Alison Hammond breaks her silence on ‘engagement rumours’ after boyfriend’s dad said they were ‘talking marriage’
ALISON Hammond shut down engagement rumours on today’s This Morning.
The TV star was said to be talking marriage with her boyfriend of two years, Ben Hawkins, according to his dad.
But on today’s This Morning, Alison, 48, was quick to clear things up as she was teased by Dermot O’Leary.
As the show opened with the sound of wedding bells, Dermot declared: “I hear a congratulations are in order, someone is getting married.”
Laughing, Alison replied: “Cut the music! I’m not engaged, I’m so sorry I’m not engaged!
“I told you, if I was ever to get engaged or get married I would be the first person to tell you! I’d put all over Instagram and TikTok!”
She continued: “Sorry, it’s fake news! I’m not getting married. One day it might happen, but sorry babes but it’s fake news.
“You’d be the first to know!”
Dermot jokingly replied: “I was looking forward to walking you down the aisle!”
Over the weekend gardener Ben’s dad Colin, 72, said a wedding was on the cards after a low key proposal.
He told MailOnline: “I do know they have both proposed to one another but there are no rings that I know of.”
Friends say Alison and Ben hit it off when she hired him to tend to her Midlands property nearly two years ago.
Over the weekend, a pal said of the pair: “They love to hang out and have been for meals and down to the pub.
“They’re both down to earth and get on like a house on fire.
“She makes him laugh and Alison thinks it’s cute he still lives with his parents.”
Alison has teased fans about her love interest and has told them that she is willing to marry her “mystery man”.
The former Strictly star described him as “lovely” and said on ITV’s This Morning how she’d “had him hidden for a year and a half . . . and no-one knew!”
Show co-host Dermot , 49, was first to reveal Alison’s romance in June last year, letting slip that she was a “taken” woman.
Giggling Alison joked: “Can you believe Dermot outed me on the TV?”
Speaking about her fella, she said: “He loves me to bits. He absolutely worships me and massages my feet every single day.”