PIERS Morgan found Bernie Ecclestone shockingly naive when the Formula 1 boss doubles down on his claims that Vladimir Putin is a good guy.
The 57-year-old TalkTV presenter said the comments were extraordinary and caused such an insult as the Russian tyrant launched a “murderous war” in Ukraine.
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Business magnate Bernie, 91, doubled down on his comments after telling Good Morning Britain that Putin is a “first class person”.
Bernie told Piers last night, “As far as I’m concerned, he’s a good guy.”
He added: “I will take a bullet for someone and stand behind him for what it was.
“In general, I don’t know what he had in mind. I hope he didn’t mind what actually happened. And I’ll be surprised if he did.”
And he told Piers he was “a little disappointed” in Putin’s actions, adding: “But what was the alternative? Either he backs out, or the other people surrender?”
Piers hit back: “Well, the alternative is you don’t illegally invade sovereign countries and kill everyone.
And to say you’re ‘a little disappointed’ by a murderous, genocidal frenzy.
“Again, your language Bernie is extraordinary, ‘a little disappointed’ that he kills innocent people all day long?”
Bernie insisted he meant he was “disappointed with what happened” because he never expected it under Putin’s regime.
And I’ve suggested that it didn’t go like the planned tyrant.
But Piers told him that all the evidence points to the Russian leader planning this invasion for years.
Bernie opened his interview with Piers by insisting he didn’t regret anything he said on ITV’s Good Morning Britain yesterday, which caused widespread scandal.
The veteran former Formula 1 chief launched a bizarre diatribe in defense of the tyrannical Russian president, who is responsible for the horrific bloodshed in Ukraine.
Ecclestone waded the Russian war on Ukraine in an interview with Good Morning Britain, claiming his long-term friend is a “first class person”, adding that the brutal deaths of innocent Ukrainians were not “deliberate”.
When asked if he still considers Putin a friend, the 91-year-old said bizarrely: “I’d still take a bullet for him. I’d rather it didn’t hurt, but if it did, I’d still take a bullet. bullet, because he is a first-class person.
“What he’s doing is something he believed was the right thing to do for Russia.
“Unfortunately he is like many business people, we sometimes make mistakes.
“If you make a mistake, you have to do your best to get out.
†[The deaths of Ukrainians] was not intentional. Look at Americans moving to countries that have nothing to do with America.”