Alison Hammond This Morning

ALISON HAMMOND broke down in tears during a heartbreaking segment on eating disorders which unfolded during Friday's episode of This Morning.

One segment, however, triggered Alison as the caller spoke about fat-shaming and struggling to cope with their eating habits. She was comforted by Dermot and Deidre who cut This Morning to a break as Alison took a moment to regroup. Alison added: “You want to eat and you want the bad things and you know you don’t look great.” As Alison broke down in tears, she apologised: “I’m so sorry.” “That’s why they turn to surgery because they don’t know what to do.” “You can’t actually help it,” she continued as Dermot reached out to hold her hand.

The presenter was discussing obesity during Friday's (4 March) episode of This Morning when she became visibly emotional, sobbing as she responded to a phone-in ...

“Seeing Alison so upset I just wanted to give her a hug. “And they can’t actually help it when you’ve got a disease. A lot of people don’t realise that obesity is a disease. “It’s so hard... people don’t realise.” “I’ve had obesity all my life,” she said, “and what it is is your regulation system is out of whack.

This Morning presenter Alison Hammond broke down in tears during a phone-in section with a mum worried about her 17-year-old daughter's eating habits.

In an interview with The Sun, she said: "Lockdown was dire for me in terms of weight. Especially in these vacuous times" I got carried away, felt like I was at home watching." When the show returned, Alison said: "I was in the moment. I think NHS needs to see it as more serious, as a disease that people. Speaking directly to the mum, she said; "Your daughter needs help.