Alison Hammond’s dating life has booming recently (Picture: Invision/AP)
Alison Hammond seems to have a stream of admirers lining up after she was apparently proposed to at an airport.
The This Morning presenter is believed to be in a relationship with Ben Hawkins, a gardener she has been quietly dating for two years.
In February, reports swirled that Alison, 48, was engaged to Ben after they ‘popped the question to each other’ and even his own father appeared to confirm the news.
However, Alison fuelled confusion by later denying she was set to marry for the second time.
Regardless, the TV presenter isn’t short of suitors as another mystery man is said to have got down on one knee and proposed marriage to the star.
According to her friend Kate Garraway, the romantic movie-style proposal happened when they were travelling together recently.
Kate Garraway was stunned to find a man had proposed marriage when she popped to the loo (Picture: WireImage)
‘I did a great trip recently with Alison Hammond. She is hilarious to travel with,’ Kate, 55, told Giovanna Fletcher on Disney Travel’s Journey To The Magic podcast.
Sharing the epic tale, she continued: ‘She got a marriage proposal at the airport. We were only there for 15 minutes.
‘I literally went to the loo, bought a cup of tea and came back and this guy had proposed. It was unbelievable.’
Even Kate was shocked by the man’s boldness as she recalled: ‘I was just like “what the heck”. He just sat down and he proposed to her.
‘It was extraordinary. She was just like “yeah” and he proposed – really casual about it. I was like “this is big stuff’”.’
Alison has been dating gardener Ben Hawkins for two years (Picture: Getty Images)
Unfortunately for the admirer, Alison was merely humouring him as Kate reckons they’ve not seen each other again, adding: ‘So it was a no.’
The father of Alison’s partner, Colin Hawkins, fuelled the engagement rumours when he shared details of the alleged proposal.
He told the Daily Mail: ‘They are really happy but they haven’t got everything sorted just yet but they are both talking about marriage, that is true.
‘What I do know is that when it happens, none of us will know about it because it’ll be done in private. That much they have told me.
‘I love Alison to bits. She’s the nicest woman we’ve ever met. I would love to tell you a load of stories and they are all good, but I can’t because she’s asked us to keep things private.’
However, Alison addressed the speculation on an episode of ITV1’s This Morning and asked her co-host Dermot O’Leary: ‘What are you talking about, what’s going on,’ she said, as Dermot joked that he had been the one to leak the news.
‘Cut the music,’ Alison said, as she gestured for the sound effects to stop.
‘It’s fake news babes, I’m not engaged,’ she said.
‘I’m so sorry. I told you that when I’m engaged or getting married, I would be first to tell you and I’d be putting it all over the ‘gram and on TikToks,’ she added.
‘You know what I’m like. I’d do a reel, you know what I mean. There would be a ring.’
Kate’s episode on Journey To The Magic will be available form Wednesday March 15 on all streaming platforms, and will also be available to watch on the Disney UK YouTube channel.
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It was a firm ‘no’.