{"id":2177801,"date":"2026-10-03T13:21:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2177801"},"modified":"2026-10-03T13:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:21:40","slug":"alison-hammond-returns-home-from-hospital-after-rushing-off-this-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2177801","title":{"rendered":"Alison Hammond returns home from hospital after rushing off This Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alison Hammond has said she is home and “feeling so much better” after she went to hospital for a heart check-up after leaving ITV’s This Morning midway through Friday’s show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The presenter, 51, left the programme during its live broadcast, appearing to clutch her chest as she was helped off set by co-host Dermot O’Leary. He later told viewers she was “feeling a little unwell”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Soon after Hammond said she had “a little bit of a palpitation” and was undergoing tests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a video on Instagram on Saturday, she said she was “all OK, all-clear, which would mean I had a massive panic attack on live TV. I mean, the shame of it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It felt very real to me. I’m really new to panic attacks, so I need to learn more about it,” she added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Birmingham-born presenter, who also co-hosts The Great British Bake Off, thanked NHS staff and her colleagues at This Morning, including O’Leary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s really warmed my heart actually. I didn’t necessarily want to be on the news or anything like that but this is a new world to me,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’m going to take stock, take some rest and I’ll see you soon.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Friday’s edition of the ITV show began at 10:00 BST with Hammond and her regular co-host O’Leary at the helm, before she left at 11:30 during a segment about pets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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O’Leary, 53, addressed her absence when the show returned from a break, saying: “Welcome back to This Morning, Alison is feeling a little unwell, so she’s just had to duck out. Hopefully she’ll be back.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He later updated viewers that she would, in fact, not be returning, “so I’ll be here for the rest of the show”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hammond rose to fame as contestant on Channel 4 reality show Big Brother before appearing on I’m A Celebrity and Strictly Come Dancing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She became a co-host in This Morning in 2021, and was part of the team that won a National Television Award for best daytime programme the following year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She joined Bake Off in 2023 and took over from the late Paul O’Grady on For the Love of Dogs in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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