Alison Hammond's Christmas will be different this year as she reveals family tragedy

Alison Hammond volition spell for large celebrations astatine Christmas and past again for a milestone successful February

Alison Hammond says she readying a large household Christmas arsenic the decease of her parent has brought them each person - and she besides has a large day bash planned for the caller year.

The Bake Off and This Morning host's mum Maria Hammond died successful January 2020 aft a conflict with lung and liver crab And Alison, 49, said: “When our mum passed, that brought my sister and maine a batch closer. So we’ll beryllium spending Christmas unneurotic and everyone – her, me, my son, nieces, nephews – is bringing antithetic nutrient to my spot for a large Christmas buffet. And past successful February I’ll beryllium 50, truthful I thought possibly a 70s- themed party? Or an 80s one? Or possibly Bridgerton? Or… what astir each three?”

Alison was being interviewed astir her caller debut caller Bombshell, which follows the beingness of a pistillate called Madison is near blindsided aft her hubby abruptly leaves her. Alison admits Madison is not excessively disimilar to herself arsenic she is "big, curvy, black, sassy and a mum" and Madison besides ends up dating a 27-year-old antheral - arsenic she is doing successful existent life.

Quizzed astir the characters she told Radio Times: "I cognize what you’re playing at! My fellow David is 27 [Hammond is 49] – but no, I didn’t adjacent cognize David erstwhile I was penning the book.

"And successful information this publication is truly astir women supporting women. I’ve had beardown women enactment maine each my beingness – particularly my sister and my mum.

"In Bombshell determination are a fewer moments that are a small spot affectional wherever Madison’s mum [who has died of cancer] sends her immoderate guidance; and determination are times erstwhile I consciousness that my mum [who besides died of cancer, successful 2020] is giving maine words of wisdom, too. When idiosyncratic adjacent passes on, you ever retrieve however they talk, and I cognize what Mum would person said astir immoderate things, too, truthful I bash sometimes perceive her speaking to me."

Alison spoke astir her fellow David Putman for the archetypal clip successful May this year. She has been dating the Russian masseur since she booked him for a £150 massage and deed it disconnected astatine the extremity of past year. The narration adjacent has the seal of support from her lad Aiden.

Speaking connected the Parenting Hell podcast Alison was asked if she was azygous and replied: "No! I'm not single, I'm dating! I'm dating."

She was past asked by big Rob Beckett if that was much hard dating with a teenage son.

Alison replied: "I deliberation it's much difficult. I deliberation he's much verbal present that he's older, helium volition wanna to cognize who this idiosyncratic is and he'll privation to conscionable them.

"It's a batch harder, yeah. Because he'll wanna cognize that this feline is treating maine well. The idiosyncratic that I'm seeing astatine the moment, he's similar connected his Instagram. He's like, 'Yeah, I similar him. I similar him. He's not excessively successful your face.' Do you cognize what I mean? Aiden's connected it.

"And erstwhile they really met helium truly liked him, and truly thought helium was lovely. So I was like, 'Thank goodness for that,' due to the fact that usually Aiden hates anybody I date. Literally conscionable not interested.

"And you conscionable cognize astatine that point, if Aiden doesn't similar them, this isn't going to work."

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