This Morning viewers in tears as Alison Hammond breaks down on Christmas special
25.12.2023 - 15:29
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This Morning viewers were left in tears following Alison Hammond's special Christmas present.
During the two-hour special of the show, Alison and Dermot O'Leary were joined in the studio by Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle, with gamesmaster Gyles Brandreth, and John Torode in the Kitchen. The group sat down with Neighbours legend Alan Fletcher to open up their presents.
While everyone was very grateful for their gifts, Alison's reaction struck the most with viewers. Dermot said: " “You’ve got something lovely.
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"So, at the moment you’ve got the day off but where are you performing panto right now?” To which Alison replied: "In Birmingham."
She then specified that she's performing at the Hippodrome. Dermot added: "The Birmingham Hippodrome. Well it’s a very special place for you and a lifelong dream that you’re performing there.”
He continued: "So we took the liberty of doing something...can we just take a look at this? So, we’ve named a seat ‘Alison Hammond, TV Queen and pantomime star’.
"That’s named after you in perpetuity forever. " Alison quickly broke down in tears.
She said: "I’m so sorry I’m crying, you don’t understand what that would have meant to my mum.” Dermot continued: "With that in mind, we know you used to go there with your mother so we’ve got the next seat along, we’ve just named it after your mother.
“Now, we know also, we’ve talked about it many times that one of her favourite musicals was West Side Story so we’ve put ‘the most beautiful sound I ever heard, Maria’ on there.”
Dermot then leans in to give