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Great British Bake Off contestant Freya Cox, 20, has said she "completely ignores" those who slam veganism as she questioned why the likes of Piers Morgan choose to criticise the lifestyle.The outspoken presenter is no stranger to debating with those choosing not to eat products from an animal.Just last month he ate a Big Mac live on his TalkTV show following a clash with vegan activist Orla Coghlan.The 57-year-old also raged at "PC-ravaged clowns" Greggs for introducing a vegan sausage roll in 2020.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk ahead of her appearance at this year's Cake and Bake show, Freya said: "If you're not interested in it then I don't know why they're so invested."Everybody loves a bit of controvery don't they, he's not going to have a job if he doesn't say something like that."Lewis Hamilton confesses ‘I feel so alone’ after reflecting on splitPiers claimed that vegans are "unethical" in a rant on Good Morning Britain over bees.He said: "My belief is that eating meat helps sustains the planet and that vegans are unethical because they all eat almonds, which kills millions of bees."Conflicting reports have occured over whether bees are killed, if not harmed, when almonds are made.Almonds.co.uk writes: "When almonds trees bloom, bees get their first food source from our orchards’ nutritious pollen."Just like almonds are a nutritious snack for us, almond pollen is very nutritious for bees and, as a result, they consistently leave California almond orchards stronger than when they arrived."Piers has also previously said to a guest on Good Morning Britain: “I've never met a healthy looking vegan… You're a bit pale and you're really angry."Despite negativity, Freya prompted many to be more open-minded when it

Piers Morgan's TalkTV show has been slapped with over 100 Ofcom complaints after the host ate a Big Mac on air during a heated vegan row.Ofcom, the UK's broadcast media regulator, received 123 complaints in total from fuming viewers following the televised animal row on (September 7).The former GMB presenter, 57, had been embroiled in a furious row with an animal rights activist on his News UK talk show, Uncensored.READ MORE: Piers Morgan faces backlash after 'unbelievable' swipe at Meghan MarklePiers devoured the classic McDonald's burger at the end of his argument with Orla Coghlan, from Animal Rebellion, where the pair clashed over what Piers deemed was vegan "hypocrisy".A delivery man brought on a hamburger and fries, and the campaigner was forced to look on as Piers tucked into the popular fast-food meal in the studio.Piers grilled Orla on what he saw as "rank hypocrisy" from vegans when it came to the environmental impact of eating meat as opposed to consuming exotic vegetables.The host shared a photo of a bee on the screen and asked Orla: "Is one of these things an animal?" before digging: "If a bee is an animal, why are you slaughtering them?"He proceeded to argue: "I meet so many vegans who devour avocados and almonds and don't seem to realize that it involves the slaughter of billions of bees."Morgan was referring to the likes of avocado farming, which uses pesticides that are deadly to bees, and tropical fruits which often have to be flown or shipped to the UK and results in greater CO2 production.Orla argued that "both avocados and almonds are less damaging to the planet" than meat before Piers hit back: "What about how they get flown here from California?"Then Piers delivered a burger-shaped curve ball when

PIERS Morgan concluded a fiery interview with an animal rights activist by tucking into a McDonald's Big Mac burger in front of her. The outspoken TalkTV host had been interviewing Orla Coghlan from the group Animal Rebellion when the pair got into a heated debate about vegan "hypocrisy".