Alison Hammond thought she had been announced as NTAs winner

14 October 2022

Alison Hammond thought she had been announced as the winner of the TV Presenter prize at the National Television Awards.

Alison Hammond thought she had been announced as the winner of the TV Presenter prize at the National Television Awards

The 47-year-old television personality had to rely on her co-host Dermot O’Leary, 49, to set her straight after she was convinced her name had been called instead of the actual winners, Ant and Dec - who have picked up the gong 21 years running - at the star-studded ceremony at London's OVO Arena Wembley on Thursday night (13.10.22).

Speaking on 'This Morning', Alison said: “I’ll be honest with you, you were the funniest partner. You sat next to me all yesterday and you just made me laugh throughout the whole show. But the funniest moment was obviously, I was up for an award and I heard Ant and Dec being called, but I heard ‘Alison.'

“In my head, I heard ‘Alison’ so then I reached across to Dermot and I said, ‘Hey, did they say Alison?,’ and Dermot went, ‘No. They didn’t say Alison.' It was so shameful.”

She then burst out laughing and admitted it was “so embarrassing”.

Dermot thought Alison was “taking the mick” but conceded it was “hard to hear” what was happening at the ceremony.

He said: “It was quite hard to hear in the room, but when you said it to me I thought you were just taking the mick.”

The ex ‘Big Brother’ contestant was adamant she was deadly seriously, saying: "No, I wasn’t joking. I genuinely, I was like, ‘Did they say Alison, babes?' And you went ‘Nope.' "

The pair - who celebrated the magazine programme’s Best Daytime win with the rest of team last night, including Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield - outed their editor on the show for still being “home in bed” after their boozy celebrations got a bit out of hand.

They tried to show off their award from last night, but had to use one they had previously won.

Holding a gong from 2020, Dermot said: “Also, it's not necessarily this award, because our editor ...” before Alison interrupted him, saying: "You can’t out him."

But Dermot continued: “So you know when the World Cup went missing and a dog found it under some bushes,” referencing how a man walking his dog Pickles in south London uncovered the stolen 1966 Jules Rimet trophy.

Alison said: “He had one too many drinks, our editor, Martin Frizell, and he’s still at home in bed, maybe with the award, so this is from 2020.”