Holly Willoughby BLASTED by fans for having lunch with Piers Morgan: 'How disappointing'
HOLLY WILLOUGHBY angered many of her fans yesterday after she went on a lunch date with Piers Morgan.
Holly Willoughby and Piers Morgan
Holly Willoughby downs a tequila shot on This Morning
The This Morning presenter took to Instagram to share a close-up snap of the two beaming at the camera after enjoying a wonderful outing.
Holly, 36, captioned the image: "Lovely afternoon with Piers Morgan. Thank you for a wonderful lunch xxx."
But the beloved TV favourite soon divided her 2.1 million followers who were shocked that she would want to spend time with the controversial Good Morning Britain host.
One person slammed 52-year-old Piers: “I’d like to think a lovely, caring girl like you would've given him what for over his pathetic, uneducated and idiotic views concerning Mental Heath. @thepiersmorgan has totally gone down in my estimation.”
“Unfollowed Holly, sorry hate the man with a passion,” wrote one disgruntled Instagram user.
“My opinion of her has taken a dip as Morgan is the lowest of the low,” said another, whilst one fan simply commented: “How disappointing.”
And the backlash caught Piers’ attention as he wrote on Holly’s post: “Delightful fun, Ms Willoughby. Though not quite as much fun as reading the thrilled reaction from your fans…”
Holly Willoughby's fans were not happy with her company
However, some people were in favour of the two TV regulars joining forces as one fan commented: “When did everyone become so perfect and judgemental?! I'm pretty sure each and everyone of us is entitled to an opinion & can to go to lunch with whoever they wish @hollywilloughby @thepiersmorgan.”
“Ha ha some people are so sad to make comments like this. They get on and so what. Nothing wrong with that. Get a life people @thepiersmorgan,” stated another.
And one person had a more logical explanation for their outing, suggesting Holly is taking part in Piers’ TV show, the person wrote: “Is @hollywilloughby doing a Life Stories with @thepiersmorgan ???"