'I'M STARVING': Piers Morgan feasts on Big Mac live as shocked animal rights activist looks on

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Bringing up a picture of a bee on the screen, Piers asked Orla, "Is one of these things an animal?" He then asked, "If a bee is an animal, why are you slaughtering them?" He then slammed what he called "rank hypocrisy" from vegans. "I meet so many vegans who devour avocados and almonds," he said. "And don't seem to realize that it involves the slaughter of billions of bees."

Morgan's tirade was in reference to the fact that avocado farming often involves the use of pesticides that are deadly to bees. Besides, the tropical fruit - beloved by millennials - often have to be shipped or flown from the US or South America into the UK. The process results in massive levels of CO2 production. In addition, the farming of avocados and almonds is highly water-intensive and takes an environmental toll.

In response to Morgan's attack, Orla hit back arguing that "both avocados and almonds are less damaging to the planet". But Piers replied, "What about how they get flown here from California?" Orla claimed that both are "still less damaging" to the planet than eating meat.
 
Suddenly, Piers changed tack. "Anyway, look, I'm starving," he said. "And you're not going to persuade me." A delivery rider then walked onscreen carrying a McDonald's delivery bag. "My response to you destroying all these things is to have a Big Mac," Piers said.

"Because you know what, it's a free country, it's a democracy, and I'm allowed to eat meat, and I'm certainly allowed to eat meat when someone who kills bees to feed their avocados minds," he added, biting into the burger.