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'Ludicrous!' Piers Morgan slams Kirstie Allsopp's ‘woefully privileged’ home buying advice
Kirstie Allsopp, 50, has faced a lot of backlash following her claims that young people would be able to afford to buy houses if they “moved somewhere cheaper” and “gave up Netflix and the gym”.The Location, Location, Location presenter was called out by Piers Morgan yesterday, who claimed her opinion was coming from a “woefully privileged” place.Piers, 56, took to Twitter yesterday afternoon to blast Kirstie for her claims in front of his 7.9 million followers. This comes after Kirstie told The Sunday Times she bought her first house with family help at the age of 21, admitting she feels “enraged” when young people say they can't afford property.Piers’ scathing tweet about the presenter read: “Every time Kirstie Allsopp trends, I check why and see she’s said another unbelievably stupid, ludicrously ill-informed and woefully privileged thing. “Then I wait for her to respond to the entirely justified outrage by throwing her toys out of the pram & quitting Twitter again.”When Kirstie, daughter of Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, bought her first house with the help of her family, the price would have been £112,000, compared with £255,556 for the average home today (adjusted for inflation). It has been widely reported that young people are finding it more and more difficult to get on the property ladder - a fact that Kirstie appeared to take issue with.She said: “When I bought my first property, going abroad, the EasyJet, coffee, gym, Netflix lifestyle didn’t exist.”“I used to walk to work with a sandwich. And on payday I’d go for a pizza, and to a movie, and buy a lipstick.
