ALISON Hammond has fuelled rumours that she’s secretly split from her toyboy boyfriend.
The This Morning star, 49, has been in a relationship with 27-year-old toyboy masseuse David Putman since December 2023.
And in a new interview at the start of December she dismissed their 22-year age difference and insisted David is “mature and sensible.”
But over the Christmas period, the star fuelled rumours that they’d split after they spent some time apart.
Alison’s boyfriend posed from a stunning beachside location and shared a clip of himself with a colourful open shirt on.
He donned a beige hat and sunglasses as he strolled along, showing fans the gorgeous surroundings.
But while David lapped up the sun abroad last week, Alison has been home in the UK doing panto.
The 49-year-old has been doing a 65-show run at Birmingham’s Hippodrome playing the Magical Mermaid in Peter Pan.
She is said to be earning around £3,000 per show — bringing her total earnings for the run to £195,000.
It comes Alison spoke about her boyfriend in an interview with Good Housekeeping UK, saying: “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.’”
Alison adds: “He’s so mature and sensible, and I’m so not.
“And the things he says to me…they’re just so lovely. It’s like a jigsaw; we fit and it all comes together.”
The two reportedly met when Alison had booked for a £150 massage therapy session with David and they quickly hit it off.
The Great British Bake Off host has held back on spilling the beans about their relationship but she did give a small insight in August.
Alison told Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe on their Parenting Hell podcast that dating is “harder” now her son from a previous relationship is 19.
Alison told the duo: “I’m dating, I’m dating!
“It’s more difficult, 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.
“It’s a lot harder. He’ll wanna know that this guy is treating me well.”
Without name-checking David, she added: “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’. Aiden is on it.”
