{"id":122454,"date":"2021-01-13T07:10:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T11:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=122454"},"modified":"2021-01-13T08:07:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T12:07:34","slug":"piers-morgan-defends-himself-after-revealing-he-flew-to-antigua-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/piers-morgan-defends-himself-after-revealing-he-flew-to-antigua-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan defends himself after revealing he flew to Antigua for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1288520980\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan has admitted that he flew to Antigua for Christmas and has defended his decision to do so following criticism on social media.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1559540314\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:771\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/quueens.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:771\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/quueens.jpeg 1143w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:214\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/quueens.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:732\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/quueens.jpeg 732w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:1075\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/quueens.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:771\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/quueens.jpeg 1097w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1143\" height=\"1600\"   \/><\/div>\n<p>The 55-year-old has been highly critical of the government&#8217;s lockdown rules in England but he told his followers that his sunshine break to the Caribbean was allowed under Tier 3 restrictions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"teads-adCall\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-vip-slot\" class=\"gpt in-article gpt-no-ad-label\" style=\"background: #ffffff; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text !important; overflow: hidden; z-index: 1; clear: both; height: 8px; color: #141414; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-style: normal; 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height=\"730\"   \/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Piers was publicly calling for Christmas to be cancelled and tougher restrictions.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3742845909\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, 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February. Otherwise, spot on!&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"antig-3742828318\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"in-article-image\" data-mod=\"image\" data-observed=\"false\" data-init=\"true\">\n<div class=\"outer\">\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mod-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk\/incoming\/article19604148.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Piers-MorganJPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"publication-theme-indicator\"><span class=\"caption\">He said that he didn&#8217;t break any rules<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">(Image: piersmorgan\/Twitter)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In November, the 55-year-old said that if we had to make compromises for Christmas, &#8220;so be it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He tweeted: &#8220;Covid-19 doesn\u2019t give a flying f*ck about Christmas. 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