Alison Hammond has broken her silence after she sparked engagement rumours when showing off a giant diamond on her ring finger.
The presenter, 49, flashed the sparkler on Friday’s episode of This Morning after going public with her toyboy boyfriend, David Putman, 26.
Alison began dating the Russian masseur after she booked him for a £150 massage and the pair hit it off and is said to be ‘happier than ever’ with David following a ‘turbulent love life’.
As Alison and Dermot O’Leary sat down for the showbiz headlines, Alison took a look at her iPad as she exclaimed: ‘Oh my god apparently I am engaged?!’
Squashing the rumours she confirmed David is yet to pop the question as she explained she had put her ring on the wrong finger.
Alison Hammond has broken her silence after she sparked engagement rumours after showing off a giant diamond on her ring finger during Friday’s episode of This Morning
While the ring looked rather flash, the presenter insisted it was just a cheap thing from Primark as she was taken aback by the engagement rumours
Alison has been dating the Russian masseur David Putman, 26, since she booked him for a £150 massage and the pair hit it off
‘Oh I have put this on the wrong finger,’ she said shocked, ‘Let me swap it over to stop these rumours.’
While the ring looked rather flash, the presenter insisted it was just a cheap thing from Primark as she was taken aback by the engagement rumours.
Slightly flustered, she added: ‘It is just a cheap ring from Primark. It’s nice isn’t it?! Lets swap it over as we don’t want those rumours.’
Seeing the funny side she laughed alongside Dermot and Will Best, as Will joked he had been planning on popping the question.
The couple’s relationship emerged last month despite their 23-year age gap, which is said to have caused an issue with David’s mother.
Yet David is head over heels for the TV presenter and is said to be ignoring his mother Olga’s advice to end things because of their age gap and the fame Alison has bought to her son.
Olga is said to have been calling her son every day with pleas to break-up with Alison, but David is firmly turning his back on her advice.
A source told The Sun: ‘David is happy with his relationship so anything his mum says isn’t going to affect him.
Squashing the rumours she confirmed David is yet to pop the question as she explained she had put her ring on the wrong finger
As Alison and Dermot O’Leary sat down for the showbiz headlines, Alison took a look at her iPad as she exclaimed: ‘Oh my god apparently I am engaged?!
‘Oh I have put this on the wrong finger,’ she said shocked, ‘Let me swap it over to stop these rumours’
David is said to be ignoring his mother Olga’s advice to pull the plug on his relationship due to the age gap and the fame she has bought to her son
It emerged last month, the presenter, 49, is dating Russian masseur David Putman, 26, despite their 23-year age gap
‘David is happy with his relationship so anything his mum says isn’t going to affect him’, a source said
‘She’s uncomfortable that her son is with someone who has so much more financial power than him. Olga’s traditional values don’t sit well with their relationship.
‘She’s told him in no uncertain terms that he must end it. Olga raised her children in the Orthodox Church. This kind of relationship doesn’t fit her beliefs.
‘She calls her son almost every day and tells him how unhappy she is.’
Alison spoke out about their relationship for the first time earlier this month as she confirmed David even has her son Aiden’s seal of approval.
She shares Aiden with her former husband Noureddine Boufaied, and spoke about his views on her dating on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s podcast Parenting Hell.
At 19-years-old Aiden is only a few years younger than her new boyfriend David.
Explaining the struggles of dating as a mother, Alison confessed: ‘It’s more difficult, he is more verbal now that he is older. He’ll want to know who this person is and he’ll want to meet them.
‘It’s a lot harder. He’ll wanna know that this guy is treating me well.
‘The person who I am seeing at the moment, he is on his Instagram and is like “yeah I like him, he’s not too in your face”. Aiden is on it.’
Discussing the first time David and her son met, she revealed: ‘When they actually met, he really liked him, he really thought he was lovely, so that’s nice.
‘Thank goodness for that! Because normally Aiden hates anybody I date, literally just not interested.
‘And you just know at that point, if Aiden doesn’t like them, this isn’t gonna work. There are moments where I think, “who’s the parent here?!”
‘It’s nice though because I always feel like there’s someone there looking over me, protecting me.’
Originally from Krasnodar in Russia, David left the country for the UK in December 2022 to escape the front line following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
A friend of David previously told The Sun: ‘When the war in Ukraine began David’s mother Olga began to worry. She didn’t want her boys dragged into it. She wanted them safe like any mother would.’
David therefore moved to the UK, where he now lives with his uncle Nigel Putman, 71, in Slough, but he spends a lot of time in London for work.
The friend explained David was able to avoid being drafted into the Russian army as his father, also called David, is originally from Slough himself, therefore the young masseur already had British citizenship.
David’s father is reportedly a retired welder and panel beater who moved to Russia in the late 1990s after marrying Russian architect Olga Kovalenko following a divorce from his first wife.
David also two brother, twins Apollo and Sviatoslov, who are three years older than him and were born in England.
They explained: ‘David is a very quiet, unassuming and thoughtful person who likes to play the guitar. He’s the strong, silent type, not a pushover, but not chatty like Alison.
Alison opened up about their relationship for the first time last week and confirmed he even has her son Aiden’s seal of approval
Alison shares Aiden, 19, with her former husband Noureddine Boufaied
‘In that sense they’re perfect for each other and to David age is just a number. He’s not bothered by fame, he probably didn’t even know who Alison was when they first met.’
The Sun also reportedly spoke to David himself, but he wouldn’t yet speak about his reasons for leaving Russia or relationship with Alison.
Alison hinted at their growing relationship back in November when she liked David’s post documenting a recent trip to Dublin.
A source told The Sun: ‘Alison has never been happier. She has had a turbulent love-life, but is finally confident she has found a trusted companion.’