Alison Hammond has fuelled rumours she has secretly split from her toyboy boyfriend after spending Christmas apart.

The This Morning presenter, 49, has been in a relationship with 27-year-old toyboy masseuse David Putman since December 2023.

Despite dismissing their 22-year age gap and insisting David is ‘mature and sensible’ in an interview at the start of December, the pair have recently spent time apart.

Alison’s boyfriend was seen in an Instagram snap enjoying a sun-soaked holiday as he posed on the beach wearing an open colourful shirt.

While David rocked a beige sunhat and sunglasses as he walked along the beach, Alison stayed in the UK doing the Peter Pan pantomime in Birmingham.

The ITV star has been doing a 65-show run at the Hippodrone playing the Magical Mermaid and is reportedly earning around £3,000 per show.

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Alison Hammond has fuelled rumours she has secretly split from her toyboy boyfriend after spending Christmas apart

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The This Morning presenter, 49, has been in a relationship with 27-year-old toyboy masseuse David Putman since December 2023

It comes after Alison opened up in Good Housekeeping UK’s January issue, Alison said her and David ‘fit like a jigsaw’ as she revealed their traits balance each other out.

Speaking about their 22-year age gap, Alison said: ‘I can see how, on paper, you’d notice the age difference. But honestly, when we see the word “toyboy” written about us, it bears no relation to what we have at all.

‘Yes, I’m 22 years older than he is, but if you saw us together, you’d understand. People have said to me: “We get it now.” He’s so mature and sensible, and I’m so not.

She added: ‘And the things he says to me…they’re just so lovely. It’s like a jigsaw; we fit and it all comes together.’

During the interview, Alison also spoke about her loving relationship with her son Aidan- who she recently gave an emotional apology to for ‘not always being there’.

‘If you could feel the way my son loves me, it’s magical,’ she said. ‘He’s grown into such a gentleman. He helps me so much, doing things around the house.

‘He gives really good advice and because he’s Gen Z, he has his finger on the pulse and tells me what’s cool.

‘He’s the yin to my yang; he’s like me, but a calmer version. I’m all, ‘Woo-hoo’ and he’s more, “Mum, chill.” He doesn’t try to rein me in, though.’

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Despite dismissing their 22-year age gap and insisting David is ‘mature and sensible’ in an interview at the start of December, the pair spent time apart

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Alison’s boyfriend was seen in an Instagram snap enjoying a sun-soaked holiday as he posed on the beach wearing an open colourful shirt

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While David rocked a beige sunhat and sunglasses as he walked along the beach, Alison stayed in the UK doing the Peter Pan pantomime in Birmingham

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The ITV star has been doing a 65-show run at the Hippodrone playing the Magical Mermaid and is reportedly earning around £3,000 per show

She joked: ‘He wouldn’t try to change me because, well, why mess with perfection?’

Alison’s comments about her boyfriend David are the first time she has spoken in depth about him, after mentioning him on This Morning in November.

A woman, named Anita, called to tell Alison how happy she had made her feel while they were on a train together earlier in the year.

Anita said: ‘Alison Hammond you are a wonderful person who made a lady feel so special.

‘My husband was the guard, I had been invited on because I’d just finished chemotherapy and radiotherapy.’

Alison added: ‘I remember you, you came into my cabin area!.’

The caller carried on: ‘You never rushed me out, you asked me everything I’d gone through, how much weight I’d lost. Alison, I know you’re from the Midlands, we’re such special people.

‘We’ve always got a smile and a kind word. I’m like yourself, I’m kind, but sometimes you do get hurt being kind.

‘But you, Alison, I can’t tell you what you did that day.’

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She said last month: ‘I can see how, on paper, you’d notice the age difference. But honestly, when we see the word “toyboy” written about us, it bears no relation to what we have at all’

At the end of the call Alison confessed that Anita had not mentioned that when she saw her, she was with her boyfriend.

Alison confessed: ‘Anita, whats lovely about you, you’ve haven’t mentioned who I was with.

‘That was my very first date with my boyfriend. You met my boyfriend before anybody else knew about it!’

Anita confirmed: ‘He’s so tall!’

Alison has opted to keep her relationship with David mostly private as she rarely attends events or posts pictures of them on social media.