"It felt precise existent to me. I'm truly caller to panic attacks, truthful I request to larn much astir it," she added.
The Birmingham-born presenter, who besides co-hosts The Great British Bake Off, thanked NHS unit and her colleagues astatine This Morning, including O'Leary.
"It's truly warmed my bosom actually. I didn't needfully privation to beryllium connected the quality oregon thing similar that but this is simply a caller satellite to me," she said.
"I'm going to instrumentality stock, instrumentality immoderate remainder and I'll spot you soon."
Friday's variation of the ITV amusement began astatine 10:00 BST with Hammond and her regular co-host O'Leary astatine the helm, earlier she near astatine 11:30 during a conception astir pets.
O'Leary, 53, addressed her lack erstwhile the amusement returned from a break, saying: "Welcome backmost to This Morning, Alison is feeling a small unwell, truthful she's conscionable had to duck out. Hopefully she'll beryllium back."
He aboriginal updated viewers that she would, successful fact, not beryllium returning, "so I'll beryllium present for the remainder of the show".
Hammond rose to fame arsenic contestant connected Channel 4 world amusement Big Brother earlier appearing connected I'm A Celebrity and Strictly Come Dancing.
She became a co-host successful This Morning successful 2021, and was portion of the squad that won a National Television Award for champion daytime programme the pursuing year.
She joined Bake Off successful 2023 and took implicit from the precocious Paul O'Grady connected For the Love of Dogs successful 2024.
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