Good Morning Britain viewers were not overly impressed with Sheila Ferguson as she made an appearance on Thursday's edition of the show.
The 74-year-old US singer joined hosts Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard in the ITV studio to discuss the reason why she doesn't like tribute acts.
Her appearance came after it was reported that Tina Turner is suing a singer for being too similar to her.
Tina, 81, is duking it out in court with Dorothea 'Coco' Fletcher, aged in her 30s, who performs in an unofficial tribute show called Simply The Best.
Sheila, who is best known for performing in soul music group The Three Degrees, agrees with what Tina is doing and was keen to explain why as she appeared on the show alongside Dorothea.
Sheila did not hold back at all and began by sharing her thoughts on Dorothea, saying: "Her vocals aren't as good as Tina, number one. Impersonating Tina Turner is a no no, that's number two."
Dorothea argued that tribute acts are "fan driven" and that she's not trying to pretend to be "the real Tina Turner".
Sheila fired back: "I have nothing against you personally or any artist trying to make a living doing anything, it's just that if you can sing, then you find your own lane to be in. You good enough to sing on your own, why do you have to impersonate Tina?"
"All I'm saying is, personally, I would not pay to see a tribute band. I would listen to records, look at videos or whatever, it's just not my thing. I wanna see the original," she told Ben and Susanna.
"Nor would I go to a tribute show that was paying the estate of someone whom I didn't like, if you follow what I'm saying."
Ben then commented on Sheila's "personal experience" of being impersonated, but wasn't expecting her response.
"I do. She was ugly, she looked like a dog and the thing is, every time I went to a party in Majorca some guy would say, 'oh you sat on my knee and sang Dirty Old Man', and I said, 'I never sat on your knee and I never sang Dirty Old Man to you. I never sang in Majorca, end of'," Sheila explained.
"And it kept coming up when I was going out and that's when I realised I had to do something about it," she added.
Viewers were not happy with Sheila's comments and took to Twitter to air their views.
"Sheila Ferguson seems like a genuinely foul person. #GMB," one person posted.
Another tweeted: "She just mad cos no one wants tickets to a Sheila Ferguson show real or fake #GMB."
A third person wrote: "Love tribute bands. Sheila is horrible! #GMB."
A fourth added: "Shelia Ferguson calling an impersonator of herself a DOG and UGLY is just VILE and I hope your next tour fails."
Someone else tweeted: "#GMB the Sheila Ferguson comments, surely if someone takes the time and effort to do a tribute act that should be the highest display of respect for them. She should be happy for tribute acts, not so angry, my respect for #SheilaFerguson has gone."
However, some viewers enjoyed seeing Sheila on their screens as one person said: "Sheila Ferguson is the type of person to slap you with two back-handed fingers. She came in with THAT energy and I love it. #GMB #GoodMorningBritain."
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV and ITV Hub.
