Piers Morgan has become embroiled in a Twitter spat with a former Coronation Street star that attended an anti-vax protest.
Sean Ward, who played Callum Logan in Corrie, joined the thousands of people who tried to storm the Television Centre, the London TV studios where ITV films its shows, on Monday.
Taking to Twitter, Ward, 33, called Piers, 56, a "clown" for criticising the protesters and calling them "imbeciles".
Ward was seen trying to stop protesters clashing with police, by shouting "stop" and putting his arm out.
Piers retweeted a clip of the scuffle outside the studios, after they were wrongly labelled as BBC studios.
He pointed out that ITV now uses Television Centre to film its daytime shows, including This Morning and Loose Women.
"NOW - Protest outside BBC Television Centre in West London," the original tweet shared alongside the video
Piers, who is currently battling Covid himself, re-tweeted the post, adding: "It's ITV’s HQ now, you f*cking imbeciles."
Ward responded to the former Good Morning Britain host's tweet, saying: "Sorry what was that Piers?!? Imbeciles?!?
"No worried mothers & fathers actually!! We did both ITV & the BBC, this beautiful officer helped us."
"You silly old," he added, alongside five clown emojis.
Piers then shared his tweet, writing: "You're the ex Corrie cretin who told everyone not to get vaccinated, right?
"Somehow, I doubt an unhinged, selfish, stupid Z-list actor knows more than the world's finest scientists - so stop peddling your conspiracy theory sh*t & shut up before you cost lives."
The protesters rallied against the introduction of vaccine passports and the vaccination of children at the demonstration.
Back in March, Ward was slammed for telling his followers not to get the Covid vaccine.
He told his Instagram fans that they would be "super-spreaders" if they have the vaccine and demanded people "stop" having it.
A day before posting the video Ward also attended a rally in Hyde Park to protest against the lockdown rules in place at the time.
This week it was revealed that three quarters of adults in the UK have now received both doses of a Covid jab.
Preparations are currently being made to offer Covid booster jabs from next month.
The UK currently offers three different Covid vaccines: the Oxford/AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer.
All three of the jabs are proven to reduce the risk of transmission as well as signifcantly lower the chances of becoming seriously ill and/or needing hospitalisation after contracting Covid-19.
