Dan Walker hits back at 'bitter numptie' Piers Morgan over claim he's 'milking' crash
03.03.2023 - 16:55
/ msn.com
Dan Walker has hit back at Piers Morgan’s claim that he is ‘milking’ the horrific bike crash he experienced last week, calling him out for giving ‘a lesson on bitterness’. The Uncensored host had flung the same accusation at him first, saying he was bitter and ‘washed up on Channel 5 daytime’ after being ‘kicked off Match of the Day and BBC Breakfast’. Now Dan has clapped back with his own savage tweet, referencing Piers as ‘a numptie’ in relation to his interactions with Meghan Markle, and calling out the broadcaster’s habit of criticising the Duchess of Sussex.
Presenter Dan, 45, was struck by a car during his commute to work last week and blacked out after the terrifying accident. After suffering nasty injuries, including facial wounds and a black eye, he later stated he was ‘glad to be alive’. The journalist hosted his first gig since the ordeal on Wednesday, helming the Royal Television Society Awards in London.
During the glitzy bash, he made a quip about the TalkTV host’s notorious departure from Good Morning Britain, which happened after he stormed off set when he was grilled about his views on Meghan Markle. But the gag did not go down well with Piers, who in retaliation took to Twitter to accuse Dan of ‘milking’ his accident. He wrote: ‘If I were Dan Walker, and I’d been kicked off Match of the Day & BBC Breakfast, then washed up on Channel 5 daytime, and only got press these days by falling off a bike, getting a few grazes, and milking it like I’d survived a terror attack, I’d be this bitter too.
’The tweet attracted a lot of backlash online, with Piers being accused of ‘one of the worst takes in history’. On Thursday night, Dan responded: ‘What a laugh. Interesting idea of taking a lesson on bitterness from a
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