If you looked at Piers Morgan’s Twitter account on Saturday morning, you’d likely see one image that totally dominates his timeline. And why not? It’s the controversial British talk show host in close proximity to President Donald Trump.
ICYMI: The interview the world’s now spent 8 days talking about can be viewed on ITV Hub.https://t.co/BdCpcjWVog#TrumpMorgan pic.twitter.com/Z1Mu7C9guO
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
Oh, no, no, no. Not THAT picture of Morgan and Trump. THIS picture of Morgan and Trump. You know, the one where Morgan is giving anilingus to the president.
The BBC thinks this is OK to broadcast. But if it depicted high profile women, there would be outrage.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
Why the double standard? pic.twitter.com/xcdxpEJD3E
That’s one time. And Morgan went back for a second helping.
If the BBC broadcast an image like this after a female journalist interviewed @theresa_may – all hell would break loose & people would be fired. Gender equality shouldn’t just apply to pay – should it? pic.twitter.com/9xNqGPjZl9
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
Here’s the trifecta.
So we can’t have #gridgirls or #walkongirls because the imagery is ‘demeaning’.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
But the publicly-funded BBC can broadcast this about 2 men?
Any comment, @Ofcom? pic.twitter.com/ErOtK8Lvh6
For good measure, Morgan kept at it on Saturday.
If Trump tweeted an image like this depicting Hillary Clinton & a female interviewer, all those currently celebrating/retweeting it would erupt with outraged cries of ‘Sexist!’ ‘Misogynist!’ ‘Homophobic!’ – led by the BBC.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 3, 2018
Liberal hypocrisy in all its unedifying glory! pic.twitter.com/ejd71nqqJP
Since then, Morgan has repeatedly retweeted the photo that shows him nuzzling up close to Trump.
https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/959527793867591680
And you just did too. But would you have done if it depicted women? https://t.co/v5tXJxkTF6
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
Solid point from Piers. https://t.co/QTH3ldwjGM
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) February 3, 2018
And oh boy, Twitter couldn’t get enough of Morgan’s brown-nosing.
https://twitter.com/evepeyser/status/959537315885481986
If @piersmorgan hadn’t tweeted his indignation, millions of Americans would have missed the source of his ire…and a genuine belly laugh. Thanks, mate! https://t.co/mcie0e6mkv
— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) February 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/josh_withey/status/959752365531435009
Piers Morgan complaining about his depiction on the BBC, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/r29X3JZncs
— Andrew O’Neill ☉ (@destructo9000) February 3, 2018
publicist: just stop tweeting the image of u eating donald trump’s ass, this will go away on its own in a day
— Bob Vulfov (@bobvulfov) February 2, 2018
piers morgan: i’ll post it one more time just to be safe
https://twitter.com/RMac18/status/959688716708036608
The image stems from this bit with British comedian Rachel Parris, who takes Morgan to task for his recent interview with Trump. Clearly, Parris didn’t appreciate Morgan’s softball interview and used that to blast him on The Mash Report, a satirical news show that airs on BBC2.
Stop what you’re doing immediately and watch @RachelParris‘s GENIUS take on @PiersMorgan‘s interview with @realDonaldTrump… 😂 #TheMashReport pic.twitter.com/uOj0XPhCji
— BBC Two (@BBCTwo) February 2, 2018
The show’s audience loved the image; Morgan clearly didn’t.
Morgan keeps tweeting that he’s not “remotely upset” by the image and that it’s the gender equality issues he wants to discuss. He also admitted that he’s not dissatisfied that his name is in the news.
But in Morgan’s mind, he has another good reason to keep posting the image of him eating Trump’s ass. He actually wants to bring awareness to it.
No, I want everyone to retweet it. That’s why I keep posting it. https://t.co/q3mlTwJ4Fo
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
