This Morning’s Alison Hammond opened up on the ‘absolutely traumatising’ she found her son Aidan splayed out on the floor after an accident at home.
The TV presenter, who was joined by Dermot O’Leary for the latest instalment of the ITV breakfast show, shared the horrifying moment her only child, then a baby, fell from the bed when he was left alone for a moment.
The duo were joined by Ashley James and Nick Ferrari for the daily news segment, when talk soon turned to the trials and tribulations of parenthood.
Reacting to Harry Potter star Rupert Grint opening up on fatherhood, admitting he found the experience ‘isolating’ and ‘traumatising’, Alison, 51, revealed more about her experiences as a parent back when son Aidan, 21, was an infant.
The mother-of-one told her co-stars: ‘I’ll be honest, I have been traumatised, and I feel like such a terrible parent even telling you this.
‘You know when your baby is getting a little bit older from when you can leave them on the bed and they don’t move…
This Morning’s Alison Hammond opened up on the ‘absolutely traumatising’ she found her son Aidan splayed out on the floor after an accident at home
Alison, 51, revealed more about her experiences as a parent when son Aidan, 21
‘I was traumatised when my little Aidan was on the bed. I quickly popped to the bathroom for something, came back and he’d fallen off.
‘I will be honest with you, seeing him on the floor, I was absolutely traumatised – but he was absolutely fine, he was absolutely fine.
‘I feel like a terrible mum, but do you know what? I’m not the only one.’
Alison raised Aidan as a single mother after she split from his father and her ex-fiance, Noureddine Boufaied, after Aidan was born in 2005.
Previously on This Morning, Alison spoke about the split and becoming a single mum, saying: ‘I felt that failure with my son’s dad when we broke up but he moved on and has three other kids now and they are part of our life.’
It comes after This Morning fans were left divided after watching Alison’s Valentine’s Day themed interview with Chris Hemsworth.
Alison sat down with the Australian actor, 42, in a cinema to talk about his latest release Crime 101 on the show last week.
The cinema was set up for a Valentine’s Day date and saw the pair enjoy a glass of champagne and a cupcake to discuss the thriller, which centres around a planned multimillion dollar heist.
The mother-of-one told her co-stars: ‘I’ll be honest, I have been traumatised, and I feel like such a terrible parent even telling you this’
Alison raised Aidan as a single mother after she split from his father and her ex-fiancé, Noureddine Boufaied, after Aidan was born in 2005
She asked the actor: ‘Tell the viewers why they should choose Crime 101 on Valentine’s Day Eve?’
Chris said: ‘Once the momentum kicks from the beginning, you are on the edge of your seat and holding on to your partner. I think that’d be the safest place to do it. It makes for a great night out. Where else would you want to be big dark room with a bunch of strangers and your loved one?’
Alison couldn’t help but joke: ‘Oh, well, I’m quite enjoying this dark room with you, to be fair.’
The interview left viewers divided as some claimed she was ‘screaming’ in the actor’s face as she interviewed him, while other found it hilarious.
Taking to X, those who didn’t love it wrote: ‘Hammond interviews cringe fest you seen one you seen them all me me me me bab babes howling.’
Another chimed in: ‘Cringe interview. Poor Chris,’ as a third added: ‘The things they have to do to promote their movies.’
However, others enjoyed the interaction, writing: ‘Chris Hemsworth seems like a pretty cool dude like he’s so funny and that interview with Alison Hammond is great.’
Earlier in the interview, Chris brought up Alison’s previous ‘date night’ interview with another Australian actor, Hugh Jackman, 57.
This Morning fans were left cringing after watching Alison Hammond’s ‘cringe-fest’ Valentine’s interview with Chris Hemsworth
Alison, 51, sat down with the Australian actor, 42, in a cinema to talk about his latest release Crime 101 – but her behaviour during the interview ended up being more of a talking point for viewers than the film itself
Chris joked that he had to have a similar set-up where he notably brought the drinks and snacks as Alison had provided them for Hugh.
He said: ‘You know, as an Australian man, I saw the interaction, or date, if you can call it, that you had with Hugh Jackman, and I was pretty disappointed you brought the flowers and the cake and the champagne and everything.
‘That’s not how Australian men roll. So this time I wanted to do it and show you how it’s supposed to be done. Show him how it’s supposed to be done.’
Unbelievably, the actor was brought up again at the end of Alison’s subsequent date with Chris.
She once again made a very eye-popping joke and said that Hugh was ‘very big down under’, prompting Chris to awkwardly laugh.
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