'I KNOW MY WORTH!'

Star hits back at critics who say she's doing too much

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Alison Hammond has a message for people who say she is taking on too many TV roles – insisting she has worked hard to get to where she has.

The 50-year-old star appears on a wide variety of shows at present, including This Morning, The Great British Bake Off, For the Love of Dogs and her own travel series Big Weekend. The amount of work she has undertaken in recent years has led to something of a backlash – which Alison is keen to address.

HITTING BACK

'Not everyone likes me. People say Pete Wicks would be better than me at presenting For the Love of Dogs,' she said, adding, 'He might be but I'm doing it. Deal with it! I know my worth. Besides, my mum would have been so proud. That's the reason I do this. She's my guiding light. It looks like I'm on TV a lot, sure, but I stand out partly because it's still not the norm to see a Black woman doing this. I don't want to bring race into it but no one says that about Davina or Ant and Dec. I've worked hard for 22 years to get here.'