‘Repulsive bully!’ Kirstie Allsopp slams Piers Morgan over 'woefully privileged' criticism
express.co.ukLocation, Location, Location presenter Kirstie Allsopp hit back at Piers Morgan on Twitter yesterday after the journalist described her comments about wannabe first-time house buyers as “stupid” and “woefully privileged”.This dispute comes after Kirstie told The Sunday Times about buying her first house with family help at the age of 21, admitting she feels “enraged” when young people say they can't afford property.Kirstie, 50, tweeted out a number of statements claiming her words had been misconstrued and took the opportunity to defend herself against Piers in view of her 425, 900 followers. “Piers Morgan is a repulsive bully who would attach himself to any passing bandwagon,” she wrote.
Kirstie has already received plenty 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”.
Piers, 56, took to Twitter yesterday afternoon to blast Kirstie for her argument in front of his 7.9 million followers.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.”Piers’ tweet received a mixed reaction from his followers, as did Kirstie’s rebuttal.
Some people continued to call the presenter out, with Theowlsusie writing: “Much as you're a fabulously creative individual, the lack of insight shown in your comments regarding home ownership is frankly embarrassing. “At the time when you purchased your first property with the economic help of your parents the average.
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