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'My opinion is FIVE times more important': Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid argue about Madonna's Prince tribute as he insists he is more popular than the pop queen

By Rebecca Davison and Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com

Published: 09:01 GMT, 23 May 2016 | Updated: 09:50 GMT, 23 May 2016

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Her Billboard Awards tribute to Prince on Sunday night was slammed by viewers and critics alike - and it's fair to say that Piers Morgan didn't like it either.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Monday morning, the outspoken host ended up getting into an argument with co-presenter Susanna Reid over their differing views.

After talking about the performance being slammed, Susanna chimed in: 'I'm sure her 7million Instagram followers might think otherwise.'

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Ouch! Piers Morgan got into a playful row with Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain on Monday morning over Madonna's tribute performance to Prince at the Billboard Awards on Sunday, which got mixed reviews

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Piers, clearly not taking her comments lying down, said: 'Well I've got 4.98million followers to her 1.2million followers, so that makes my opinion five times more important.'

Not impressed, Susanna responded: 'What do we agree on?'

'Nothing,' he replied. 'Let's move on.'

Nothing Compares 2 U? The Queen of Pop herself, Madonna, headed up an emotional tribute to the late, great Prince during the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday

The Revolution: The 57-year-old Material Girl paid homage to the Purple One by donning a Gucci lavender paisley suit and ruffled blouse and belting Nothing Compares 2 U onstage the T-Mobile Arena

Dearly beloved: Madonna was then joined by yet another living icon - Stevie Wonder - for an organ-heavy rendition of Purple Rain

Madonna sported a purple metallic brocade suit and lace tie by Gucci to perform her tribute at the awards, to perform with iconic artist, Stevie Wonder to perform Purple Rain.

The Oscar-winning rocker - who tragically died April 21 at age 57 - had received Billboard's Icon Award only three years earlier.

Way back in 1989, the Midwestern musicians collaborated on the Like a Prayer duet Love Song at his Paisley Park recording studio.

This is not a love song: Way back in 1989, the Midwestern musicians collaborated on the Like a Prayer duet Love Song at his Paisley Park recording studio

Unaccredited: Prince was also rumoured to have played guitar on three other tracks from her fourth studio album - Like a Prayer, Keep It Together, and Act of Contrition

Another read: 'So yall just gone let Madonna ruin my tribute like this? with a picture of Prince's face

Oh go easy on her... Another appeared to show Prince seriously giving Madonna some shade following her performance

Prince was also rumoured to have played guitar on three other tracks from her fourth studio album - Like a Prayer, Keep It Together, and Act of Contrition.

Yet, despite Madonna's personal connection to the eccentric star, social media savaged her performance with outraged memes.

Soon after the announcement of the Unapologetic B***h singer's tribute broke, a Change.org petition protesting Billboard's choice garnered nearly 9K signatures.

A series of tweets showed that her performance was wholly ill-received according to the social media site

Yet not all is lost: Some viewers absolutely loved Madonna's musical offering

'I think everybody is entitled to their opinion and everyone can have their own opinion,' defended BMAs producer Mark Bracco to the New York Daily News on Thursday.

'But I will say that we are honored and could not be more excited for Madonna to be on the show and to pay tribute to someone that was her friend and her peer and her colleague.'

A host of viewers took to Twitter to some pretty negative comments, with some creating mocking memes, but others wrote in support of the superstar.