This Morning's Alison Hammond announces break as she details exhaustion
This Morning star Alison Hammond appeared on the ITV show on Friday, where she opened up about taking a step back from one aspect of her career after being left 'exhausted'.
On the recent episode of This Morning, TV personality Alison Hammond disclosed that she would be taking a hiatus from one element of her career.
Chatting with Alexandra Burke and Lesley Joseph about their upcoming musical stint in The Addams Family, the host delved into how performing live can take its toll.
Alexandra opened up about the intense schedule of touring, noting that performers can face eight to 12 shows weekly.
She remarked: "You don't really get a life outside of it, but that's ok because you're entertaining other people."
Lesley brought attention to Alison by saying: "We're looking at the panto Queen! Birmingham. Three panto Queens sitting on the sofa."
To this, Alison confessed: "But the thing is, you've been doing it year after year. I'm having a year off because I was so exhausted from last year and the year before. It is a discipline."
Lesley went on to express her love for the theatre and stressed the significance of pantomime in entertainment, reports Wales Online.
She said: "The whole family comes and it's the one time in the year that anybody, grandma down to the youngest children can come and really love it. You know, you've done it now."
Alison acknowledged this, reflecting on how the cast becomes akin to a secondary family due to the extensive time spent together.
Previously, Alison impressed audiences as the Magical Mermaid in Peter Pan at Birmingham's Hippodrome Theatre, also sharing moments with This Morning viewers before gracing the stage.
Wearing her costume, Alison shared her highlight of being in the play last year, at the time she said: "Do you remember last year when lovely Dermot (O'Leary) and the whole team brought me a wonderful chair with the plaque of my mum's name on it?
"It's dead centre in the middle of the stage and literally, it's like I'm performing to my mum. It means the world to me, it's beautiful. It's lovely to be back.
"I look at the person (in the seat, the person thinks I'm looking at them, I'm not! I'm seeing my mum!"
Alison's mum, Maria, sadly died from lung and liver cancer in January 2020, and her father Clifford died just months later.
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