Piers Morgan has blasted singing sensation Adele after the British star was forced to postpone her Las Vegas gigs amid an outbreak of Covid in her team.
The former Good Morning Britain host, 56, called Adele a 'privileged, pampered prima donna' in his new column as he dubbed her cancelling the shows as a 'disgrace'.
Last week, several US ticket holders suffered further disappointment after believing a conspiracy theory she would still show up.
Despite holding a 'vigil', Adele failed to appear in person instead opting to speak to them through a friend's iPhone.
Many, even some of her loyalist fans, have questioned if the shows will now ever go ahead.
Now, Piers has hit out at Adele for cancelling the shows and disappointing thousands of adoring fans.
The opinionated star said Adele's fans 'believed in her because she was a working-class girl who treated them as equals'.
He went on: "But now she has morphed into just another staggeringly rich, privileged, pampered prima donna who thinks it’s fine to pull the plug on months of shows at a moment’s notice because she can’t get everything she demands.
"The show didn’t go on for Adele — last seen on British TV a few weeks ago lapping up nauseatingly sycophantic compliments from a drooling celebrity audience — because her ego is now writing cheques her fans couldn’t even dream of cashing.
"And frankly, it’s a disgrace."
Piers went on to insist that Queen singer Freddie Mercury was able to record an album while he was dying, so Adele should be able to fulfil her promise to her fans.
"If Freddie Mercury can make an album as he was literally dying, then she could probably have found the inner strength to pocket $500,000 a night to sing a few songs even if the set design wasn’t absolutely perfect," Piers insisted.
"That would have been the right thing to do for the fans she professes to love so much.
"But sadly, it would appear health-obsessed Adele’s disappeared up her rapidly diminishing celebrity backside, and no amount of weeping and wailing can change that very disappointing fact."
The residency's postponement sparked fury among many, demanding she refunds the money they had laid out given how little short notice she provided.
In her video message posted on Instagram, a teary Adele said: "I'm so sorry, but my show ain't ready.
"We've tried absolutely everything that we can to pull it together in time and for it to be good enough for you, but we've been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and COVID," she said, adding that "half my team are down with" the virus.
Adele had been due to perform 24 shows at Caesars Palace Hotel starting Friday following the release of her fourth album, "30."
Caesars Palace said it understood fans' disappointment in a tweet but added: "Creating a show of this magnitude is incredibly complex. We fully support Adele and are confident the show she unveils at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace will be extraordinary."
