Good Morning Britain receives more than 1,000 Ofcom complaints after Piers Morgan 'mocks' Chinese language

It's not often that Piers Morgan isn't surrounded by at least a little bit of controversey.

But his latest actions have caused outrage amongst viewers with more than 1,000 complaints being made to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom against him.

The hundreds of complaints stem from Tuesday's episode of Good Morning Britain with viewers accusing the presenter of 'mocking' the Chinese language.

Piers and co-host Susanna Reid were discussing the Queen's eldest grandson Peter Phillips appearing in a TV advert for state milk in China.

The advert in question featuring Prince Phillip (ITV)

The 54-year-old then went into a rant about the ad saying:  "Oh Peter, for god's sake man!" before accusing him of "exploiting" his royal status.

But it was his next comments that infuriated viewers and sparked the influx of complaints.

He said: "At the next royal event, can you imagine Christmas at Sandringham is like - 'I'm sorry your majesty, but I only drink yang yank yong ying ming milk."

Fellow presenter Susanna quickly picked up on his comments and sighed: "Piers."

Susanna wasn't impressed by her co-star (ITV)

They then aired the advert on GMB again and Piers said: "Ok then - ching chang chong, ok I got it."

Again, it was left to Susanna to scold her co-star.

"For god's sake... taking the mick out of languages is rather 1970s," she said.

Those watching at home headed to social media following the comments.

"Did Piers Morgan seriously just mock Chinese people? #GMB," said one.

Viewers have flooded Ofcom with complaints (ITV)

Another hit back: "Little bit offensive there Piers. The 1970's called, they want their Chinese stereotype back. #gmb."

An Ofcom spokesperson confirmed that 1,095 complaints had been made, which had tripled from Tuesday, and said in a statement: "We are assessing the complaints against our broadcasting rules, but are yet to decide whether or not to investigate."

Piers Morgan did respond to the accusations tweeting: "I was mocking a member of the Brtish Royal family appearing in an advert for Chinese state milk, not Chinese people."

Digital Spy reports that the episode has been removed from the ITV Hub with a network spokesperson saying the reason for doing so was "totally unrelated".