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Alison Hammond has spoken about her new relationship for the first time (Pictures: Rex/Alison Hammond/ Instagram)

Alison Hammond has spoken for the first time about her new romance with a man more than 20 years her junior.

The This Morning presenter, 48, has been dating 26-year-old David Putman, with the couple recently confirming their relationship on social media.

Now, a few week’s on, Alison has spoken more about dating the Russian model and dancer.

During an episode of their Parenting Hell podcast, Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe grilled the TV star on her love life.

Not wasting any time, they jumped right in, asking: ‘Are you single Alison?’

Confirming her status, she replied: ‘No… I’m not single.. I’m dating. I’m dating!’

She went public on social media with David Putman, 26, last month (Picture: Instagram)

The hosts then asked Alison about what it was like dating as a single parent now that her son, Aidan, 19, was an adult.

‘I think it’s more difficult now because he is more verbal now that he is older. He’ll want to know who this person is and he’ll want to meet them,’ she said.

‘It’s a lot harder. He’ll wanna know that this guy is treating me well.’

She then detailed what her son thought of her new beau.

‘The person who I am seeing at the moment, he is on his Instagram and he is like “yeah I like him, he’s not too in your face”.’

She added that Aiden, whose father is Alison’s ex Noureddine Boufaied, was ‘on it’.

The This Morning presenter has now confirmed her relationship status (Picture: Alison Hammond/ Instagram)

Explaining what happened when the two men met, Alison said it was a relief when her son gave his approval.

‘When they actually met, he really liked him, he really thought he was lovely, so that’s nice,’ she said.

Alison has appeared on the ITV breakfast show since 2002 (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

‘Thank goodness for that! Because normally Aiden hates anybody I date, literally just not interested.

‘And you just know at that point, if Aiden doesn’t like them, this isn’t gonna work. There are moments where I think, ‘who’s the parent here?!’ It’s nice though because I always feel like there’s someone there looking over me, protecting me.’

She revealed what her son Aiden thought of her new boyfriend too (Picture: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)

Alison and David are said to have met over a year ago when she booked the trained body therapist for massages, with their friendship turning romantic at the end of last year.

Friends of the Bake Off star have claimed she’s ‘never been happier’ after she shared photos of herself and David on social media.

Aside from his massage work, David has taken part in various photoshoots, having previously indicated he was signed by a Russian modelling agency, New Models Sochi.

This comes after Alison split from her boyfriend, gardener Ben Hawkins, last year. While they dated for two years, the pair were only pictured together once.

This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV1.

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