This Morning presenter Alison Hammond has sparked romance rumours with TOWIE’s James ‘Lockie’ Lock after they both starred on the current series of Celebs Go Dating together.
Alison was chatting to ITV colleagues Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on yesterday’s The Morning when she revealed that working with Lockie “made [her] heart sing”.
“I fell in love with James Lock on the show. This Greek God,” she said. “He did say one thing to me, he actually said, ‘Alison you’re my perfect girlfriend, personality-wise’.
“I was absolutely devastated. So I went to the gym and worked out. So personality-wise I’m his perfect girl!”
CHECK OUT: Celebs Go Dating's most OUTRAGEOUS moments
Celebs Go Dating most outrageous moments - SLIDER use this one
1 of 36The fall of Stephen Bear
After a few episodes of Stephen Bear acting as Stephen Bear-ish as it's possible to act, Nadia and Eden decided they'd had enough and chucked him out the agency. Good riddance.
2 of 36Stephen Bear asks for threesome
Speaking of Stephen Bear, remember when he asked those twins for a threesome? Good lord.
3 of 36Stephen Bear
Now we think about it, everything Stephen Bear did was outrageous. Poor blue lips...
4 of 36Joey Essex's burpy date
Some poor old girl who managed to score a date with Joey Essex ended up burping on his face throughout the entire thing. What a nightmare.
5 of 36Jonathan Cheban dates Kimmy K lookalike
This just couldn't have been more classic, could it? Things (obviously) didn't work out, and Kim Kardashian lookalike Chanelle Sadie Paul ended up having an alleged sordid affair with dating agent Eden Blackman. But that's a whole other story...
6 of 36Gemma Collins stands up poor old Laurence :(
Gemma Collins successfully managed to anger the entire nation after failing to turn up to the Eurostar for her Parisian date with Laurence.
7 of 36Joey Essex dates a cougar...
She wanted to dress him as a pony, for some reason.
8 of 36... and Calum Best dates a cougar
He looks like he had a wonderful time.
9 of 36Frankie Cocozza and Charlotte Dawson break the rules and date each other
They were the first celebrity couple to hook up with each other on the show. Sadly, it wasn't meant to be. And Frankie is now happily married to someone else.
10 of 36Their double date ends in awks
Both Frankie and Charlotte's dates ended up walking out of the double date set up by the agents after they couldn't stop gushing about the other.
11 of 36And then MARRIED EACH OTHER
Yes, this is a real thing that actually happened and the snubbed dates, Kieran Patel and Katie Champ are still together.
12 of 36Charlotte Dawson bum massage
Charlotte Dawson made an impression (of sorts) on one of her first dates by giving a bum massage in a busy pub. Not sure where that lotion came from.
13 of 36Calum Best stands his date up
Calum got in hot water with the dating agents after failing to show up to one of his dates.
14 of 36Gemma Collins storms out of date after he called her 'a diva'
She got up an left like a diva after he called her, er, 'a diva'. Well, she did show up about an hour late...
15 of 36Charlotte Crosby spits milk during her date
Playing hot sauce roulette on a first date was never going to end well...
16 of 36Jorgie Porter's date wants to see her on the loo
After telling her that he'd Googled her before the date, Jorgie's date casually mentioned he'd like to watch her on the toilet. Wow.
17 of 36Courtney Stodden's date gets x-rated
Courtney Stodden shocked viewers after getting her date to rub sun cream on her chest.
18 of 36Charlotte Crosby dates a massive sexist
When Charlotte told Jeavon (who also dated Love Island's Malin Andersson) that she'd slept with 20 men, he said: "that is bad, for a lad it's not that bad." Despite the fact he claimed to have slept with 50.
19 of 36Joey Essex and Stephanie Pratt find love with each other
They broke the rules, but was it worth it? Erm. Probably not, no. Because it lasted about two minutes.
20 of 36Ferne McCann refuses to split the bill
After ordering a frankly humungous amount of food, Ferne didn't offer to help pay the bill at the end of the date. She later burst into tears in the dating agency after the guy gave her a bad review for not doing so.
21 of 36Tom Read Wilson admits he doesn't know who Kim Kardashian is
But... how?
22 of 36Megan McKenna and Pete Wicks reunion
Megan and Pete had a notoriously rocky relationship on TOWIE, so putting them on the same series was a stroke of TV GENIUS.
23 of 36Kerry Katona's rude date
When Kerry Katona's date implied her children had been a "mistake", she handled it like a pro – but the nation watched from between their fingers.
24 of 36Jack Fincham and the Waitress
Jack Fincham was set up with a lovely girl called Carol by the agents, but admitted by the end he wasn't feeling it. Instead he got the barmaid's number, and ended up taking her to the final in Tenerife.
25 of 36Jack Fincham's first date
Jack Fincham abruptly ended the date he wasn't feeling by telling his date he was "tired" and had "had enough", before demanding she finish her glass of wine en route to the door.
26 of 36Jack Fincham's second date
He then got set up with an Italian called Chiara, but quickly took offense when she made a joke about one of the bartenders, calling them over and insisting she'd rather be on a date with them, instead.
27 of 36Lee Ryan gets pied
Ha! Ha, ha ha.
28 of 36Lady C's sexual innuendos
Just like narrator Rob Beckett said, the woman is an absolute SAUCE POT - just check out her traffic light analogy. Blimey.
29 of 36Malique Thompson-Dwyer's 'predatory' flirting
After getting slammed by viewers for his 'predatory' flirting at the first mixer, Malique offended one of his dates when he was forced to date two women at the same time, and made his preference for Jakeeme clear - with Danica storming off as a result. awks.
30 of 36Tom's birth affirmations
Anna Williamson is heavily pregnant in series eight and so lovable receptionist Tom devises some birth affirmations in case her waters break at work - "which could happen", points out Anna.
31 of 36Amy Childs showed her deep and intellectual side...
When she asked her date, "If you were a sandwich, what would you be?"
32 of 36Malique ACTUALLY fell in love!
And then immediately fell out of it the following morning, after he "had sex all night" with his date, Jakeeme. He was - quite rightfully - told off by Anna and Paul.
33 of 36Liv Bentley walked out on her date
He was "late, stand-offish and entirely humourless" (fair), but his incessant talk of "pumping" was the final straw for Liv, who left halfway through (also fair).
34 of 36But he was totally convinced she was into him
Despite Liv doing a runner in the middle of their drinks, self-confident Otto was still convinced Liv fancied him and accused her of making "f-ck me eyes" across the table. CRINGE.
35 of 36Amy Childs' toilet 'romp' with Jamie
Does this take the biscuit for CGD's most outrageous moment? During a double date with Olivia Bentley, Amy STRADDLED her date in the restaurant before scuttling off to the toilets, returning later looking dishevelled. They claimed to have only kissed... but we weren't born yesterday, hun.
36 of 36Paul Carrick Brunson QUITS
Just days after Celebs Go Dating: The Mansion came to end, love guru Paul Carrick Brunson seemingly revealed he's quit the show after a behind the scenes bust-up with one of the show's 'disrespectful' celebs. We need to know more ASAP.
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Celebs in the agency aren’t technically allowed to date each other, but this wouldn’t be the first time an unlikely pairing has come out of the show.
Last year, Lockie’s best mate Pete Wicks was linked to Kerry Katona – but actually ended up leaving the show with a mate for life in Sam Thompson.
Joey Essex and Stephanie Pratt, Frankie Cocozza and Charlotte Dawson, and Megan Barton-Hanson and Demi Sims were all also linked.
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Rumours about Alison and Lockie’s relationship first began swirling last year when a telly source told OK! Magazine they’d been getting on “like a house on fire”.
“Alison’s personality is larger than life and as soon as her and James had the opportunity to hang out together more he was blown away by her,” they said.
“James, Dean and Josh Ritchie have got on really well and have been out together a lot, but more recently it’s been all about Alison.
“Clients aren’t allowed to date each other but we’re all secretly hoping that this friendship will blossom into more because they make such a lovely couple.”