Piers Morgan went on a mini-rant about fat-shaming moments after Little Mix engaged in an “awkward” conversation with BRIT Award 2019 host Jack Whitehall. The Good Morning Britain presenter accused Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock of “public negative body image mockery”. In a scathing tweet shared with his 6.4 million followers, the 53-year-old wrote: “Shocked and disappointed to see @LittleMix LAUGH as @jackwhitehall fat-shames me on national television. “It’s just this kind of public negative body image mockery that the same @LittleMix campaigned against and of which I am now a victim. Shame on you, ladies! #BRITS.”
Shocked and disappointed to see Little Mix LAUGH as Jack Whitehall fat-shames me
Piers Morgan
The father-of-four was referring to the moment Little Mix, who scooped the BRIT Award 2019 for Best Video, giggled as Jack mocked him.
Speaking to the singers during the show, Jack said: “Piers Morgan didn’t like that picture where you stripped off naked, which is weird, because you know, voluptuous breasts and four chins it must be like looking in the mirror for him.”
He continued: “Jess what would you say to that dutty waste man?” to which Jesy, 27, exclaimed: “Jack?!”
“I want some beef at the BRITs,” Jack admitted, as the superstars burst into a fit of laughter.
However, Piers later got his own back on the comedian and tweeted about the actor’s
