Piers Morgan swapped seats at glitzy dinner to save Dame Joan Collins from 'embarrassment'

express.co.uk:

Piers Morgan took to his Twitter account to share his response after coming across Joan Collin’s latest column for the Spectator.

In her essay, the 88-year-old actress shared light on a Christmas lunch she attended with a group of celebrities last month.One of the famous guests invited to the occasion had been talked about in Joan’s book, Unapologetic Diaries, which she released back in October.The mother-of-three explained how she wanted to avoid the unnamed person at all costs to save herself from an unpleasant confrontation.

And fortunately for Joan, Piers was gracious enough to provide his assistance when he offered to swap the Golden Globe award-winning star's seating placement card.“I was mortified to find that my place card was next to one of my alleged victims,” she wrote. “What should I do? “Apologise?

Grovel?”Joan insisted that what she said about the unidentified person in her book was what had been told to her by a mutual friend and the last thing she wanted was to engage in a showdown at a star-studded event.“At drinks, I made Piers Morgan aware of the situation. “He hooted victoriously, ‘Finally, I’m not the most reviled person in the room!’ then said he would save me further embarrassment by doing the unthinkable and swapping my placement round.Joan went on to say that she ended up being seated next to Piers, which was great as it allowed her to avoid any contact with the mystery celebrity.