Anthea Turner and Piers Morgan have fallen out
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Piers Morgan brands Anthea Turner ‘despicable’ as she apologises for Twitter comments

Anthea claimed that "lazy lifestyle choices" were to blame for NHS pressure

Piers Morgan has slammed Anthea Turner after she apologised for a Twitter post.

The GMB host, 55, was outraged when former Blue Peter presenter Anthea posted a tweet that appeared to criticise overweight people during the pandemic.

And it didn’t take long for Piers to respond in trademark fashion, calling Anthea “despicable”.

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Anthea Turner and Piers Morgan have fallen out
Anthea caused upset with her post (Credit: Sue Andrews / SplashNews.com)

What happened between Piers Morgan and Anthea Turner on Twitter?

In a now-deleted tweet, 60-year-old Anthea used a cartoon of an overweight woman wearing a mask and sitting on a scooter to illustrate her point.

The cartoon saw the masked woman tell a younger, unmasked woman, “put on a mask, you’re putting my health at risk”.

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She captioned the image: “Go for it!”

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Nancy Brown
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