Holden: 'Morgan was ungracious with Price'

Amanda Holden has accused Piers Morgan of being "ungracious" in his recent televised interview with Katie Price.

Morgan had promised to "ask the questions that need to be asked" in the dialogue and later praised Price for being "feisty, fiery, emotional, contrite and startlingly honest".

Holden told the News Of The World: "I've just been watching Piers's interview with Katie Price and was shocked when he called her a slapper. I know he's not frightened of asking provocative questions, but he's supposed to be her friend and was so ungracious.

"I know from my own experience how if everyone's telling you to not go out, you think: 'Why the bloody hell should I be dictated to?' I can understand that she's in a lot of pain and does stupid stuff when she's hurting."

She added: "If she was a man she wouldn't get half the grief she's getting for being forthright and outspoken. I'm going to slap Piers's podgy bottom when I see him!"

Last year, Holden said that the backlash from her own affair with Neil Morrissey while married to Les Dennis was "the worst thing that ever happened to me".