Piers Morgan has admitted that he felt awful when Natalie Okri broke down into tears on stage last night, after she failed to make the Britain’s Got Talent final.

Piers, who has three sons of his own, said on his blog: “I’d just like to say a special word about poor young Natalie, who was distraught at missing out on her final place.

“I was watching as she walked off the stage at the end crying, and thinking, like everyone, ‘I hope her mum’s here somewhere.’

“Well, she was, waiting at the bottom of the stage steps, to take her into her arms and console her. And by the time she studio lights went up after the show ended, Natalie was smiling.”