A biography for Alison Hammondhasn’t been written yet.
“I know I'm overweight, everyone can see I'm overweight. It's not a surprise to know I'm overweight. Why do people feel that they need to tell me something that is so blatantly obvious?”
“I've done diets before. I've even had surgery and that's not worked.”
“I'd have my ashes scattered on the Thames. Everyone can look at the water and say, 'There she is,' then wave.”
“Whenever I audition, I don't get nervous. I think, 'If I get it, I get it. If I don't, I don't.”
“That was my dad! Cliff was charismatic and charming, but he was naughty.”
“You have these opportunities come along and you've just got to grab it with both hands. Let's just go for it and then think about it after.”
“Lockdown was dire for me in terms of weight. I couldn't control my eating or how much exercise I did.”
“My mum was a Tupperware manager and she got on with all the mums.”
“Strictly Come Dancing' - absolutely loved that.”
“I wanted to do 'Blind Date,' because I wanted to meet Cilla Black and I wanted to meet a bloke, so I thought, 'This is a great thing to do.' But I was also in a bit of debt, and someone said you could win 70K on 'Big Brother,' so I though, 'Oh that's a good idea.'”
“I struggle being with someone because I'm so independent, that's the problem.”
“I never dreamt that when I first joined 'This Morning' - initially for a few months - that I would still be there 19 years later.”
“I went to a wedding and on the way home - I don't drink, I'll have a cocktail once in a while - but I hadn't been drinking at this and it was in the middle of the night. There was a car upside down and the car had just crashed and I was the first on the scene.”
“When I hear someone say 'elephant,' I instantly think they must be talking about me.”
“The fact I didn't have my father in my life shaped the way it's gone. And it shaped the way I interact with men in relationships.”
“A lot of people don't realise obesity is a disease.”
“It's got limited purpose, homework. That is just my opinion.”
“I never leave anything on my plate, and that's maybe one reason why I'm a big girl.”
“I never really wanted to get into showbiz but my mum was obsessed with it.”
“I'm going to eat nice food. I'm going to try to eat a little bit healthier because sometimes my knees do hurt. So I will try my very best.”