Vaccine hero Martin Kenyon, 91, asks Piers Morgan ‘who are you?’ in hilarious Good Morning Britain interview

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91-year-old London grandfather who delighted the world with his plain-speaking approach to the coronavirus jab asked Piers Morgan: “Now who are you?” during a hilarious follow-up interview.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain the following day, Mr Kenyon said the attention he had received since was “rather ridiculous” and he hoped it was just “24-hour nonsense.”

Appearing via video link from his home in Stockwell, south London, the 91-year-old explained that he booked his vaccination appointment because it seemed “sensible to get on with it” and he was looking forward to hugging his “two delicious grandkids”.

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Mr Kenyon also addressed some of the laughing points from his interview with CNN on Tuesday afternoon, which has since been viewed more than 2.5 million times on Twitter alone.

After explaining to the US broadcaster that he had received the jab at Guy’s Hospital in London Bridge before going off for a “rather nasty lunch”, he retracted his assessment of the meal.

He told his GMB hosts: “I don’t know why I said that – it was delicious”.

Revealing that the lunch consisted of a prawn sandwich and some orange squash, he said he did not normally eat sandwiches but, anyway, it was a “deeply uninteresting subject.”

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The GMB presenters roared with laughter as Mr Kenyon poked fun at Morgan

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The proud grandad then took his famous interviewer down a peg or two.

Expressing bewilderment as Morgan discussed his grandchildren Molly, seven, and Leo, 10, Mr Kenyon said: “God, you know that already?”

The presenter replied: “I do, I know a lot about you actually because I found you such a brilliant interviewee…”

The 91-year-old then interupted by asking the 55-year-old: “Now who are you?”, prompting roars of laughter in the ITV studio.

Martin Kenyon says it would be ‘foolish’ of people not to take the jab if means a chance of normality

The elderly Londoner went on to reinforce his criticism of driving conditions in the capital.

Probed on his tardiness for his historic vaccine appointment, Mr Kenyon said parking at Guy’s Hospital was “absolute hell”.

He explained that he would normally take the bus but had been using his car more during the pandemic to “avoid being poisoned by other people”.

Mr Kenyon, who was a leading anti-Apartheid activist and friend of Desmond Tutu – who he described as “just a student” –  said he planned to spend Christmas in Shropshire with his daughters, their husbands and his two grandkids.

Asked what his advice was to people who may be hesitant about getting vaccinated, Mr Kenyon said: “I think it would be foolish of them to be reluctant about it, if it means the chance of them behaving normally instead of being worried they might get the horrible virus.”

He previously told CNN in his “peak British” interview: “There is no point in dying now when I have lived this long.”