Piers Morgan slammed BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker for “blowing” his interview with Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
The acid-tongued Good Morning Britain host has condemned government ministers for boycotting the ITV show during the pandemic, and didn’t take too kindly to Hancock discussing the daily coronavirus testing figures – which haven’t been released to the public for the 39 days.
As he presented GMB, he watched the BBC programme and quickly claimed that his rival Dan was spurting “complete nonsense”.
Piers said: “Get in there Walker, for goodness sake man. He’s talking complete nonsense!”
Piers Morgan slammed BBC’s Dan Walker for giving Health Secretary Matt Hancock “an easy ride” (Image: ITV)
Trying to fan the flames, co-host Susanna Reid interjected: “Oh my goodness. Now you’re ranting at presenters on other programmes.
“What could be a more important bit of data than how many people are being tested? What could possibly be more important,” Piers exclaimed.
“And yet you pretend it’s meaningless.”
Following on from Pier’s scathing comments, Dan took to Twitter after the show wrapped and shared his own thoughts on the interview.
He posted: “It is essential that politicians are allowed to speak. The idea (from some) that we, and others, don’t challenge ministers is completely untrue.
“Important to ask questions. Important to press. Important to let you listen. Thanks for watching #BBCBreakfast.”
Dan Walker spoke with Hancock on Monday’s BBC Breakfast but Piers quickly criticised the interview (Image: ITV)
However, Piers was uninterested in Dan’s remarks and clapped back: “Mate, you blew it. Calm down.”
Unfazed by Piers’ tweet, Dan wrote: “Good to see you were watching BBC Breakfast today… again.
“Maybe, if you didn’t make every interview about you, you might get a few decent political guests.”
However, Piers fired back: “You get them because they know they’ll get an ready ride as we sadly saw today… [sic]”
Handbags at the ready…
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
