Pier Morgan, 55, was seething with Dan Walker, 43, as BBC Breakfast hosts continue to speak with senior Government ministers in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. With the Conservative Cabinet boycotting Good Morning Britain, the journalist felt his colleague was lacking when it came to questioning Matt Hancock, 41. As his co-host Susanna Reid, 49, tried to tell viewers what the Health Secretary had been saying, the outspoken presenter declared: “Jump in,” as he was frustrated with his rival.
The presenters are known for having a rivalry, often taking to Twitter to gloat about each their respective show’s ratings.
Watching Walker interviewing Hancock about the daily coronavirus testing figures, which haven’t been released to the public for the past 39 days, Morgan couldn’t hold back his fury.
With a clip of the Health Secretary’s response being shown to ITV viewers and his interviewer struggling to get a word in edge ways, the shot returned to the Life Stories star who immediately provided commentary on the moment.
“Get in there Walker, for goodness sake man. He’s talking complete nonsense,” the journalist declared.
Reid jumped in as she remarked: “Oh my goodness. Now you’re ranting at presenters on other programmes.”
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Morgan continued: “Because he’s [Walker] getting the interviews because he won’t jump in and say, ‘What are you talking about Health Secretary?’
“What could be a more important bit of data than how many people are being tested? What could possibly be more important?
“And yet you pretend it’s meaningless,” he continued as his rant turned on towards the politician and his lack of explanation.
It wasn’t long before Walker responded to his colleagues outburst and shared his response on Twitter in view of his 662,100 followers.
“That’s your job. Not to sit back and tweet all the self-important rubbish you [do],” the journalist added.
“Don’t let him get away with it,” Morgan blasted as he concluded his rant about his colleague’s interviewing technique.
When the host exploded the first time, he also vented about the Health Secretary’s answer to Walker’s questioning on coronavirus testing.
“This is the same Health Secretary who in the middle of March, presided over the end of community testing because that was no longer appropriate.”
“What does this mean? That the number of people being tested is meaningless? I wish I could ask you,” the host continued.
Reid added: “Surely the amount of information you get – accurate information – the number of people actually being tested would actually be very, very helpful.”
Taking the reins again, Morgan opined: “Unbelievable. It’s no longer meaningful to know how many people are being tested for coronavirus in this country.
“There couldn’t be anything more significant or meaningful than knowing the number of people being tested and for the Health Secretary to get away with that blather on the BBC is utterly shocking.”
Good Morning Britain airs weekday at 6am on ITV.
