Alison Hammond sends message to fans after health scare on live TV

EntertainmentHealth & Fitness
3 Oct 2026 • 8:58 PM MYT
The Independent
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Alison Hammond sends message to fans after health scare on live TV

  • This Morning presenter Alison Hammond was forced to leave a live broadcast on Friday, 2 October after experiencing alarming heart palpitations on camera.
  • Co-host Dermot O'Leary helped Hammond off the sofa and informed viewers after an advert break that she was feeling unwell and had to step away.
  • Updating fans from her hospital bed, the 51-year-old presenter reassured her audience that she is feeling fine and undergoing heart checks, adding she hopes it was simply a panic attack.
  • Hammond apologised to viewers for leaving mid-programme—something she noted she would normally never do—while maintaining her trademark humour on social media.
  • The former Big Brother contestant, who joined This Morning as a co-host in 2021, previously overhauled her lifestyle with Pilates and diet changes after discovering she was pre-diabetic five years ago.

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