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Alison Hammond reveals Eamonn Holmes did a speech at her mum’s funeral-Pierra Willix-Entertainment – Metro
‘My mum was obsessed with him.’
Alison Hammond has spoken about how Eamonn Holmes paid tribute to her late mum (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Alison Hammond has revealed Eamonn Holmes gave a speech at her mum’s funeral.
The former Big Brother star’s mum Maria died in January 2020 following a battle with liver and lung cancer, with the funeral taking place the month later.
Now the This Morning presenter, 48, has revealed Eamonn, 63, not only attended the celebration of her mum’s life, but also gave a speech in tribute.
Reflecting on the day, Alison has said they gave her mum ‘the most beautiful’ send-off.
As part of that, her former This Morning colleague stood up to speak about Maria, who had been a huge fan of his.
‘Even Eamonn Holmes came to that, actually,’ she said.
Her mum Maria died in 2020 following a battle with liver and lung cancer (Picture: Alison Hammond/ Instagram)
‘He did a speech, because my mum was obsessed with Eamonn Holmes and I asked him if he’d come.
‘He did a speech, came to the funeral, which was lovely,’ she added while appearing on Gyles Brandreth’s Rosebud podcast, which is released later this week.
Earlier this year, Alison became emotional when she realised it was three years since her mother’s death while she was on air hosting This Morning with Dermot O’Leary.
The two hosts were talking to callers about their superstitions during a segment, with one viewer asking for advice on coping with the 13th because they associated the date with trauma.
Eamonn Holmes spoke at the funeral (Picture: David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
After Alison suddenly realised what the day was, she said: ‘I’ve just realised it’s the 13th of January, today isn’t it? This is the date my mum passed away in bed 13.
‘And we buried her on February 13th. It’s just literally come to me. And we did it on the 13th because I thought, “Why not?”
‘So I don’t associate [the 13th] with anything bad. And it was a lovely funeral. It’s literally just come to me. Sorry.’
On the two-year anniversary of her mum’s death, Alison also posted a tribute on Instagram alongside a photo of Maria in her younger days.
She wrote at the time: ‘Mummy Two years today you left me and the pain has never left my heart. I love and Miss you sooo much . I hear and feel you all the time. My Angel Maria.’
Alison also lost her dad Clifford shortly after her mum’s death in 2020.
Her father – who lived in Jamaica – died four months later in June, with Alison sharing on social media that she didn’t get to spend as much time with him as she would’ve liked.
She said she was ‘saddened’ to not be able to attend his funeral and was left with ‘a sense of loss and emptiness.’
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV1.
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