Alison Hammond has confirmed that she is’single,’ weeks after denying claims that she was engaged to her partner.
Last month, the TV presenter and her two-year companion, landscaper Ben Hawkins, were rumoured to be getting married after his father said they were talking about getting married.
His comments come the same week Alison, 48, was spotted with Ben for the first time, although soon after she revealed the engagement announcement had been ‘false news’.
But it appears Alison is back on the market after saying something that had This Morning viewers scratch their heads today.
During This Morning on Friday, her co-host Dermot O’Leary suggested she consider joining up for the new reality dating series Romantic Retreat.
‘It’s a great idea,’ she said of the series.
But, Alison’s co-host then focused on her.
‘Hold on a second, there’s a casting call Alison,’ he said.
‘ITV is looking for vibrant single parents…,’ he added.
Alison then stated that she was’single,’ before joking that she would join up to meet guys and also compete for the prize money.
‘I would give the money to charity. I could do that and find a nice man,’ she said.
‘Your two favourite things,’ Dermot joked.
The announcement caught several people off guard, with others speculating whether Alison had just revealed her breakup from her long-term spouse.
Their romance was primarily kept quiet, although Alison indicated earlier this year that she was open to getting engaged again now that she had’someone wonderful’ in her life.
‘A year-and-a-half I’ve been with him, and no one knew. He absolutely worships me and massages my feet every single day. What more do you want?,’ she told My Weekly Magazine.
Nevertheless, when her partner’s father’s comments made news, Alison addressed the reality on This Morning last month.
‘It’s fake news babes, I’m not engaged,’ she said.
‘I’m so sorry. I told you that when I’m engaged or getting married, I would be first to tell you and I’d be putting it all over the ‘gram and on TikTok’s,’ she added.
‘You know what I’m like. I’d do a reel, you know what I mean. There would be a ring.’
While she did say ‘one day it might happen’, it wasn’t on the cards just yet.
After three years of dating, the Birmingham star split her fiancée Jamie Savage in 2017.
She also has an 18-year-old son with her ex, Noureddine Boufaied, named Aiden.
Alison was also briefly linked with Ben Kusi in 2020 after meeting on Celebs Go Dating.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.