Zoe Ball revealed her husband Norman Cook wants his gravestone to read “Norman was a very patient man”, as she opened up about being pictured in a drunken kiss with another man.

The Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two host was snapped locking lips with 22-year-old Tay Tay Starzh of boyband Franklin Lake at a boozy Christmas party for the show in December.

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Zoe and Norman with son Woody (Ian West/PA)

But Zoe, 45, said instead of causing friction in their 17 year marriage, the pair laughed off the slip-up.

She told the Mirror: “He has always said he wants his gravestone to read: ‘Norman was a very patient man.’ And that sums it up really!”

She continued: “We have a good understanding of each other. We’re both pretty down-to-earth and the reasons I fell in love with him and we found each other in the first place are still there.

“Norman’s always got time for people. He’s just a beautiful, funny, charming, man. He also loves his job and I love watching him make other people get up and dance and have fun.”

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Zoe presents Strictly spin-off It Takes Two (Joe Giddens/PA)

She split from 52-year-old Norman, better known as Fatboy Slim, for three months in 2003 after she had an affair with DJ Dan Peppe, but the two have weathered the storms of their relationship.

They share two children: Woody, 15, and Nelly, five.

And Zoe indicated that she and Norman intend to stay together for many years to come as she revealed their retirement plans.

She continued: “We’ve both said we’ve been really lucky with our jobs in that we love what we do and are still able to do it.

“But we’ve got a retirement plan. We want to run a pub, come post-office, come pet shop. Just what everyone needs.”

With Strictly off our screens, Zoe is now filming a new BBC game show called Can’t Touch This.