Piers Morgan has vowed that he will not back down as the government's boycott of Good Morning Britain enters its 20th day.
Addressing his Twitter followers today, he hit out at the government for avoiding the ITV programme because they "asked them tough questions" amid the coronavirus pandemic.
He also insisted they would "keep asking" the tough questions.
He wrote: "UPDATE: The Govt has refused to put any minister up for interview on @GMB tomorrow.
"This will be the 20th day of its boycott of our show during the worst national crisis since WW2. All because we asked them tough questions. We’ll keep asking them. cc @BorisJohnson."
Piers has previously branded MPs avoiding the show "disgraceful cowards" and has frequently lashed out at the government over the UK's death toll, which is the second highest in the world.
Before the boycott, Piers was involved in a number of clashes with Tory MPs, including the Minister for Safeguarding Victoria Atkins.
After grilling her on PPE failures, he accused her of "laughing" during the interview.
Ofcom also received more than 3,200 complaints about Piers' two interviews with Care Minister Helen Whately in April, and a further 600 over his interview with Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
However, he was cleared by the watchdog, who ruled he did not do anything wrong, adding that he is "well known for his combative style".
Following the complaints, a petition calling for him to be sacked from GMB reached 50,000 signatures.
In response to the petition, Piers tweeted: "Memo to trolls: the more you try to silence me with foul-mouthed abuse, death threats & petitions for me to be fired, the louder & harder I will challenge the Govt over its handling of this crisis. Lives depend on it."
*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
