THIS Morning’s Alison Hammond could not stop laughing after her co-host Dermot O’Leary read her a risque book.
Coming back from a break saw the hosting duo standing in front of the set’s bookcase.
Before they could introduce what was coming up Alison was distracted by Dermot who was holding a book.
“What are you doing, babes,” she asked him as he flipped the pages of the novel, and replied, “you know I love to come over here to the library and pick up a little book every day.”
When Alison asked him “what have you got today” and Dermot said “ooh you’ll love it, right up your street.”
“Fanny Hill,” he read matter of factly, as Alison started laughing and couldn’t stop, telling him “you’re so silly”.
Neither could Dermot, who continued to read from classic novel.
“Memoirs of a woman of pleasure,” as they kept laughing hysterically and the crew could be heard behind the cameras joining in.
Alison doubled over in laughter as viewers at home enjoyed the hilarious moment.
“The way I just laughed loud in this house. Really enjoy Alison & Dermot. LOOOL! Alison’s laugh always gets me,” revelled one fan on Twitter.
A second added: “Mum’s watching TV and I can hear Alison laughing from upstairs!”
And a third wrote: “Alison’s laugh is brilliant.”
Described as the ‘original 50 Shades of Grey’, Fanny Hill was first published in 1748 and is one of the most prosecuted and banned novels in history.
The illustrated book, originally called Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, tells the story of a prostitute’s life.
Written by John Cleland, the title was banned soon after publication when it was denounced by the Bishop of London as”an open insult upon Religion and good manners”.
