FURIOUS Piers Morgan has threatened legal action after he was accused of buying his Twitter popularity. The 55-year-old star currently has 7.5 million followers on the social media site, but an anonymous user has claimed at least 4.6 million are fake after launching an 'investigation'.
A 22-tweet thread details the investigator's "evidence", with the first post in the stream of messages garnering a huge online reaction with thousands of likes and retweets.
However, when Piers caught wind of the claims he was quick to publicly deny the suggestion - and hint that he'd pursue legal action if the thread is not removed.
He wrote: "I don't know who you are, but this is an absolute lie. I have never bought a single Twitter follower, and wouldn't.
Read more on thesun.co.uk