Alison Hammond admits 'it makes me emotional' in This Morning confession
Alison Hammond admits 'it makes me emotional' in This Morning confession
On Friday's instalment of This Morning, Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary were detailing the latest headlines to ITV viewers.
This Morning's Alison Hammond made an emotional confession during Friday's show.
During the programme, the ITV star was speaking to Kate Lawler, who was live at a football ground ahead of the Women's European Championship, which kicks off next week.
As the segment wrapped up, Kate showed off some of her skills as she admitted to wanting to be a footballer when she was a little kid.
Alison commented: "You know what is so lovely? It actually makes me a little bit emotional because of how far women's football has come.
"It's actually beautiful to see. It makes me so happy, it really does. It's unbelievable, I just want them to be paid the same. I wish."
Alison Hammond made a confession during Friday's episode of This Morning
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During the segment, Kate admitted she was "star-struck" as she spoke to two England Lioness stars.
One of them was Janet Bagguley from the 1972 squad, who now works as a postwoman. Holding up 12 caps from her time playing the sport, Janet commented: "I'm very, very proud."
Kate highlighted how proud she must be seeing how far the sport has come now for women. Janet replied: "Oh, it's absolutely fantastic!
"When you look at these kids behind us today, and after we won the Euro's last time, it went boom."
Kate was live from a football training ground in Wales
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Janet told This Morning viewers that she's now collecting letters of support in her 'postie' role for the England team around the country.
Speaking about the Lioness Letter initiative, Janet commented: "We've been around all the schools, we're in Manchester later today, we're in London over the weekend.
"Anybody can come and write their own letter, and we promise they'll be delivered to the Lionesses. "
Holding one of the letters in her hand, Janet told Kate it had been written by her five-year-old granddaughter, who was wishing the team good luck.
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Kate replied: "That's class, that is! I just want to say, I can't believe I'm stood with an OG Lioness."
UEFA Women's EURO 2025 will run from 2 to 27 July in Switzerland, with eight venues hosting matches. Coverage will be available to watch on both ITV and the BBC.
This Morning is available to watch on ITVX.
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