Foot in mouth: Katie Hopkins has been branded a troll for some inflammatory appearances on the This Morning sofa (Picture: ITV)

ITV has said it has ‘no plans’ for former Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins to appear on This Morning following a petition calling on the outspoken commentator to be banned from any future TV appearances.

The 38-year-old media personality endured a wage of negative comments after she made an apparent joke about Scottish life expectancy just hours after a helicopter crash killed nine people in a Glasgow.

Hopkins wrote on Saturday: ‘Life expectancy in Scotland based 07/08 birth is 59.5. Goodness me. That lot will do anything to avoid working until retirement.’

The tweet that sparked off the petition (Picture: Change.org)

Although she later clarified that her tweet was referring to an NHS report, her poorly timed message sparked internet outrage and tens of thousands of people subsequently signed a Change.org petition calling for the ‘vile’ columnist to be banned from all television programmes and interviews.




The petition, which over 85,000 have signed, read: ‘On the 30th of November 2013, Scotland was still in shock and trying to come to terms with a horrible crash that took the lives of innocent people. Within 24 hours of this happening Katie Hopkins posted vile remarks on Twitter about how long the people of Scotland live for.

‘We the undersigned are sick and tired of ITV and Channel 5 giving her airtime and want her banned from all TV shows on your channels.’

ITV has responded in a statement saying: ‘We have no plans for Katie Hopkins to appear on This Morning at this present time.’

Former Apprentice star Katie Hopkins has caused outrage with her tweets (Picture: PA)

When asked by Peter Morgan on his BBC WM breakfast show if she thinks the petition would succeed, Hopkins said: ‘I always say, I’ve had my say and people can have theirs. I think it’s kind of powerful that people get together in those groups and make things happen.’

Hopkins, who has since apologised for the tweet noting it was ‘poor timing’, has been rumoured to star in Channel 5’s next series of Celebrity Big Brother.