Alison Hammond sparks rumours she’s split from ‘fiance’ Ben with cryptic comment on This Morning
ALISON Hammond sparked rumours she’s split from her ‘fiancé’ on today’s This Morning, just weeks after they got engaged.
The 48-year-old was discussing Love Island spin-off show Romance Retreat with co-star Dermot O’Leary when she declared: “I’m single.”
The new reality show, which will be fronted by Davina McCall, will see a bunch of middle-aged singletons look for love.
Dermot informed viewers that show bosses were particularly keen for “vibrant single parents” to which mum-of-one Alison replied: “Hey, I’m single.”
It comes just weeks after the father of her partner Ben Hawkins said a proposal could be imminent.
Alison previously moved to shut down his claims after being gently teased by Dermot on This Morning.
The February 24 edition of the show opened with the sound of wedding bells as 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!”
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 said Alison and Ben hit it off when she hired him to tend to her Midlands property nearly two years ago.
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 teased fans about her love interest and told them that she was 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.”