Holly Willoughby caused ITV co-star Piers Morgan’s ‘alarm bells to ring’ with ‘smug' text

Taking to Twitter in view of his 7.7 million followers to address the accusations, he said: “I put my mask on seconds after this pic was taken, as the cab moved off.. 

“I should have done it before I got in but ironically, I was chatting to the paparazzi & I forgot.”

Piers also admitted he is “guilty as charged” over the situation and insisted he wasn’t denying a rule breach.

He penned after a social media user accused him of “making excused” about the situation: “I haven’t made an excuse, I just explained what happened. 

“I’m guilty as charged. For a few seconds, I was a Covidiot & I deserve the full wrath of Twitter hell to now descend on me.”