Chris Moyles abandons new Radio 1 breakfast presenter Nick Grimshaw But when he was called into a meeting with "big boss Ben" on Tuesday, he had feared he was facing a reprimand. When I went for the meeting at 9.30, which is early for me, I was late and I thought I was going to be in trouble. My agent knew and said it's not trouble. And I went in and said I'm really sorry I'm late Ben, I just can't function in the morning. And he went (sighs) 'OK' ... Cooper has said that he wants Grimshaw to present the programme on his own, and move on from the "zoo" format of Moyles's show in which his production team play a large part. Grimshaw was a surprise choice to many, with drive-time show host Greg James expected to be the next breakfast host. Moyles joked about the apparent snub by referring to him as "Greg 'crying-on-his-holiday' James." But Grimshaw said he already received a text from the presenter - for whom he is sitting in on the 4pm show this week - about his new gig.