Fans of This Morning have been left annoyed after they felt Alison Hammond had been 'body-shamed' by one of the callers.
14.10.2022 - 12:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Dermot O'Leary was seen taking a moment to grab a photo while he was on stage with his This Morning co-stars at the National Television Awards. And he's actually shared the moment he captured on Instagram while paying tribute to his 'scream Queen' Alison Hammond.
The pair, who host the ITV daytime show on a Friday and during the half-term and summer breaks, took to the stage alongside Holly Willoughby, Phillip Schofield, and more of the This Morning cast and crew as they picked up the Daytime gong at the awards bash for the fifth year in a row.
Phillip Schofield thanked viewers up on stage, saying: "This means so much to us every year, especially this year." It comes after the presenter and his co-host Holly Willoughby faced criticism over the past couple of weeks following claims they skipped the queue for the Queen’s lying in state.
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The ITV show saw off competition from Loose Women, The Chase and The Repair Shop to take home the award on Thursday eveing (October 13) during the ceremony held at London’s OVO Wembley Arena. Collecting the award, Phillip, 60, said: "Don’t think we ever get complacent and please don’t think we ever take this for granted. This means so much to us every year, especially this year.
"We have the most amazing team. I have the best friend, we have the best boss." Holly, 41, added: "Thank you so much, this award means everything because it is voted by you, and I think This Morning has a very special relationship with you. You make our show for us, you really do."
Phillip also invited Alison to the mic after she missed out on a solo gong. She said she was "grateful" for the award,
Fans of This Morning have been left annoyed after they felt Alison Hammond had been 'body-shamed' by one of the callers.
Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary tackled their late night head-on as they continued the National Television Awards celebrations on This Morning. The hosting duo were back at the helm of the ITV daytime show on Friday morning (October 14) after the popular programme won big at the glittering showbiz ceremony.
Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary opened today's This Morning by celebrating the show's win at last night's National Television Awards, the 12th in a row for the popular morning show. The pair showed off their iconic dance moves amid a shower of confetti as Alison, 47, thanked viewers, saying: "We are so very very grateful. You are officially watching Britain’s best daytime show everyone! Thank you so much for voting.” “I think I speak for all of us when I say, ‘I don’t want to go to school today mum,'" joked Dermot, 49, who was still rather tired following last night's celebrations.
It was a star studded evening last night at the National Television Awards (October 13) which took place in Wembley's OVO Arena, London. Emmerdale, Strictly and the likes of Martin Lewis all won TV recognition and This Morning's Friday host Alison Hammond was up against Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly for Best Presenter.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly won the Best Presenter gong for the 21st year in the row at Thursday's 2022 National Television Awards at London's O2.The Geordie duo, aged 46 and 47 were absent from the event due to testing positive for Covid, they beat out the likes of Alison Hammond, Bradley Walsh and Graham Norton — who were all nominated. It comes after Ant & Dec broke a World Record in 2019 for winning the most Best Presenter gongs ever at the NTAs. Accepting the award for them was their close friend and co-host Stephen Mulhern.
On today's This Morning hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby were joined by Alison Hammond ahead of her "Best Presenter" nomination at tonight's National Television Awards. But in the interview, Alison, 47, chose instead to heap praise onto her co-host Dermot O'Leary saying: "I just love him so much".
This Morning viewers were left split once again as Alison Hammond was treated to a surprise on This Morning - just weeks after she had a 20th-anniversary special sprung on her live on ITV daytime show. At the end of last month, the presenter celebrated two decades on the popular programme.