Alison Hammond raise concerns seconds into Wednesday's This Morning, as she called a brief halt to the live show to reveal she was nursing a rather painful injury.
With Holly Willoughby now on a summer break, with bookies slashing odds on her never returning to the ITV programme, Alison has taken over as one of the main hosts in her absence, along with her usual Friday presenting partner in crime, Dermot O'Leary. The pair at the helm of This Morning for an extended stint, days after ITV bosses shut down reports of them having an 'increasingly strained relationship' off camera, but just as many viewers call for them to be made the show's full time hosts.
There was an unexpected start to Alison and Dermot's third show in charge, when, after they greeted each other as cameras started rolling, Alison announced to Dermot that she was nursing an injury, asking him: "Did you notice how I could only slap you with that one? I've had an injury with my thumb."
