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Alison Hammond apologises for 'making light' of singing in theatres after backlash

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Alison Hammond has broken her silence in an apology after comments she made on This Morning about singing in theatres.The This Morning presenter issued her heartfelt apologies to anyone she may have offended with her comments on the subject after "making light" of audiences singing along to musicals during the morning ITV programme last week.The 48-year-old bake-off host has said she is "truly sorry" and vowed to "do better in the future" after the popular presenter and her colleagues Dermot O’Leary and Vanessa Feltz discussed whether audience members should be allowed to sing along while professional theatre actors perform on stage.It comes after reports of a ‘mini riot’ during a performance of The Bodyguard at Manchester's Palace Theatre over the weekend.The discussion during Wednesday's episode, ahead of the disruption on Friday night, was widely slammed on social media according to reports by Manchester Evening News.The trio reacted in disbelief as they discussed The Palace's clampdown on singing during The Bodyguard, which was introduced after "anti-social behaviour" from audiences during shows across the country. "Staff are taking this very, very seriously and inflicting these rules and they are regularly walking up the aisles before the performance and during the intervals with no singing signs," explained Alison, whilst Dermot chuckled: "This is great."Alison said: "I mean, I can't believe it.

I'd be devastated, I'm not even going to go to that show now." Vanessa quipped: "Isn't it the whole point of going to a musical you know, that you sing along to all the bits you know and when you don't know the words you just make them up?

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