Former newspaper editor Piers Morgan has been defending Jade Goody following criticism for making her cancer battle so public.

Morgan says the reality TV star merely has the future of her children at heart.

He said: "I think people who accuse Jade of milking the situation should just shut up.

"I don't think you milk a situation where you just have months to live and you need to provide for your children."

The Mirror's former editor, who has a new show Piers Morgan On, also revealed his true feelings for Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson, Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and fashion queen Trinny Woodall.

The Britain's Got Talent judge was asked what he would do if they appeared on the show and he had to judge them. He replied: "I'd just replace the buzzers with a machine-gun. And just take them all out and do the public a massive favour".

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