"There was a time when I couldn't pay my mortgage, and I was really famous." — Alison Hammond

I never leave anything on my plate, and that's maybe one reason why I'm a big girl.

My dad, Clifford Hammond, was a big man with a big presence. He wooed my mum Maria and she fell madly in love with him, and pregnant with me, before finding out he was married.

I had to lose weight because I was dying. I really was dying.

I was made to feel uncomfortable on one occasion when I was so close to someone's seat and they asked to move but they ended up moving me into first class.