Jo Whiley: ‘My kids only think I’m cool when I get them into VIP toilets at Glasto’
ok.co.ukWhen 17-year-old Jo Whiley set off for somewhere called Glastonbury after a raucous sixth form party, she had no idea the festival would come to define her next four decades.
In the early 80s, Jo was studying for her A-levels and had plans to train as a speech therapist. What actually happened was rather different — and much more glamorous, in a muddy sort of way. “When I was 17 I didn’t even know broadcasting was a thing you could do,” laughs Jo. “I honestly thought I was going to be a speech therapist.The idea of me introducing The Killers on the main stage at Glastonbury would have blown my mind.” Jo’s been married to music executive Steve Morton since 1991 and the pair share four children, India 30, Jude, 24, Cassius, 22, and Coco, 14.
Somewhere along the way, she managed to fit in one of the most glittering, enviable and effortless-looking careers in showbiz.
She’s helmed shows on Radio 1 and Radio 2, presented Top Of The Pops and is such a firm part of British pop culture that her voice even featured in the film Love Actually.
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