More than 8,000 fundraisers joined celebrities in Princes Street Gardens in raising millions for the homeless.

But motormouth Hopkins, whose previous rants have taken in refugees, breastfeeding mums and Ebola patients, dismissed the event as tokenism.

“Please don’t sleep one night on the street in support of the homeless,” tweeted the former Sun columnist.

Liam Gallagher calls Edinburgh ‘mega’ after Sleep in the Park

“Ask a homeless lady or gent what they’d really love, and get it for them. If you need to pretend to be something, take up acting. #SleepInThePark”

Fellow Twitter reacted with anger. Sharon McKay tweeted: “Each person donated £100 to social bite to help homeless what have you dontated!!!”

Gail MacLeod said: “Nobody can do anything without you saying it’s wrong. My friend done this last week and £48000 was raised for the homeless so wind your neck in!”

And Caroline Hearst tweeted: “It enhances empathy. Having the experience so you know what it feels like.”

Support our Christmas campaign to make Edinburgh the Capital of Kindness - Sign up HERE

Katie Hopkins lays into Edinburgh's Sleep in the Park