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Alison Hammond has finally broken her silence on the Phillip Schofield scandal and the reason why she did not take on the This Morning role full-time, after Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley were announced as the replacements for Schofield and Holly Willoughby.
The 49-year-old TV personality has proved to be a hit with viewers and she fronts the ITV daytime show alongside Dermot O'Leary on Fridays and has now revealed her thoughts on the reported "snub" by ITV bosses for more days hosting This Morning.
Alison has a busy schedule with her hosting The Great British Bake Off and For The Love of Dogs and speaking to The Sunday Times this week, she has cleared up the reasons why she is sticking to presenting This Morning at the end of the week and why she was not considered for the other days. She declared: "We're the Friday guys! We love being Friday guys!"
Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary will continue presenting This Morning on Fridays (ITV)Alison went on to say that she was never a contender for replacing Holly as there was no time in her schedule to be able to do it. She admitted: "Absolutely not. How could I? I live in Birmingham and do Bake Off and For the Love of Dogs. I never wanted that job. Last year we did extra because we were going through issues, but Cat and Ben will save that show."
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After praising Cat and Ben, Alison gave a short comment on the Schofield scandal which saw the TV presenter quit ITV after it was revealed that he had had an affair with a younger colleague. Speaking for the first time about Schofield leaving ITV, Alison has some words of support. She said: "As for said 'issues'... Listen. I don't want to get into salacious gossip. All I need to say is I personally wish Phillip Schofield all the best. I loved Phillip Schofield. Full stop. But that's the last thing I would want to speak about."
Alison Hammond has broken her silence on Phillip Schofield (ITV)With how well her career is going, Alison has spoken about her future plans. "I love my job and I'm good at it. But I've always got plans, things I wanna do next. I can't tell you how many times I've asked for my own show." Speaking to Woman's Own, she said: "That's what I want, a show called Alison."