This Morning's Alison Hammond forced to wear glasses as Phil Schofield laughs at mistake

This Morning star Alison Hammond was forced to put her glasses on during the ITV show after she stumbled over her words.

Co-host Phillip Schofield asked crew members to bring the autocue closer to them so that Alison could read it, but he was left laughing after she struggled again.

Alison, 47, told viewers at home that she didn’t “know what was wrong” with her as she explained she needed her glasses.

But she got rid of them when Phil asked the behind-the-scenes staff to bring the cameras and autocue closer to help out Alison.

It didn’t seem to help though, as, after taking off her specs, Alison stumbled over her words once again – despite the closer autocue.

Alison explained that she’d been having trouble reading the autocue since the start of the show, which was why she’d put her glasses on.

She said: “Welcome back to This Morning, now you’re not seeing double.

“I’ve actually got my glasses on because I couldn’t see, I couldn’t see the autocue today.

“I don’t know what’s the matter with me. So I thought I’d let you know.”

Phil then offered to get the camera crew to come closer to the table where they were sat for the next segment.

But she told him: “No, it’s fine.”

He got them to move closer anyway, saying: “Creep right in there, in you come team, creep in, don’t be shy. It’s fine, closer, closer, come right in.”

Alison said she didn’t want the close-up in case viewers saw her wrinkles, as Phil described the new set-up as “much more intimate”.

It didn’t actually help though – despite Alison thanking the team.

She took off her specs and started reading again but struggled to get the word “qualified” out.

Alison and Phil giggled at the mistake, as Phil teased: “That didn’t help then, did it?”

She replied: “I’m putting them back on.”

Alison could then be seen with her specs on for the rest of the show.

This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV

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