Alison Hammond says she is OK after being taken to hospital
Alison Hammond reassured fans she is fine and is having her heart checked after she fell ill and left the This Morning set during a live broadcast.
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Alison Hammond has reassured fans that she is fine after she was taken to hospital following an illness during a live edition of This Morning.
The presenter was on air with co-host Dermot O'Leary when she became breathless and clutched her chest during a segment about pets. She was helped from the This Morning sofa, and the broadcast cut to adverts. When the programme returned, O'Leary told viewers: "Alison is feeling a little unwell, so she's just had to duck out. Hopefully she'll be back." Hammond did not return to the show as he had hoped.
Later, Hammond posted a video from a hospital bed on social media. She jokingly labelled it "anything to have a day off". In the video, she said: "Hello, my lovelies. I know you're all worried about me. Honestly, I am fine, first of all. But I'm getting my old ticker checked out." She said she had a little palpitation and was being checked out, adding that she thought she was OK and hoped it was just a panic attack.
She apologised for leaving the programme and said she would never normally leave a TV show, which showed how unwell she had been. She also thanked fans for their messages. Hammond first appeared as a contestant on Big Brother in 2002, lasting two weeks in the house, and is now one of Britain's most prominent TV presenters, hosting The Great British Bake Off as well as This Morning. The incident also made newspaper front pages, with coverage describing it as a TV hearts scare. Broadcasters reported that she appeared to be in better spirits than she had been earlier in the day.
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| Alison Hammond became unwell during a live This Morning broadcast, becoming breathless and clutching her chest during a pets segment, and was taken to hospital. | ||
Channel Perspectives
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ITV1 gave the story a full studio segment, focusing on the moment Hammond left the set, Dermot O'Leary's on-air explanation and Hammond's later social media update from hospital. Its tone was supportive and concerned, with background on her career and a clear reassurance that she thought she was OK.
- “She and co-host Dermot O'Leary were presenting a segment on pets when Alison became breathless and she was clutching her chest.”
- “Alison is feeling a little unwell, so she's just had to duck out. Hopefully she'll be back.”
- “I had a little bit of a palpitation and now I'm getting it all checked out. But I think I'm OK. I'm hoping it was just a little panic attack or something like that.”
GB News treated the story as a brief newspaper review item, noting Hammond was on front pages after a worrying moment on This Morning. It offered sympathy and said she was getting her heart checked, but the bulk of the segment moved on to unrelated terror charges, politics and other papers.
- “Plus, Alison Hammond is on the front page. She had a very dramatic moment, very worrying moment actually, on ITV's This Morning.”
- “She said she was getting her heart checked. So worrying stuff, but hopefully she's okay.”
- “The Mirror, Alison's TV hearts scare.”
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