If thereâs one thing Piers Morgan hates (although thatâs not exactly a short list), itâs so-called âsnowflakesâ â so we can only imagine how incredulous he was after being branded one by Ant and Dec.
The pair couldnât resist making the quip after the Good Morning Britain presenter was riled by a joke they made about him during the launch of this yearâs Iâm A Celebrity on Sunday night.
Dec had said: âWeâve got Kate Garraway, whoâs preparing to face the most harrowing ordeal of her entire lifeâŠâ
Ant added: âBut before she goes back to work with Piers Morgan, sheâs got three weeks in the jungle!â
Piers reacted to the gag on Mondayâs GMB, sarcastically saying of Antâs return to the show: âItâs so good to have him back.â
Later responding to him on Twitter, the pair called him a âsnowflakeâ for being so easily outraged â something Piers usually criticises others for.
Things went downhill from there as they began trading playground insults.
âAt least I have my own Twitter account & donât have to share one with my mate,â Piers wrote.
Ant and Dec replied: âOh yeah? Well our dads are bigger than your dad. Grow up you big wally!â
Piers fired back: âa) Theyâre not. b) I really wouldnât play the growth card.â
The trio previously worked together when Piers was a judge on Britainâs Got Talent from 2007 to 2011.
However, Piers was a vocal critic of Ant during his personal troubles last year, when he decided to take time out of the spotlight, following his arrest for drink driving.
Piers claimed Ant was no longer âthe guy he knewâ, before later commenting that he did not âdeserve sympathyâ following his subsequent conviction.
Iâm A Celebrity airs nightly at 9pm on ITV, with Good Morning Britain airing weekdays at 6am on ITV.