Alison Hammond appears to have deleted a tweet about Rishi Sunak after their This Morning interview (Picture: ITV/REX)

Alison Hammond appears to have deleted a tweet showing her love for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after she interviewed him on This Morning.

On Thursday the politician appeared on the breakfast programme as Alison and Craig Doyle stepped in, replacing Holly Willoughby during her early half term break and Phillip Schofield after he stepped down from the role.

During the segment, Sunak spoke about immigration figures, the new NHS app, and exposed his love for Jilly Cooper books.

However, after it wrapped up, those watching on at home weighed in on what they thought on the line of questioning.

While some said Alison’s approach was more ‘robust’ than politicians and others labelled her a ‘national treasure’, some accused her of ‘fawning’ over the leader of the Conservative party.

‘Could Alison Hammond have been any more fawning over Rishi? OK, it was never going to be a grilling, but honestly, you might have just as well have asked “what’s your favourite colour?” Etc,’ one viewer posted on Twitter.

The Prime Minister shared a photo from his time on the show on social media (Picture: Ken McKay/ ITV/ Shutterstock)

The day after the appearance, Sunak made it clear one of the highlights of his week was meeting Alison.

‘Inflation down. Energy bills down. And I even met Alison Hammond. What a week,’ he posted on Twitter alongside a photo of him on set with Alison and Craig.

While she initially retweeted the post with some love heart emojis, Alison appeared to later delete it, an action that didn’t go unnoticed by some.

Alison has been filling in on the breakfast programme throughout this week (Picture: Ken McKay/ ITV/ Shutterstock)

‘Actually hurt that Alison Hammond of all people tweeted a heart to Rishi,’ one person posted on the social media site.

‘Ok no I’m not happy with an Alison Hammond-Rishi Sunak love-in. That’s incredibly disappointing,’ someone else wrote.

This Morning has been under the microscope this week after long-time host Phillip Schofieldadmitted to having an affairwith a young colleague.

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After resigning from the ITV breakfast show last weekend, on Friday evening Phillip, 61, then issued a statement stepping away from the channel altogether after admitting to having an affair that he labelled as ‘unwise but not illegal’.

The long-time host also confessed that the affair happened while still married to his wife of 30 years, Stephanie Lowe, and that he also lied about the relationship to his bosses and colleagues.

Metro.co.uk has contacted representatives for Alison Hammond for comment.

This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV1.

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