This Morning causes outrage as Philip and Holly eat squirrel on live TV

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This Morning sparked outrage after Thursday's episode as they served up a risotto made from squirrel. During Thursday's instalment, the hit ITV chat show discussed reports following the Exmoor Squirrel Project encouraging people to eat grey squirrels in a bid to save the native red squirrel.

And as such, TV chef Phil Vickery decided to rustle up a grey squirrel risotto and buttermilk fried squirrel as some of ITV's stars sampled the dishes.

Phil admitted: "I understand this is a highly-emotive subject and if you are a vegetarian or vegan, then this is horrific to imagine!" And as presenter Phillip Schofield tucked into the dishes, Holly Willoughby was left grimacing and she quickly put her notepad over her face.

Giving his conclusion, Phillip said: "I don't have a problem with taste, texture or anything - I wouldn't know what it was!" Those watching at home couldn’t believe what they were seeing and rushed to social media to comment on it.