Piers Morgan has become embroiled in a furious row with MP Christian Wakeford after sparking backlash with a tweet about the England Women's National Football Team.
The former Good Morning Britain star, 57, has been slammed after sharing a tweet where he referred to the team as "persons who menstruate football team".
Following the Lionesses' 2-1 victory against Spain in the Women's Euro quarter final game on Wednesday evening, Piers tweeted to share his congratulations– in what appeared to be a dig about transgender women in sport, despite there being no transgender people in the England women's team.
It read: "The England persons who menstruate football team are superb. Well played Lionesses" followed by four clapping hands emojis.
Piers' tweet received a flurry of criticism as one user asked: "Why can’t you just congratulate them normally?" To which Piers, who had a bone to pick with Mo Farrah after he revealed his identity, responded with: "Why can’t we call women women?"
Another said: "Is it even okay to say that??? I’m finding it quite hard to accept" followed by an angry face emoji.
A third simply added: "What an odd tweet".
Following a flurry after angered responses on Twitter, Piers posted: "I love virtue-signalling Twitter when it doesn’t get sarcasm. So amusing."
Piers' tweet also caught the attention of MP Christian Wakeford, who turned the air blue with his response.
The 37-year-old MP, who represents Bury South, wrote: "Imagine being such a pathetic d**khead that you can’t just enjoy things without using the opportunity to make it all about you.
"No one is stopping you saying women, stop pretending to misunderstand gender inclusive language & creating a hostile environment for Trans people."
Piers was quick to hit back as he wrote: "Forgive me if I don’t take lectures on language usage from a woke-ravaged foul-mouthed clown MP who defected from the party he was elected to represent to a party he called 'a bunch of c***s.'
"But many thanks for your thoughts."
Christian then responded with some harsh words for Piers as he said: "If being woke is looking out for those more vulnerable than myself, when used by the media as a punch bag then I wear the badge proudly.
"Sacked from The Mirror, sacked from CNN and still crying over Meghan at night. No wonder you’re getting about 10 viewers a night."
It comes after Piers was sworn at by a transgender activist during an episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored in May.
Piers invited guest Jame, who refrained from revealing their identity, to take part in a debate about a protest outside the Emmeline Pankhurst statue in Manchester.
The interviewee had attended the protest alongside activist group Trans Rise Up, who were challenging a talk held by Standing For Women at the statue.
During the debate he said: "I have always supported trans rights to fairness and equality and I mean that sincerely."
But, the activist wasn't convinced as they replied: "That's bulls**t bro."
Later Piers added: "My issue with the way this trans debate is going, is in issues like sports for example, where I think it’s very unfair that trans women should be competing against women born to female biological bodies.
"I have issues about safety for women, I have issues about other women's rights."
The activist interrupted with: "Piers shut up bro. What are all these dog whistles and talking points? Do you not understand the majority of women athletes do not give a s**t about trans women in sport?"
Piers then said: "If you keep swearing I'm going to have to cut you off."
As the pair continued to interrupt one another Piers said: "I'm trying to explain my position, what is your problem with my position?"
The activist then took off their mic and said: "I don't really know. I'm going to leave the interview now I only came on here because I thought it'd be kind of funny but I wanna say you're a c***," before his mic was turned off.
