Alison Hammond on why she wants to "take a year off" TV
The Great British Bake Off's Alison Hammond has a clear vision for what she wants her next decade to look like.
The This Morning star shared she would be keen to take a break from television at some point to see the world.
"In the next 10 years, I want to travel the world," she told Heat World, though she clarified her plan wouldn't be in motion in the near future. "I would love to take a year off and just go and travel. Not just yet, but one day. I need to see the world before I die!"
Alison recently showed her passion for travel on her BBC series Florida Unpacked, which saw her head to the Sunshine State with her son Aidan.
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“Travel is in my blood. For years I worked as a tour rep following in the footsteps of my dear mum. This meant I was lucky and got to visit Florida from a young age," she said in a press release.
But the star will have to find time in her ever busy schedule to hop on a plane and go even further afield.
In addition to her role on The Morning, last year, Alison added another role to her CV when she took over from the late Paul O'Grady on For the Love of Dogs.
While she acknowledged she had big shoes to fill, she also addressed the criticism she received for hosting the show when she doesn't have a dog herself. "I was actually surprised with how much I got for doing the show," she told The Sun's TV Mag at the time.
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"I could understand in the sense that Paul was so loved, and people were saying: 'How can she do Love of Dogs when she doesn't have a dog? How does she love dogs when she doesn't have a dog?'
"It's like saying: 'How can you love children when you haven't got kids?'," she added, encouraging "trolls" to not watch the show if they didn't intend to support Battersea Dogs and Cats home.
The Great British Bake Off and its spin-off Bake Off: An Extra Slice both air on Channel 4 in the UK. In the US, it's known as The Great British Baking Show, and streams on Netflix.
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