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Piers Morgan brutally lashes out at Kirstie Allsopp's 'cretinous' coronavirus analogies

Piers Morgan let rip at Kirstie Allsopp ahead of his combative return to Good Morning Britain today.

The 55-year-old presenter lashed out at her "expert advice" on coronavirus, taking particular issue to her 'trampoline analogies' which he branded "cretinous".

Yesterday, Location, Location, Location star Kirstie slammed BBC Twitter accounts for using the platform to "frighten parents, grandparents and children".

She tweeted: "Call me when the BBC Twitter accounts have stopped using this platform to frighten parents, grandparents and children. Until then this is no place for me.

Piers Morgan hit out at Kirstie Allsopp ahead of his GMB return today (ITV)

"Covid is a horrible disease, to control it we have to accept all sorts of limitations, but scaring kids is unacceptable."

Earlier, Kirstie continued to Tweet at various BBC accounts as she accused them of "scaremongering" over reports that the new coronavirus variant is "transmitting more readily in younger age groups".

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Kirstie slammed the BBC's coverage of the new coronavirus strain (PA)

Speaking to Andrew Marr, Sir Mark Walport, the Government’s former Chief Scientific adviser and member of SAGE, said that he doesn't rule out the closing of schools.

Piers was clearly unimpressed with Kirstie's comments and shared a picture of the presenter, tweeting: "Of all the people I least want to hear from when it comes to expert advice on coronavirus, TV estate agent Kirstie Allsopp and her cretinous trampoline analogies are top of the list."

This comes ahead of Piers and Susanna Reid's return to GMB following their Christmas break.

The presenters will be interviewing Health Secretary Matt Hancock on the news regarding schools' staggered reopening and Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prediction that "tens of millions" would be vaccinated by April.

*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV

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