Piers Morgan has claimed he is ‘done’ with pal Lord Alan Sugar over opposing views on the public going to parks during coronavirus pandemic.
The no-nonsense Good Morning Britain presenter blasted The Apprentice mogul for his ‘disgraceful’ behaviour as the duo once again locked horns on Twitter – and this time he drew a line under their friendship.
It all kicked off when Piers expressed his anger at the public going off to parks to sunbathe over the weekend, calling them ‘traitors’ and ‘morons’.
Taking issue with the journalist’s opinion, Lord Sugar penned: ‘I can’t for the life of me understand what @piersmorgan is on about in respect to sunbathing.
‘If you are 10 ft away from the next person in the open what’s wrong with that? In Essex we have big fields if you are in the middle of one chilling out in the sun whats wrong with that?’
Hitting back, Piers retorted: ‘Billionaire hiding safely in his luxury Florida home demands the right for British people to all go out sunbathing, in direct contravention of Govt. instructions, as UK #coronavirus death toll rockets incl more & more NHS staff on the frontline.
‘What an utter disgrace.’
Piers then went one step further to highlight that his friendship with Lord Sugar is officially over.
I’m done with @Lord_Sugar, trust me,’ he wrote in response to a follower’s question about why he was giving Lord Sugar his time.
‘His behaviour over this crisis has been an absolute disgrace, especially for a peer. But when he actively encourages British people to go out sunbathing, I can’t just sit back & say nothing.
‘His reckless, shameful stupidity will kill people.’
This isn’t the first time Piers and Lord Sugar have clashed during the pandemic, with the GMB presenter previously scorning his mate for doing ‘f*** all’ to help.
On Saturday night, Lambeth council announced that it would be closing Brockwell Park due to high volumes of people
‘Despite clear advice, over 3000 people spent today in Brockwell Park, many of them sunbathing or in large groups,’ read a post on the council’s official Twitter page.
‘This is unacceptable. Unfortunately, the actions of a minority now means that, following police advice, Brockwell Park will be closed tomorrow. #StayHome.’
It was reported that another 708 people had died on Saturday after contracting coronavirus, taking the UK death toll to 4,313.
It is another record daily rise since the beginning of the outbreak, following yesterday’s figures. A total of 41,903 people have now tested positive for Covid-19.
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