Alison Hammond returns to ITV’s This Morning after a health scare earlier this month in which she left the studio while presenting, amid reports she feared she was having a heart attack and also experienced heart palpitations or a panic attack. She later says she feels “vulnerable” and describes the episode as one of the scariest things she has been through.
Across outlets, Hammond’s on-air absence is linked to symptoms she experienced live, with at least one outlet describing it explicitly as a panic attack and noting the context of her being “on air,” a setting she calls a “vulnerable place.” Another outlet adds that she missed an award-winning moment days after the incident. In her return appearance, she also references the way her co-hosts check on performers after concerns arise.
While the reports differ in how they characterize the episode—heart-attack fear versus panic attack/heart palpitations—they agree on the core timeline: she experiences symptoms while live, steps off camera, and then later resumes presenting after discussing how the event affected her.
