Alison Hammond: 'I loved Phillip Schofield but it's the last thing I want to speak about' | GF7Y6YL | 2024-03-12 21:08:01
Alison Hammond has spoken out about Phillip Schofield, explaining that she's reluctant to go into an excessive amount of detail about how she feels relating to his exit from This Morning.
In Might final yr, it was introduced that Phillip was leaving ITV 'with immediate effect'.
The information of his departure got here after the 61-year-old admitted to mendacity about having an affair with a youthful runner on the present.
Following his exit, Holly Willoughby, 43, left This Morning shortly afterwards, saying in a statement shared on social media that it was a 'troublesome goodbye' for her.
Within the months since, numerous presenters have briefly taken Phillip and Holly's place in the studio, before it was lastly confirmed that Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley can be taking up their roles on a permanent foundation.
In a new interview, Alison, 49, addressed how she feels about Phillip, stressing that she didn't need to 'get into salacious gossip'.
'All I have to say is I personally want Phillip Schofield all the perfect. I beloved Phillip Schofield. Full stop. However that's the very last thing I might need to discuss,' she advised The Sunday Times Magazine.
After Phillip and Holly left This Morning after several years of internet hosting together, there was speculation that perhaps Alison and her co-host Dermot O'Leary, 50, might move from their Friday slots to full-time roles.
Nevertheless, The Great British Bake Off presenter has denied that this was ever thought-about.
'We're the Friday guys! We love being Friday guys!', she stated, stressing that there was 'absolutely not' any discussions about her hosting more exhibits within the week.
'How might I? I reside in Birmingham and do Bake Off and For the Love of Canine. I by no means needed that job. Final yr we did additional because we have been going by means of issues, however Cat and Ben will save that present,' she said.
Within the interview, Alison was also requested about the fact that she was not requested back to current at this yr's Baftas, after helming last yr's ceremony with Richard E Grant – emphasising that she was not 'snubbed'.
It was lately revealed that the national treasure is going to appear on Rob Beckett's Smart TV, a brand new comedy quiz show.
She has continued going from power to power in recent times, joining Bake Off as a presenter alongside Noel Fielding, and joining For the Love of Canine, the show previously hosted by the late Paul O'Grady.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.
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