Alison Hammond had to use comedy to ‘protect herself’ at school after struggling to read
metro.co.ukAlison Hammond has revealed she used comedy as a form of protection from bullies at school after being teased for not being able to read.
The This Morning presenter, 47, admitted she didn’t always find it easy to read, which meant that she had to develop her quick-witted side to clap back at the bullies.Revealing what she was like at school, Alison explained: ‘I was still quite funny, but it was actually quite… maybe a little bit quieter, always trying to… just not knowing really where I fitted in really and who were my people at the time. ‘But, you know, I was still a little bit loud and, I think, like I said, I struggled with my reading so that was my insecurity. ‘So, if anything, I probably used my comedy and the fact that I was quite funny and quick off the cuff to kind of protect myself. ‘I was a big girl as well, so I did get a little bit of teasing and stuff like that.
So, because I was quick and funny, people would stop doing it because they know that they was gonna get cussed down.’and look at you now @AlisonHammond – keep shining!ð listen back on @GlobalPlayer pic.twitter.com/y1UZLhiENRAlison admitted on the Capital Xtra Breakfast Show with Yinka and Shayna Marie: ’It was more of a protection really, my comedy was more a protection – I would say it first before anyone else could say something, so it was like a protection.’Although Alison, who has released her own children’s book Black In Time, is now a pro at reading the autocue at work, she admitted a career in television did not seem likely when she was growing up.
Alison revealed: ‘I was so lucky because my mum encouraged me to go and join the Central Television drama workshop which was like a drama club [for people] who couldn’t afford to go to drama.
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