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Victoria Johns

Zoe Ball wishes son Woody a happy 21st birthday with adorable childhood pics

Zoe Ball has paid tribute to her son Woody on his 21st birthday.

The Radio 2 presenter, who shares her "best boy" with Fatboy Slim DJ Norman Cook, took to Instagram to wish the Gogglebox star many happy returns.

Sharing a pic of her hugging Woody when he was a child Zoe wrote: "My best boy is 21 today. might explode with LOVE.

"Keep making waves @woody_cook our most magic daft clever super loving wild adventurer & explorer. stay golden rave monkey. luckiest mama lady xxx."

Zoe then posted several snaps of the birthday boy as he was growing up including one of him adorably poking his head out of tent.

Picture-perfect (zoetheball/Instagram)

The post was met with a flurry of love from Zoe's Strictly Come Dancing friends with Claudia Winkleman, Motsi Mabuse and James Jordan all replying with heart emojis.

Budding DJ Woody starred on Celebrity Gogglebox with his famous mum and has also hinted he would love to star on Strictly Come Dancing one day.

According to The Sun on Sunday, Woody revealed his desire to star on the BBC One show during an online Q&A with fans via Instagram.

Such a cute kid (zoetheball/Instagram)

He was quoted as suggesting reality contests could be the way forward for his career, writing: “I need a job, so you never know!… Way more likely to dance than eat bugs.”

Of course his mum Zoe has strong ties to the show having been a contestant and then a presenter on the BBC 2 spin off show It Takes Two.

Woody recently attended the Attitude Magazine’s 101 Awards with his girlfriend, Nell Williams, who is a psychology student.

Woody with his famous family (zoetheball/Instagram)

Speaking to the Mirror about their blossoming relationship he said: "Nell is my girlfriend. We’ve been together for about nine months and are really happy together.

“We met through mutual mates and had known each other a while before dating.

“We were in my bedroom burning incense and negative energy – and things went from there.”

Woody's parents Zoe and Norman started dating in 1998 when the daughter of maths whizz Johnny Ball was sent out to Ibiza with fellow DJ Sara Cox.

Proud parents (PA)

Zoe reigned as queen of the ladettes and was the hard-partying, presenter of Radio 1’s Breakfast show.

She and Norman married in 1999 and went on to have Woody and daughter Nelly, who was born in 2010.

The couple split in 2016, but lived just two doors away from each other in Brighton for years.

Zoe now lives in a stunning £1.5 million home in East Sussex.

The presenter shares the palatial pad with Woody, Nelly and her partner Michael Reed.

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