Alison Hammond addresses engagement rumours after boyfriend's dad spills details
24.02.2023 - 14:59
/ ok.co.uk
Alison Hammond has addressed the reports that she is engaged to her boyfriend Ben Hawkins, who she was recently pictured with. Alison and Dermot O'Leary were reunited on This Morning today, where Dermot congratulated her on the news that she is engaged. As wedding bells rang out in the studio, Dermot was keen to know more about the reports that Alison is set to tie the knot with her beau.
He said: "Alison, I can't believe you didn't tell us that you are going to get married! This is the most amazing... I read it in the papers!" However, Alison soon set the record straight and told her co-host that the engagement reports are, in fact, not true. "Fake news", she told Dermot, before she said "cut the music" and the wedding bells ringing out came to a swift halt.
"It's fake news babes, I'm so sorry. I'm not engaged. I told you that whenever I'm engaged or getting married, I'll be the first one to tell you", she said, as Dermot feigned shock and disappointment.
She then joked that when she is actually engaged, she will be blasting it all over her Instagram and Tik Tok – and there will, of course, be a ring to show off. Dermot then joked that he was disappointed he wouldn't get to walk her down the aisle. While Alison – who looked incredible in a bright pink co-ord for her Friday hosting duties – confirmed that she's not engaged just yet, it might happen in the future.
She said: "You never know, one day it might happen!" Alison has been dating her landscaping beau Ben Hawkins for around two years, with the star keeping their romance out of the spotlight. Ben's father, Colin, sparked the engagement rumours when he revealed that the pair had proposed to one another. Colin told Mail Online: "I do know they have both proposed to
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