Katie Piper has been labelled a "savage" for her take on Christmas breakups.

Ms Piper was appearing on Loose Women for the last time this year before enjoying the Christmas festivities.

Before appearing on the show Ms Piper posted on Instagram: "It’s my last @loosewomen of the year! it’s been such a great year with the ladies, so let’s go out with a bang! Wearing @aligne dress & @jimmychoo shoes styled by @zakwaltonzMakeup by @toby_salvietto Hair by @zebluke".

At one point in the show the panel discussed: 'Is it cruel to break up with someone at Christmas?'

"Christmas can be an annual reminder that you're stuck in this pointless relationship," Ms Piper said, to heaps of laughter in the audience.

She was later called a "savage" for her beliefs as she further stated: "They give you the ick when you can't envision them spending time with your family".

Who is Katie Piper?

The former model, who suffered an acid attack arranged by her ex-boyfriend in March 2008, received her honour from the Princess Royal for services to charity through The Katie Piper Foundation, which supports burns victims.

Ms Piper, from Hampshire, was left partially blind and with severe scarring to her face, chest, neck, arm and hands at the age of 24.

The mother-of-two  described it as “a wonderful privilege” to receive an OBE from Anne at the Queen’s Berkshire residence.

When asked how she continues to inspire positivity in people who have experienced life-changing burns and injuries, she said: “To be truthful, I don’t always maintain a positive outlook.

“Trauma is part of life, but it doesn’t have to be a life sentence"

“It’s about surrendering to that as a normal part of life, the highs and the lows, and being able to surrender to the lows make them fewer and farther between.

“But I suppose really I would describe myself really as somebody that does celebrate life, because I think we’ve all experienced the fragility of life.

“That was why I wanted to set the charity up, because after a burn injury, we have our lives saved by the amazing NHS, but it’s the quality of life afterwards and going back into society with a visible difference that’s really difficult, and it’s not something that we can do alone.

“Trauma is part of life, but it doesn’t have to be a life sentence.

“With the support of a charity or organisation it’s a lot easier to re-integrate back into society and what you knew as normal because you now have a new normal.”