Alison Hammond on why she and her boyfriend fit "like a jigsaw"
Alison Hammond has opened up about her younger boyfriend, the love she shares with her son and the important role exercise plays in her life in an exclusive interview for the January issue of Good Housekeeping.
Speaking about her 27-year-old boyfriend David Putman, Alison describes him as “so mature and sensible, and I’m so not. And the things he says to me... they’re just so lovely. It’s like a jigsaw; we fit and it all comes together.”
Addressing the age gap, Alison says, “Yes, I’m 22 years older than he is, but if you saw us together, you’d understand. People have said to me: ‘We get it now.’” She adds that when the couple read the word ‘toyboy’ used to describe their relationship, they feel it “bears no relation to what we have at all”.
Alison also opens up about her family, including her close relationship with son Aidan, 19. “If you could feel the way my son loves me, it’s magical," says Alison, who describes Aidan as, “such a gentleman. He helps me so much, doing things around the house.”
She says that her Gen Z son “has his finger on the pulse” so can tell her what is and isn’t cool. Alison also adds that Aidan is like a ‘calmer version’ of her, but that they work well as a duo. “I’m all, ‘Woo-hoo!’ and he’s more, ‘Mum, chill.’ He doesn’t try to rein me in, though. He wouldn’t try to change me because, well, why mess with perfection?” she laughs.
Discussing a conversation she had with her mum before she sadly passed away in 2020, Alison reveals, “Mum said to me: ‘If you can, sort out your weight, Alison,’ and that really set it in my head. My mum had type 2 diabetes and she was worried for me, so when I then found out that I was pre-diabetic, that was frightening.”
Thankfully, Alison confirms that she’s no longer pre-diabetic after being more careful with sweets and fatty foods, seeing a personal trainer twice a week and doing home workouts including weights, walking and stretching.
While weight-loss medication has become increasingly mainstream, Alison says that it isn’t something she's decided to try for herself just yet.
“I think that, for people who need to use them, they’re a good thing," says Alison. "But for me, as soon as I hear any scare story, I get frightened. So I haven’t wanted to use them, but that’s not to say I wouldn’t in the future, and I certainly wouldn’t look down on anyone who did.”
Read the full interview in the January issue, out from 5 December. Join Alison and Dermot O’Leary on This Morning every Friday from 10am on ITV1 and ITVX. Alison’s book Bombshell (Bantam) is out now. We have 10 copies for GH VIP Members to win; to enter, visit ghmembers.co.uk.
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