Piers Morgan couldn't resist a sly dig at Victoria Beckham on Good Morning Britain today as he lavished praise on Ed Sheeran.
Multi-millionaire Victoria, 46, riled up celebrities and fans after furloughing staff despite having a family fortune of £335million.
Taxpayers footing the bill will save Victoria at most £225,000.
Among those criticising the former Spice Girl is GMB presenter Piers, 55, who hit out at her as he praised singer Ed for his handling of his own bar.
Piers told viewers: "A shout out to Ed Sheeran, the popstar. He owns a bar in Notting Hill, a bar/ restaurant, called Bertie Blossoms. A fine place if you haven't been, well worth going.
"He co-owns it and he's declined to use any taxpayer, furlough or loan money to keep all of the staff on the books, they're all going to keep getting paid by Ed Sheeran.
"There's a message there, isn't there? For the Beckhams of the world - not to be a drain on the taxpayer right now."
He added: "So good on Ed Sheeran, whose current worth is estimated at half of the Beckhams.
"He's done the right thing, I think, because he can afford to."
Later on in the ITV programme, Piers accused the Home Office minister Victoria Atkins of "laughing" over PPE failures today.
In the excruciating interview on Good Morning Britain today, Piers grilled the Minister for Safeguarding on the Panorama investigation on the lack of PPE available to NHS staff on the coronavirus frontline.
*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
