Meet Jo Whiley’s music executive husband of 30 years and lookalike kids

Jo Whiley is again on our screens as one of many most important presenters of the BBC’s Glastonbury protection. The radio DJ and tv presenter is a well-recognized face on our screens and a well known voice in our ears because of her long-standing broadcasting profession. However how a lot have you learnt about her dwelling life? 

Meet the star’s music govt husband and their 4 youngsters under.

Jo Whiley’s husband of 30 years Steve 

Since 1991, Jo has been married to music govt and band supervisor Steve Morton, whom she first met after he booked a band onto one among her radio exhibits.

Whereas Jo and Steve love spending time with one another and have a whole lot of frequent pursuits, the radio star thinks it is “wholesome that we aren’t in one another’s pockets on a regular basis”. 

“We’re lucky that we nonetheless discover the identical issues fascinating and humorous and now we have very related backgrounds,” she informed The Telegraph. “We do genuinely take pleasure in one another’s firm, so on a Friday evening if we haven’t seen a lot of one another within the week, it’s nice to sit down on this sofa right here, with a glass of vodka, watching Queer Eye or some silly quiz present and simply catching up. We like the identical music, silly video games, and fancy costume events.”

© Richard Younger/Shutterstock

Jo’s dwelling life with 4 youngsters

When she’s not internet hosting her BBC Radio 2 present, Jo might be discovered at dwelling in her transformed barn in Northamptonshire with Steve. The couple share 4 youngsters: India, Jude, Cassius, and Coco.

Whereas India, who’s a meals stylist, was born in 1991, the couple’s youngest youngster Coco got here alongside in 2008. 

© @jowhiley/Instagram

“Being a mum or dad to 4 children of such numerous ages is incredible,” Jo informed The Occasions in 2022. “India and I have been watching TV after I began having contractions with Coco. She timed them and held my hand by the supply earlier than Steve, who was working in Brighton, was capable of arrive.”

Like their mum, Jo’s youngsters take pleasure in being lively, with India and Cassius becoming a member of their mother and father in working a half marathon in 2018, whereas the entire household share a love of wakeboarding. “We spend each alternative on the boat,” Jo informed The Occasions in 2013.

© @jowhiley/Instagram

With Coco now a young person, Jo is making ready to turn into an empty-nester. “Folks typically say they do not know what to do with themselves when their children depart dwelling and I actually relate to that,” the presenter informed Good Housekeeping Journal final yr. 

“It is daunting once you out of the blue have extra time in your arms. It is easy to really feel panic-stricken about who you’re, what on earth you are going to do with your self,” she continued. “Nevertheless it’s an opportunity to go on the market and have a brand new lease of life; to have independence and luxuriate in your self, which may be very empowering.”