Piers Morgan has taken to social media to defend himself after admitting to flying to Antigua for Christmas.
The Good Morning Britain host had been calling for people to make compromises in the run up to the festive period, and criticised the Government's lockdown rules amid Covid-19..
But the 55-year-old took to Twitter after admitting to the Caribbean island, while insisting that it was perfectly within the rules to do so, the Mirror reports.
Piers has now been called out by a right-wing political site as they condemned his decision to travel, as reported by the Mirror.
Guido Fawkes' Twitter account posted: "Government advice in December was not to travel unless it was essential.
"Piers was publicly calling for Christmas to be cancelled and tougher restrictions.
"He flew to Antigua first class on Virgin before Christmas Day."
Piers then quote-tweeted the post on Sunday afternoon to defend himself.
He wrote: "Hi Guido, Happy New Year. 1) The Govt said travel abroad from Tier 3 was allowed if people went straight to the airport.
"2) I didn't call for Christmas to be cancelled.
"3) I haven't flown on Virgin for a year.
"4) I last flew First Class in February. Otherwise, spot on!"
Back in November Piers called for people to celebrate Christmas in a much more stripped-back way.
He tweeted: "Covid-19 doesn’t give a flying f*ck about Christmas. If we have to make compromises this year, so be it.
"We can still attend virtual church services, & still have virtual meals with all the trimmings.
"The vaccines are coming fast, let's save as many lives as possible until then."
