Piers Morgan hit with 281 Ofcom complaints after ‘savage and humiliating’ interview with MP Andrew Bridgen on GMB

GOOD Morning Britain has been hit with hundreds of Ofcom complaints after host Piers Morgan 'savaged' MP Andrew Bridgen.

The TV watchdog revealed 281 people viewers objected to Monday's show, where the 55-year-old presenter launched a tirade after being accused by the backbencher of a “diatribe" against Boris Johnson.

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Returning after a week off due to a coronavirus scare, Piers asked if he was allowed to visit two of his adult sons if he stuck to social distancing rules.

Andrew Bridgen replied: “As far as I would be concerned, I do not speak for the Government, as long as you maintain social distancing in what you do.”

The answer prompted an angry response from Piers, who claimed it was “completely against the new rules”.

He said: “You are a Conservative Member of Parliament, who thinks you know exactly what Boris Johnson has been saying, and you just told me to do something I’m not allowed to do.

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“So this is the problem isn’t it? There is no clarity. It’s a load of flannel, talking about controlling the virus.

"You as a leading, high-profile Conservative politician haven’t got a clue about what these rules actually mean, and you’re an MP. You’re part of this.”

Piers added: “We’ve had no PPE, the NHS frontline workers account workers, that’s why 200 of them have died. It’s an absolute national disgrace.

“And when you come up and say: ‘I heard your diatribe against Boris Johnson.’ The diatribe is because so many people have died, and so many people are continuing to die”.

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Some viewers described the interview as a savaging, with one tweeting that they witnessed "another incompetent MP get utterly humiliated".

Piers has been an outspoken critic of the Government's coronavirus approach, and he has accused cabinet ministers of refusing to be interviewed by him on GMB in recent days.

Last month, the star was cleared by Ofcom after 4,000 complaints over his "combative" interviews with care minister Helen Whately and health secretary Matt Hancock.

The confrontation with Andrew Brigden came the day after the prime minister unveiled a shift in the rules around coronavirus, urging Brits to get back to work if they can't from home.

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He also said that Brits would be allowed to sunbathe in parks and play unlimited sport from today - and can go on day trips.

The 55-year-old added that anyone coming into the country by air would be forced to quarantine and said schools will also now start going back from June - if the infection level is low enough.

Johnson also announced he would hike up fines for people who break the rules from £60 to £100 - up to a max of £3,200 for multiple offenders.

However, despite the gradual lifting of lockdown rules, he warned that pubs, cinemas and mass gatherings would be off the cards for months to come.