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Phillip Schofield roasted on Twitter for devouring small furry rodent

Phillip Schofield with Gordon the Gopher
Phillip Schofield with Gordon the Gopher on This Morning in 2010 - no wonder Gordon looks so uncomfortable. Photograph: Ken McKay /Rex Features

Phillip Schofield has got into an uncharacteristic Twitter storm branding his fans "food Nazis" after they rounded on him for eating a guinea pig. Not a pet pig, just something that was served up when he was in Peru. The Sun reports that the This Morning presenter told his 1.95 million fans about the dish and posted photographs to prove it. When he told them it wasn't a pet, he was asked by one follower whether he would eat cat or dog in China. "Why not? I like to try what the locals eat #bloodyhatefoodnazis". Miaow! Don't think we've heard the last of this.

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