Alison Hammond opens up to Lorraine about new partner who makes her 'heart sing'

This Morning has dismissed reports that popular presenters Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond, who currently host the Friday slot on the ITV show, are “bickering” behind the scenes. The duo replaced previous presenters Eamonn Holmes and his wife Ruth Langsford on the Friday slot earlier this year, with it reported that the new presenting pair are not getting on.

This Morning slot last year.It has been claimed that the two have been hiding their real relationship from viewers, after it was reported by MailOnline that they struggled to “hit it off” and have been “bickering” behind the scenes.Tensions between the two have reportedly been concealed from more than 1.2 million viewers but Alison did allude to having a difficult time with Dermot, when speaking to fellow presenter Lorraine Kelly.They discussed how sometimes it doesn’t always work out when producers throw people together for shows, expecting them to just get along.She told Lorraine: “Absolutely, it was literally that though. That’s what happened to us.”A source has claimed to MailOnline: “They came from very different backgrounds.

Alison Hammond was quick to get into the Friday spirit as she cracked open a beer during the opening moments of This Morning. The presenter was back fronting the show alongside Dermot O'Leary today (June 17).

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Alison Hammond busted out a beer on the latest episode of This Morning as the show moved outside amid the current English heatwave.The 47-year-old presenter hosted Friday's show (June 17) alongside Dermot O'Leary.The morning programme opened with an outside musical performance from the cast of Bob Marley: The Musical and Dermot explained: "We're also going to be enjoying the sunshine with them all morning because we've taken the entire show outside."Replying to Dermot, Alison said: "It's fantastic because apparently temperatures are expected to rise to above thirty degrees [celsius] in some parts of the UK today."So, we've bought the sofa outside. "We've planned the most amazing show outside. This is al fresco.

Lorraine Kelly, 62, has not been very happy with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 57, since he snubbed her on Good Morning Britain last month.The presenter has taken to Twitter to hit out at the politician for failing to keep his promise to ban hunters from importing trophies of their kills.More than 100 celebrities, including Dame Judi Dench and Ricky Gervais, have urged Mr Johnson to honour his promise to ban hunters from bringing home trophies of their kills.Signatories to this letter were made three years ago with the pledge to "end this barbaric practice".However, since 2019 hunters have imported more than 600 trophies from endangered animals including lions, elephants, giraffes and hippos.Promises to change the law have featured in four Queen's speeches, but there has still been no legislation.Lorraine inserted her opinion in response to Ban Trophy Hunting's Twitter post.It read: "7 years since #Cecil was shot. 3 years since the govt promised to ban trophies.

Lorraine Kelly says she is "frightened of losing herself" as she shares a candid health admission about her family. Lorraine spoke out in a new interview over her dementia fears.

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Lorraine Kelly praised Sam Heughan for being an ambassador for Scotland through all of his projects.

ITV star Dr Hilary Jones looked worlds away from his usual professional self when he made his first TV debut on Lorraine back in the 1990s.The 68-year-old is now a well-known doctor who shares a wide range of medical advice to viewers across various morning ITV shows.However, the TV star’s showbiz career came from humble beginnings after he first joined the ITV team on GMTV back in May 1989 when he was just 35 years old.And it’s fair to say he looks almost un recognisable now after Lorraine Kelly shared a striking throwback clip of the doctor as he shared some of the main signs that could point to a meningitis diagnosis.In the throwback clip, the dad-of-five sports a full head of dark brown curly locks as he advises viewers on the outward signs of Meningitis with the equally youthful looking Eamonn Holmes.He chuckled: “There’s a picture of me as a much younger looking man here showing the tumbler test, yes that was years ago.” Lorraine couldn’t help but aww at the star’s younger self, as she gasped: “Oh, look at you - and there’s Eamonn!” It comes as the 62-year-old Scott welcomed Bucks Fizz star Jay Aston's daughter onto the show as she opened up about the side effects she is experiencing after she nearly died from the illness. Josie, 19, almost passed away earlier his year after she was diagnosed with the infection as her parents told her that she only had a 50% chance of survival.

Lorraine Kelly, 62, has spoken in a new interview about her fear of getting dementia, with the idea of "losing" herself frightening the presenter.She added that she believes we need a "frank conversation" about assisted death for people who suffer with the condition.Lorraine opened up in a recent interview about her fears in life and what she hopes to conquer.She was asked: "What other fears are you going to face up to?"Lorraine replied: "To be honest the thing that frightens me, I will be totally honest with you."The thing that frightens me is not so much getting ill as you can hopefully do things to help yourself a bit."I gratefully fear for things like losing myself to dementia."As my gran had it a bit, not too bad but I think seeing that."Seeing friends' loved ones lose themselves and slowly lose the person they love the most."She continued: "And that is what scares me about getting older but of course dementia can hit people that are younger."I don't want to lose anybody I love and that sort of bit by bit way and I certainly would not want that for myself", she said in an interview with The Mirror.Lorraine is very open about her health concerns or weight woes, with the presenter revealing earlier this year a realisation she had during the pandemic.She told Express.co.uk she was sleeping as little as four hours per night, calling her habits "awful".With her sleeping schedule changing, the presenter revealed she went from a size 10 to a size 14 in lockdown.Lorraine said: "I’ll tell you what, the thing it’s making me focus on more than anything is sleep."During the pandemic, I’ve not been sleeping as well as I might."When you see it written down [on your tracker] as, ‘Oh, you’ve had for hours,’ you realise it’s not

Lorraine Kelly has dished out a classy response to the Prime Minister after he seemingly forgot who she was.

Lorraine Kelly has opened up about embarking on a Weight Watchers as she tried to lose the lockdown pounds.

The TV personality transformed her lifestyle earlier this year and has now lost two stone and dropped two dress sizes. The presenter said she was eating more during lockdown, and drinking more wine.

Lorraine Kelly confessed she fooled fellow dieters in order to stay anonymous when she used the WW – formerly Weight Watchers – app to help her lose the pounds she gained over the lockdown period.In the last year the beloved ITV personality, 62, has completely transformed her lifestyle after she shed a whopping one and a half stone and an impressive two dress sizes. She admitted at the time that, like many UK residents, she was eating more and drinking more wine at home when the country was forced into a national lockdown following the global coronavirus pandemic.

Longtime daytime TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has so far snubbed her invitation to appear as a guest on her self-titled ITV show. The 62 year old presenter has said that Boris is welcome as a guest on her TV show “whenever he likes” after the prime minister asked “Who’s Lorraine?” when appearing on ITV last month. The prime minister took part in a Good Morning Britain interview in May, and Susanna Reid who had mentioned Lorraine's show, which airs place at 9am every weekday - and has since 2010 - straight after GMB.

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Lorraine Kelly’s impressive weight loss of more than 1.5 stone has seen the star able to get back into her wedding dress, 30 years after the big day.Lorraine has dropped two dress sizes since the beginning of her health journey with WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers, and has said she can "get into" the gown.The presenter confirmed that she was 11 stone when she “started” and is now 10 stone three pounds, which is no mean feat.Lorraine admitted that she had begun turning down invitations to red carpet events due to her low self esteem and self confidence issues.However, since the ITV star has shifted her focus towards “eating well and living well”, she has said that her “zest for life has returned”.She spoke to OK! about her weight loss journey and said that “it’s just so lovely to be wearing clothes she really wants to” and not “baggy shirt dresses” whilst “trying to cover up”.Lorraine admitted: “It’s made life a lot easier. I know I wasn’t alone in putting on weight over the pandemic.

ITV icon Lorraine Kelly has given her thoughts on the publication which threatened to "out" Rebel Wilson's sexuality before she had gone public with the news herself.Lorraine was joined by Ross King who regularly reports on the show from Los Angeles for the showbiz news segment.He clarified the situation and Lorraine made a disapproving noise as he explained: "She said: 'It was a very hard situation, but I'm trying to handle it with grace'."Lorraine then gave her thoughts: "She is. That shouldn't be happening in this day and age, people getting outed, people can just do their own thing and it's fine.

For someone who’s been up since 5am to prepare for her ITV morning chat show, there’s a sprightly air to Lorraine Kelly when we catch up with her. With her hair piled high, the 62-year-old broadcaster is speaking over Zoom from the back of a car on the way home from ITV’s London studio. She’s just as engaging as she is when interviewing her own guests and there’s a radiance to her – and we have a feeling her recent lifestyle overhaul has something to do with her extra sparkle.

THIS Morning presenter Alison Hammond said she has never trusted men after growing up without a father around. Her late dad Clifford, who split from mum Maria, was a drug-smuggler in Jamaica.