Piers Morgan certainly does know how to whip the press into a frenzy and he has done so again today by sensationally banning David Beckham from his ITV chat show.

Piers revealed that he is related to Rebecca Loos, who sensationally had an affair with Beckham. He told The Sun: “I don’t want him on my programme. Rebecca is my second cousin from my marriage.

“My first question would be, ‘What did you do with my cousin?’ I know more about it than he might like!”

Now most of us realise that David Beckham would most likely not even have Piers Morgan on his radar, never mind wanting to go on his show. This recent statement by Morgan is an unashamed attempt to gain publicity for his chat show, which by the way airs on ITV this Sunday night at 10pm. Look like it works!