Piers Morgan has taken another swipe at Victoria Beckham after the fashion designer decided to furlough 30 staff at her clothing company despite the Beckham family worth £335 million.
His jibe comes after he praised Ed Sheeran for not furloughing his employees at his Notting Hill bar, instead paying their wages out of own pocket.
The Shape of You hitmaker, worth £170million, decided against using the government scheme to keep his staff at venue Bertie-Blossoms paid.
Following the news, Piers Morgan discussed Ed’s actions on Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain.
He began: “I just want to give a little shout out to Ed Sheeran, the popstar.
Piers Morgan made a sly dig at Victoria Beckham as he praised Ed Sheeran for not furloughing his employees (Image: ITV)
“He’s declined to use any taxpayer furlough or loan money to keep all the staff on the books. They’re all going to keep being paid by Ed Sheeran.
“There’s a message there for the Beckhams of the world.”
Piers added: “If you can afford not to be a drain on the taxpayer right now for a smallish number of staff, then you should not be a drain on the taxpayer.”
Ed Sheeran has decided not to furlough his staff force and is instead paying them out of his earnings (Image: Getty)
“So good on Ed Sheeran, whose current worth is estimated at half of the Beckhams. He’s done the right thing, I think, because he can afford to, and that is the right thing to do.”
With none-essential businesses forced to close in order to combat the spread of Covid-19, like many restaurants and bars in the UK, Ed was forced to shut Berti-Blossoms for the foreseeable future.
Victoria Beckham has come under fire for using the government scheme in order to pay her staff (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
The singer’s rep told The Sun: “The business, co-owned by Ed Sheeran and Stuart Camp, is not, and will not, be accessing any government scheme of any kind, including furloughing, grants, loans and so on.”
Meanwhile, in Victoria Beckham’s camp, the mother-of-four sent letters to the 30 workers explaining that they would be paid 80 per cent of their salaries by the government, in line with the scheme during the pandemic.
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