Alison Hammond

[Chowtime]

I've been looking to see if there was already a thread about her but can't find one. I was just shocked to read about her blackmail ordeal and wondered what happened to the man she was engaged to, the gardener. Is it possible that he's the one that blackmailed her?

I wonder why she didn't go to the police immediately. He must have dirt on her if she was paying him,, surely?

I read that the blackmailer said they’d make up lies about her. But it could be things that are true, not necessarily bad but private that you just wouldn’t want everyone to know.

Poor Alison, must have been very stressful.

Does it matter who it was that tried to blackmail her, either way her trust was broken and was treated in an abominable way.
I sure a lot of people have personal information that we wouldn't want shared, she deserves some sympathy not speculation.

Poor soul, its awful

Poor woman. To have someone you thought you could trust do that to you is dreadful.

It's a horrible thing to do to anyone . Poor woman no-one deserves to be blackmailed

The ex is the same age as the man who has been arrested so the theory it's him sounds solid. Feel really sorry that someone would do that to her.

I loved her in BB. What an awful thing for her to go through, pleased she had the strength to go to the police.

Poor woman. So brave of her to find the courage to talk about it just before her Bake Off presenting job beings.

Whatever the reason and whatever the outcome this and the associated speculation will follow her around like a shadow for the rest of her career now. So in a way the man who was blackmailing her has had his win. Scum.

Miaow @HoneyPotBee

Twitter is saying it’s about tax not paid but I have no idea.

I thought it was a weird story and there was probably more to it.

Hope this isn’t going to escalate into Caroline Flack territory and she has support.

I hope ITV step up and show her some decent support.

They probably are fact checking before doing anything.

Sounded odd to me as well and obviously true if she was paying him

Nicely cynical there .

I like it !

This is very close to victim blaming!

Or, more likely, he was just an unpleasant man.

In the report I read she hadn't talked about it - it was a story in the Sun and the police hadn't confirmed her name, just 'a woman in her 40s'.

Probably the delightful Sun "journalists" getting tipped off and running the story without any confirmation from her.

There was weird TikTok stuff months ago with some bloke talking about her, can't remember it exactly but it was odd.

I’ve been thinking this since the story came out about her being engaged, then split, then the blackmailing. It’s like the press aren’t baddies if they publish full story, or they’re being gagged and so give us all the pointers instead.