Alison Hammond cracks jokes in hospital after rushing off This Morning set

• Alison Hammond was forced to leave a live broadcast of This Morning on Friday, 2 October, after falling ill.
• Co-host Dermot O'Leary informed viewers after an advert break that Hammond had to duck out as she was feeling unwell.
• Hammond, 51, later shared an Instagram story from a hospital bed, explaining that she was having her heart checked; the video was captioned “anything to have a day off work”.
• “I had a little bit of a palpitation, and now I'm getting it all checked out, but I think I'm okay. I'm hoping it was just a little panic attack or something like that,” she said.
• Hammond went on to joke that she still looked “lush”, as she still had her TV make-up on, and was “rocking” her hospital gown.

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Alison Hammond shares hospital bed update after leaving This Morning mid-show