ALISON Hammond has spoken out on rumours she’s engaged after wearing a diamond on her wedding finger on This Morning.
The This Morning star, 49, revealed last month that she is dating again – going public with toyboy lover David Putman.
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Alison hosted This Morning on Friday with co-star Dermot O’Leary and waved her left hand in front of the studio cameras.
She made no mention of the new sparkler when she kicked off the show with Dermot, 50, and guest Gyles Brandreth, 76.
However, Dermot appeared to hint at Alison’s newfound happiness as the TV presenters debated whether digital AI “ghostbots” were a good idea.
The bots are being recommended to familes who are grieving loved ones, and Alison admitted that it “can help to talk”.
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She said she’d recently met her new neighbours after moving into a huge new home and it felt good not to be “lonely”.
Dermot quipped: “You’re hardly lonely….”
Later on in the show, Alison squashed rumours she’d secretly got engaged.
She laughed them off during a chat with This Morning’s guest Showbiz presenter Will Best and said: “I’m so sorry, let me swap it over because we don’t want those rumours going out there, do you know what I mean? Maybe one day!”
It comes as Alison recently broke her silence on her new romance with David who is 23 years younger.
She spoke out after The Sun revealed she has been enjoying dates with her 26-year-old masseuse.
Alison regularly booked the body therapist and model in between her busy filming schedule before their friendship turned romantic at the end of last year.
It is understood the couple have become extremely close having known each other for over a year.
And Alison revealed her son Aiden, 19, has given them her seal of approval.
She said on a podcast: “The person who I am seeing at the moment, he is on his instagram and (Aiden) is like ‘yeah I like him, he’s not too in your face’. Aiden is on it.”
Talented Alison and Dermot O’Leary replaced husband and wife duo Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford on our screens in January 2021.
Toyboy mum fears
Her romance with masseur David, 26, has already hit a bump in the road.
A friend told The Sun his Russian mum has made it clear she won’t support their romance.
One pal revealed: “She thinks Alison is way too old for David and doesn’t like all the attention her TV fame has brought to her son.
“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.”
The friend said Olga, 63, has also been rattled by gossip-mongers in her home city of Sochi.
They added: “She calls her son almost every day and tells him how unhappy she is. But David is happy with his relationship so anything his mum says isn’t going to affect him.”
Alison, worth up to £4million, also hosts The Great British Bake Off and For The Love of Dogs.
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