Alison Hammond was gobsmacked on This Morning when telly fave Martin Lewis lobbed a cheeky jibe her way.
The bubbly presenter, 49, was just about to welcome the Money Saving Expert onto the show when he joked that he was dodging the studio to steer clear of her. Alison didn’t take the comment lying down and hit back: “That’s not very nice.”
Things got proper cringey as her co-host Joel Dommett, 39, squirmed, clearly at a loss for words over the unexpected banter. Martin, who’s no stranger to the This Morning set and knows Alison well, quickly realised he might’ve gone a bit too far.
In a bid to smooth things over, he threw out an offer of a “cuddle” to make amends. But Alison wasn’t having any of it, firing back with: “You can keep your cuddles after that.”
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Despite the frosty exchange, it was all laughs in the end as Alison brushed off the spat, telling Martin she’d be wrapping him in a bear hug next time they met, whether he fancied one or not, reports the Mirror.
The pair had only just patched things up after last week’s live telly chaos, where technical gremlins wreaked havoc during a call-in segment where viewers were meant to get some top-notch financial advice from Martin.
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However, they repeatedly encountered issues that they couldn’t seem to circumvent. Initially, Martin tried to connect from home via a link but was not centred on the screen.
From here it became evident the situation wasn’t moving according to the script. Dermot O’Leary admitted: “We don’t have any communication of who you’re going to be speaking to.”
He offered: “We’ll be speaking to Eileen.”
He followed by questioning: “Do we have Eileen? ” before reluctantly informing viewers: “Sadly, not no.”
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Alison then intervened and picking up the handset she declared: “Let’s have a look, the phone in… on air… Tina.”
To which Dermot replied: “Nope, that’s yesterday, her sister isn’t coming to her wedding.”
Noticing Martin biding his time on-screen for some action to ensue, the Birmingham host interjected and stated: “We haven’t got anything on our screen yet. How are you anyway bubs? “.
This Morning airs weekdays on ITV at 10am
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