By Sheila Mckenzie-
Singing sensation Adele has been attacked by Piers Morgan, after the British star was forced to postpone her Las Vegas gigs, following an outbreak of Covid in her team.
Adele, who has not been the luckiest of girls recently, finds herself on the receiving end of fierce attacks from Piers Morgan.
The former Good Morning Britain host, 56, described Adele as a ‘privileged, pampered prima donna’ in his new column as he dubbed her cancelling the shows as a ‘disgrace’, laying into her in his typical attacking fashion.
Adele failed to appear for her show in person, speaking to them through a friend’s iPhone.
The 33-year-old singer was forced to postpone the highly-anticipated concerts after her ‘entire team’ crumbled after contracting Covid-19
She took to Instagram last week to deliver the news that the shows would be postponed until further notice after a drastic couple of weeks in rehearsals.
Morgan said she has morphed into just another staggeringly rich, privileged, pampered prima donna who thinks it’s fine to pull the plug on months of shows at a moment’s notice because she can’t get everything she demands.
“The show didn’t go on for Adele — last seen on British TV a few weeks ago lapping up nauseatingly sycophantic compliments from a drooling celebrity audience — because her ego is now writing cheques her fans couldn’t even dream of cashing.
“And frankly, it’s a disgrace.”
Crtiticising Adele fiercely, Piers went on to insist that Queen singer Freddie Mercury was able to record an album while he was dying, so Adele should be able to fulfil her promise to her fans.
“If Freddie Mercury can make an album as he was literally dying, then she could probably have found the inner strength to pocket $500,000 a night to sing a few songs even if the set design wasn’t absolutely perfect,” Piers insisted.
“That would have been the right thing to do for the fans she professes to love so much.
“But sadly, it would appear health-obsessed Adele’s disappeared up her rapidly diminishing celebrity backside, and no amount of weeping and wailing can change that very disappointing fact.”
On the attack: Piers Morgan Image: news.sky.com
The residency’s postponement sparked fury among many, demanding she refunds the money they had laid out given how little short notice she provided.
In her video message posted on Instagram, a teary Adele said: “I’m so sorry, but my show ain’t ready.
“We’ve tried absolutely everything that we can to pull it together in time and for it to be good enough for you, but we’ve been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and COVID,” she said, adding that “half my team are down with” the virus.
Caesars Palace said it understood fans’ disappointment in a tweet but added: “Creating a show of this magnitude is incredibly complex. We fully support Adele and are confident the show she unveils at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace will be extraordinary.”