Piers Morgan takes a parting shot at his biggest critic

One of the downsides of the end of Britain's Got Talent is the fact there won't be any more catty barbs flying between News of the World TV columnist Ian Hyland and BGT judge and former Screws editor Piers Morgan. Until the next series, at least. Hyland has taken great pleasure in having a go about Morgan's weight and his column this week was no exception. Recounting Morgan's reply to BGT dance act Hoop-La-La that he wasn't a "Hula Hoops expert", Hyland wrote: "A downright lie - I once saw him do 10 bags in one sitting." Hyland ended his BGT roundup by saying he didn't know the answer to Ant and Dec's plea about what it would take to get Morgan "on his feet and clapping like a seal". "Dunno, boys," Hyland wrote. "But first guess is the sweet trolley." But the last word must go to Morgan himself. Writing on his blog on the ITV website, the former Daily Mirror editor said: "Ratings for the final peaked at an astonishing 14.4 million - making Britain's Got Talent the biggest entertainment TV show of the CENTURY. Which will, of course, be deeply depressing to my all my old TV critic friends who have spent the last two months calling me a fat, talentless, simpering goon. Sorry guys, but that's showbiz..." Monkey just can't wait for hostilities to be resumed.