Piers Morgan admits he still watches GMB after exit as he praises Dr Hilary Jones for fiery exchange with pub landlord

PIERS Morgan has admitted he still watches Good Morning Britain after dramatically quitting the show as he praised his ex co-star Hilary Jones.

Doctor Hilary was involved in a fiery exchange with landlord Rod Humphris, who threw Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer out of his pub yesterday.

The anti-lockdown landlord furiously ranted at the politician for “failing this country” as opposition leader.

It led to Sir Keir scarpering off down the street while Rod struggled with a bodyguard during the explosive argument.

Rod came on GMB today to stand by his message that lockdowns aren’t working.

But he was forced to go up against Dr Hilary who said he should “stick to pulling pints”.

Piers shared a video of their exchange, writing: “Brilliant work by @DrHilaryJones, exposing that gobby publican for the callous ill-informed halfwit that he is.”

Hilary told Rod: “With the greatest respect, Rod, I think you should stick to pulling pints instead of advising the government about a policy on the biggest public pandemic issue in the past 100 years.”

He added: “How do you think this spreads in the first place? It’s person to person contact.

“All the countries that locked down earlier and had more sustained lockdown had better health outcomes and better economies.

“Look at every peak we’ve had. What happened when we had 1,200 deaths a day? We locked down and the numbers came down. It’s very simple. You have to have a lockdown in a pandemic that kills people.”

He then took aim at Rod saying politicians “have f***** our economy because old people are dying”.

Dr Hilary argued that his point meant the last 16 years of 99-year-old Prince Philip’s life were “meaningless and worthless”.

“We can’t allow that to happen, you can’t be that ageist”, said Dr Hilary.

Refusing to back down, Rod said: “When we have gone into lockdown the infection rate has already been falling.

“There is no established cause and link between lockdowns and lack of deaths and that’s been researched all over the world.”