Alison Hammond has shot down claims she is poised to go down the aisle, labelling it ‘fake news’.
It was revealed earlier this week that the This Morning host and her partner Ben Hawkins were engaged.
Her prospective father-in-law could have some explaining to do though as he was the one to spill the news, adding that the pair had ‘proposed to one another’.
‘I know they’ve both proposed to each other, but I’m not aware of any rings,’ Colin Hawkins said.
But, Alison has recently stated that she is not in the mood to start organising a wedding.
When This Morning began on Friday, her co-host Dermot O’Leary congratulated Alison on her eventful week, highlighting her hosting the Baftas, travelling to the United States for a work trip, and becoming engaged.
Nevertheless, as the wedding bell sound effects began, Alison jumped in to clarify.
‘What are you talking about, what’s going on,’ she said, as Dermot joked that he had been the one to leak the news.
‘Cut the music,’ Alison said, as she gestured for the sound effects to stop.
‘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.’
Dermot seemed to have gotten a bit ahead of himself, joking that he had purchased’several hats’ to wear on the big day to guide her down the aisle.
While she did add that “one day it could happen,” it wasn’t in the cards for the time being.
After dating gardener Ben for two years, the engagement rumours surfaced during a week in which they were first seen together.
Their romance has remained fairly quiet, although Alison admitted last month that she might be 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.
But her partner’s father, 72, has made it obvious that he is a huge admirer, calling Alison, 48, the “nicest woman we’ve ever met” and gushing about how in love the two are in an interview with the Daily Mail.
‘They are extremely pleased, but they haven’t worked everything out yet, but they are both talking about marriage,’ he revealed.
‘What I do know is that when it happens, none of us will know since it will take place in private. That’s all they’ve told me.
‘I adore Alison to pieces. She’s the sweetest lady we’ve ever met. I’d want to tell you a bunch of tales, all of which are fantastic, but I can’t because she’s requested us to keep things secret.’
After three years of dating, the Birmingham presenter divorced 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 at 10am on ITV1.