Josie Gibson has said that best friend Alison Hammond was a more popular arrival at a star-studded party than Will Smith during Tuesday’s instalment of This Morning.
The 37-year-old Bristolian, who is co-hosting alongside Vernon Kay while regular presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield are on their Easter break, detailed the glitzy party in the opening moments of the ITV daytime show.
The This Morning hosts went live to Disneyland Paris, where Alison was drumming up Mickey Mouse fever for the amusement park’s thirtieth anniversary.
As Alison mingled among the eager Disneyland crowd, she joked that nobody knew who she was.
“No one's even interested in me here,” she said. “It's the one place where no one actually cares who I am.”
The 47-year-old then shouted: “Does anyone want an autograph!” before adding: “Not one person,” in a disappointed tone.
But Josie then chimed in with a story, explaining to ITV viewers at home: “Whenever I go anywhere with Alison, it's like going out with a real A-lister. If we're walking down the road, she gets stopped so many times.”
Josie added: “She's gonna kill me for saying this, well it was the same reaction as Will Smith. They went ALISON!”
Alison then replied smiling: “Josie, you know that's not true. The real reason we get such a massive round of applause is because you're there as well.”
Elsewhere in the programme, Vernon Kay took a cheeky swipe at This Morning producers for guilt-tripping him into going to the gym by inviting hunky guests on the show.
The 47-year-old was reduced to giggles by a topless snap of guest Alessandro Cinquini.
The Italian hunk appeared on the programme remotely from Florida alongside girlfriend Nicole Hayden to open up about their experiences of catfishing online.
After Nicole told the TV presenters how she had started dating Alessandro after being 'catfished' with his photos by a stranger, Alessandro detailed having his identity stolen for the purpose.
As This Morning showed ITV viewers Alessandro’s beach snap in the middle of the conversation, Josie quipped: “No wonder you were clicking Nicole. That is a lovely picture.”
Meanwhile, Vernon was equally awed by the “100 percent Italian” fitness fanatic, particularly after he gushed over a shirtless Dr Scott on Monday’s programme.
He said: “Two days in a row! Dr Scott yesterday and now this. I’m just floored by blokes with huge tremendous rigs.
“Look at this guy. This is subliminal. Alright, I’m going to go to the gym. I get it This Morning. Crikey.”
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV and ITV Hub.
