There's one commendable thing about Piers - he doesn't give a flying bag of toenails what his cohorts think of him... probably because he feels they're barely fit to lick excrement off his hoofs.

When "interviewing himself for the March edition of GQ", he spilled vitriol on Graham Norton, for being " too camp, bitchy and 'show bizzy for my taste, and with the world's most irritating voice. Well, apart from Alan Carr, obviously... I would never try and compete with any of these 'entertainer' interviewers, because that's not my bag (eloquently put). I am a journalist who tries to conduct entertaining interviews. They - and I include Ross in this - are entertainers, who wouldn't know a good journalistic question if it bit them on their backsides. But we both have our place in the market." Indeed, you being in the "lower paid and perhaps a bit bitter" bracket.

To be fair, however, he can conduct a serious interview. I recall (yet again) watching him probe Pamela Anderson (stoooop it) regarding her often tumultuous upbringing, mainly due to the harsh hand of her father. This then raised the question of why she generally goes for gobsh*tes. It was a touchingly informative interview - until the end with Piers proceeded to ogle her chest and commanded her to take to his knee. Fierce highbrow stuff altogether. Speaking of which; here are some snaps of Morgan enjoying lunch at the Ivy with some uber serious interview fodder, such as Mel B, The Osbournes and the undulating mass of relevancy that is Heidi/Spencer Pratt...