Piers Morgan has defended a photograph of the Good Morning Britain cast after complaints from ‘halfwits’ on social media amid the coronavirus lockdown.
The no-holds-barred presenter has leapt to the defence of the team after people 'screamed no masks' when he shared the picture on social media.
Piers, who presents the ITV show, was celebrating after an "historic" day for the news programme after Wednesday was the highest-rated in its history, the Manchester Evening News reports.
Piers, 55, praised his co-stars and the GMB crew and shared a throwback snap of the full presenting line-up.
It appears many people have become confused by the "lack of social distancing" and other rules which are currently being followed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"So no social distancing going on there then - and don’t try and claim it’s a foreshortening effect, there ain’t no 2 metres between each of you lot," one complained.
Another said: "Outrageous lack of social distancing. no masks either," and a third added: "bit hypocritical to take such a picture after telling other people off for group gatherings.... ? Or am I missing something?"
A fourth even commented: "I expect the @metpoliceuk to issue fines for this..."
So Piers hit back on Twitter: "I'm not suggesting there are a lot of halfwits on Twitter but... a lot of people have screamed 'NO MASKS! NO SOCIAL DISTANCING!' about this two-year old photo."
Despite his clarification, the replies were still as divided as ever.
Piers was celebrating after he revealed that GMB hit a record high of 28 percent audience share, meaning they were up 170k viewers whereas BBC Breakfast was down 166k viewers.
He tweeted in a dig at his rivals: "We're taking them down, one viewer at a time."
