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><em>Dig It<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> which she hosts alongside Jo Whiley, Zoe reminisced on how the iconic photo came to be, the person who made it all happen, and how, despite <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/jo-whiley-zoe-ball-boring\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/jo-whiley-zoe-ball-boring\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/jo-whiley-zoe-ball-boring\/\">liking cancelled plans and being boring now<\/a>, it &#8220;sums up how she used to be&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-[#333]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-[#333]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-normal&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"elk-eaf33fe8-df36-4f8c-a0bc-c4ba22ab312f\">On the episode of the podcast, Zoe explained, &#8220;That was the morning that I went to get married. And there is a bit of a story behind it because I hadn&#8217;t slept.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d been trying to make a mixtape to play at the ceremony. And my brother came down and he was like, \u2018What are you doing?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was in the lounge with CDs everywhere and he was like \u2018I think we need to get you to bed so you could have a little nap before you get married\u2019&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Packing her bag to leave the house, she recalled, &#8220;I was walking out the door and my brother just stuck the hat on me, handed me the Jack Daniels and went, \u2018Good luck kid\u2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-4RfFS6svM2KvufuByJvLN9\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-4RfFS6svM2KvufuByJvLN9 slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to our free daily email for the latest royal and entertainment news, interesting opinion, expert advice on styling and beauty trends, and no-nonsense guides to the health and wellness questions you want answered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout \" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"elk-0d1caaf9-afaf-4de3-88ab-4c9ab76da66b\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rqrxszYqCatWjWvBMjdiQo-1920-80.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rqrxszYqCatWjWvBMjdiQo-1600-80.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rqrxszYqCatWjWvBMjdiQo-1280-80.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rqrxszYqCatWjWvBMjdiQo-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rqrxszYqCatWjWvBMjdiQo-768-80.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rqrxszYqCatWjWvBMjdiQo-415-80.jpg.webp 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rqrxszYqCatWjWvBMjdiQo-360-80.jpg.webp 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rqrxszYqCatWjWvBMjdiQo-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(Image credit: Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"elk-b7436397-faea-4b5f-88d4-021ef0df3079\">Little could he have known the press would immortalise the moment in a photo that Zoe said &#8220;sums up who I was at that point&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Fans in the comments absolutely love the photo, with one calling it the &#8220;90s in one photograph&#8221; and another adding, &#8220;An iconic picture&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But one of the sweetest comments on the post came from Zoe\u2019s ex-husband. The two, who were married on August 21, 1999, have remained friendly after splitting in 2016. And as Zoe recalled the glorious story behind the iconic photo, Norman commented, &#8220;&#8230;And what\u2019s why I married you..x&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-2f96fd2b-6b44-41f3-a5b4-0b656fb530e6\">The pair were married at Babington Hall in Somerset, and the wedding was just as effortlessly cool as Zoe\u2019s now iconic photo.<\/p>\n<p>Madness singer Suggs sang <em>It Must Be Love <\/em>for the couple and the pair delayed the ceremony after Zoe\u2019s Radio 1 guests got stuck in traffic on the Radio 1 Sun Bus on the way there.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, the pair\u2019s children &#8211; Woody and Nella Cook &#8211; are apparently a fan of just how cool their mum was, too, with Zoe explaining, \u201cmy kids love this picture. They&#8217;re like, mum\u2026 It really sums you up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.womanandhome.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many radio listeners and music fans, Zoe Ball was one of the ultimate It Girls of the 90s &#8211; and the iconic photo of her heading to her wedding only solidified her status. 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