‘The Great British Bake Off’ host Alison Hammond hospitalized after abruptly leaving live show

Alison Hammond suffered health scare during ITV live broadcast The morningregarding viewers as she clutched her chest and left the set on Friday.

About 90 minutes into the show, the 51-year-old abruptly stood up during a segment about pets. “Alison hasn’t been feeling well, so she’s had to pull out,” co-host Dermot O’Leary told those watching at home, according to the BBC. “I hope she comes back.”

But when he later announced that Hammond would not return, fans feared the worst.

Hours passed before she could reassure everyone. Friday afternoon, Hammond posted a video update from the hospital with encouraging news: “I’m doing well. »

The television presenter, who also hosts The Great British Pastryexplained that she was having her heart checked after feeling “a little bit of palpitations” live on air. “But I think I’m okay,” she continued. “I hope it was just a little panic attack or something.”

Hammond has been a fixture on This morning since 2002, and she was touched by all the “lovely messages” she received from viewers after abruptly leaving the show on Friday.

“I’m so sorry I left you. Normally I would never do that,” she told her 1.9 million Instagram followers. “I would never leave a TV show, so you know I wasn’t doing very well. But I hope everything will be okay. The doctors are so lovely and they’re checking on me and I hope everything will be okay.”

Hammond seemed in a good mood. “Look how beautiful I am,” she joked, still wearing TV makeup. She also captioned her Instagram story: “Anything to have a day off.” »

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She could definitely use some time off. Since he became known in 2002 as a candidate for Big brotherHammond has appeared on countless reality shows, including I’m a celebrity… get me out of here, Strictly Come Dance (the British version of Dancing with the stars), Celebrity chef, RuPaul’s Drag Race UKAnd The Masked Singer: I’m a Celebrity Special.

In 2023, she replaced Matt Lucas as host on The great British pastry shop. The following year, Hammond resumed the reality documentary series For the love of dogs following the death of long-time host Paul O’Grady. In 2025, she presents the series in 10 episodes Florida Unpacked by Alison Hammonda travel show with his son Aidan, as well as Alison Hammond’s Big Weekend.

So far this year, in addition to his daily tasks on This morningHammond hosted the official Netflix show The Bridgerton Chronicles podcast as well as the music competition Your song with Paloma Faith.