PIERS Morgan has slammed MasterChef judge Jay Rayner as a "pompous a**e". The TV presenter, 56, didn't mince his words in a surprise Twitter rant today.
Jay, 58, told how he had turned down a request to appear on television in tribute to the much-loved British comedian, actor, and writer Barry Cryer who died at the age of 86.
Jay wrote: "Email arrives: would I go on @GBNEWS to talk about Barry Cryer "I’m terribly sorry. I’ve just checked my diary and it appears I have to stay in and stick pins in my eyes.
Sharing the tweet with his 7.9million followers, Piers simply stated: "What a pompous a**e." Although he did not reply to Piers' message, Jay did make reference to the comments his tweet caused. "I don’t like to boast," he wrote. "But last weekend I infuriated the die hard supporters of a certain former Labour leader; this weekend I have infuriated the devotees of a less than progressive TV ‘news’ channel.
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