Charlotte Church was welcomed onto This Morning to perform a live soundbath for viewers, but the singer became offended when Alison Hammond burst into a fit of laughter

Charlotte Church has revealed that Alison Hammond’s viral laughing fit during her This Morning soundbath performance left her feeling deeply hurt and annoyed.

The Welsh singer and Celebrity Traitors star, 39, appeared on the ITV morning show in November 2023 to lead hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary through a live soundbath session.

What was supposed to be a serene moment went viral on social media when Alison struggled to contain her laughter during the musical demonstration.

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The singer said that although she likes Alison, the experience ‘p**sed her off'(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

Now, Charlotte has spoken about the experience on Elizabeth Day’s How To Fail podcast, admitting the moment touched a nerve.

“Oh that p**sed me right off,” she confessed, before repeating: “That p**sed me right off.” She went on to explain: “I’ve met Alison Hammond a number of times and she’s a wonderful woman. I think that part of it was a misjudgement on my part to go, ‘let’s do a five minute sound bath on national TV. That makes loads of sense. Yeah, let’s go for it’.”

However, Charlotte said it wasn’t just Alison’s laughter that stung, but what it represented. “I think what annoyed me more than anything else was that then I’m given the opportunity to display and demonstrate and represent somewhat this amazing art of sound healing or sound ceremony or however people want to describe it, and then it’s made a figure of fun,” she said.

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Charlotte Church has admitted she felt wounded when Alison Hammond laughed at her soundbath performance on This Morning(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

“That really did actually touch quite a deep wound for me. I was like, ‘Ugh I really like you, Alison, but f**k you.’” Podcast host Elizabeth Day pointed out that it likely reminded Charlotte of times she’s been mocked in the past, to which she agreed: “Yeah, totally.”

The soundbath segment had given Charlotte a chance to showcase the kind of spiritual work she now focuses on at her wellness retreat in rural Wales, The Dreaming.

While on the ITV show, she explained: “One of our pillars is sound and sound healing in all of its forms. Sound affects us on a cellular level and science is really starting to come to terms with the power of sound.”

Since stepping back from mainstream music, the Voice of an Angel star has devoted herself to spiritual practices. Her retreat, which is set in 47 acres of ancient woodland, offers activities such as breathwork and forest bathing.

She has recently spearheaded a new five-day Witch retreat, which is an immersive experience designed to help guests “embody their magic through ritual, nature and deep witchcraft practices”.

Charlotte is passionate about the new direction her life has taken and is looking forward to incorporating some of her singing skills into her holistic work.

She previously shared: “I’m doing stuff at The Dreaming, which is really about pulling out the strands of how sound can be used for healing, how voice can be used for healing. I wanna sort of try and meld this idea of music and healing, and voice and healing, with that joy and ecstasy.”