Piers Morgan reignites Alex Beresford feud with shock comment
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Piers Morgan hints at near-slap incident with Alex Beresford

Linked Will Smith 'slap' to his storming off GMB set

Piers Morgan has taken aim at former GMB colleague Alex Beresford once again.

Former newspaper editor Piers reignited his feud with the ITV weatherman on Twitter last night (Tuesday March 29).

Making reference to the Will Smith ‘slap’ incident at the Oscars, Piers indicated a reason for his strop off the GMB studio set over a year ago was to prevent him from dishing out a slap himself.

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And although Piers didn’t refer to Alex by name, he did mention a “him” – and Dr Hilary Jones was the only other male on the set at the time.

Piers Morgan and Alex Beresford clashed over Meghan Markle
Piers Morgan and Alex Beresford clashed over Meghan Markle (Credit: YouTube)

Piers Morgan: What did he tweet ‘about Alex Beresford’?

TV presenter Piers, 57, told his Twitter followers he would “probably do the same” as Will Smith under similar circumstances.

He wrote: “So much snowflakey [blank] re Oscars smackdown.

“You can think Will Smith wrong to slap Chris Rock but still understand why he did it if he thought – incorrectly –

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It seems Piers may have been larking about with his tweet

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Robert Leigh
Freelance writer