Piers Morgan is less than impressed with his Spitting Image puppet

Piers Morgan claimed that his Spitting Image puppet “bears no resemblance to [him] whatsoever” as it was unveiled on Good Morning Britain.

The new series of the satirical puppet show, which launches on streaming service BritBox next month, will also feature charicatured likenesses of public figures such as US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Andrew.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, environmental activist Greta Thunberg and the Prime Minister’s advisor Dominic Cummings will also appear in puppet form.

Introducing his puppet on Wednesday’s episode of Good Morning Britain, Morgan, 55, explained that he had “waited all [his] adult life to have Spitting Image do a puppet of [him].”

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“And then last night, I got sent the image, and I was like, ‘do you know what? I could have waited another 40 years for this,’” he joked.

“As you can see, it bears no resemblance to me whatsoever.”

As a picture of Morgan’s puppet appeared on screen, the presenter posed to match its exaggerated expression.

Match of the Day’s Gary Lineker chimed in on Twitter after the image was revealed, telling Morgan that this was “the first time I can recall a Spitting Image puppet to be actually quite flattering.”

Spitting Image creator Roger Law recently insisted that the new series will mock figures on both sides of the political spectrum.

Explaining that there is “no fun” in only targeting right wing figures, Law said: “There’s lots of ammunition to throw at the other side as well. You go for them all.”

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV. The new series of Spitting Image will be available to stream on BritBox from October 3.

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