Piers Morgan has accused Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner of “body-shaming” Gemma Collins following their row on Sunday’s show.
Jason and Gemma became embroiled in a row after he criticised her performance with Gemma accusing him of “selling stories” about her and Jason branding her a “brat”.
Wading into the drama, Piers defended Gemma’s outburst and branded Jason “unprofessional” for his remarks to the TOWIE star.
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Speaking about the incident on Monday’s Good Morning Britain, Piers said: “During the competition, trashing her the way he did, I think was completely unprofessional.
“You shouldn’t be abusive to people you’ve asked to take part in your show.
“Don’t go to national papers during the competition and bury them the way that he did. And then when you get challenged on it, don’t look all shell-shocked and outraged. The audience were on her side.”
Piers then accused Jason of “body-shaming” Gemma after the outspoken judge said on the skating show last night: “We’re not going to see big lifts from you.”
Piers ranted: “All that stuff about ‘we’re not going to see big lifts’, what he means is, you’re overweight is what he’s saying to her.
“He’s body shaming her, he’s abusing her. I don’t know her, I’ve met her a couple of times and she strikes me as an entertaining reality star, but she’s giving it everything she’s got.
“I admire the attempt to try and be better than she clearly is and for Jason Gardiner to be burying her in the press during the week I think it completely wrong.”
It comes after Gemma hit back at Jason after he criticised her performance.
He told her: “I know you were channelling Marilyn Monroe… There wasn’t any elegance like you were saying in the VT. She has to be elegant.
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“She is a woman in control of her femininity. You were all over the place hun. And as Ashley [Banjo] said, there’s not enough skating. This is your second skate now. You need to up the ante.
“We’re not going to see big lifts from you. We’re not going to get any impressive moves.”
However, before he could continue, she interjected and fumed: “Can I just say one thing? Maybe if you didn’t sell stories on me, I wouldn’t have been so upset this week.
“So take that! Boring, boring! Don’t sell stories on me.”
Jason hit back: “This doesn’t help your cause. It shows you’re just a brat. Listen to what we’re saying.”
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