Piers Morgan has long been the focus of many jokes over the years, usually taking them on directly by addressing his critics on Twitter or television. This time around, he seems to be handling both ends — or just one judging from the imagery he’s sharing. It would seem that The Mash Report on BBC aired a segment with Rachel Parris that featured the following image illustrating Morgan’s recent interview with President Donald Trump:
Amusing though this image may be to many people, can you imagine the BBC broadcasting it if the President was Hillary Clinton or the interviewer was a woman? #TheMashReport @BBCTwo pic.twitter.com/2mazoAzpwd
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
As you can see, Morgan noticed and decided to air his grievances about the imagery being used on publicly funded television on Twitter. This involved sharing the picture, which would seem silly at first until you realized he shared it at least three more times.
The BBC thinks this is OK to broadcast. But if it depicted high profile women, there would be outrage.
Why the double standard? pic.twitter.com/xcdxpEJD3E— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
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
So we can't have #gridgirls or #walkongirls because the imagery is 'demeaning'.
But the publicly-funded BBC can broadcast this about 2 men?
Any comment, @Ofcom? pic.twitter.com/ErOtK8Lvh6— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
As you can likely assume, Morgan continued from there and responded to every comment, reply, and joke made about the image onto his timeline. And there were plenty of them by the end of Friday:
Piers Morgan, the duly elected President of SelfOwnia, has angrily retweeted this Human Centipede cartoon of himself three times today. pic.twitter.com/BEW6yP0Ykx
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/evepeyser/status/959537315885481986
That’s correct.
There is a difference between objectifying women and making the political, satirical, accurate point that you kiss Donald Trump’s ass.
Thoughtless misogyny and satire of brown-nosing media suck-ups have nothing to do with each other.
Post the cartoon again! https://t.co/1IrEiksjh7
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/959527793867591680
This is an outrageous distortion. I hope @piersmorgan sues the BBC. First, Trump's bottom is far too small and firm. Second, Piers's head isn't nearly far enough up it. https://t.co/aUvLfpOhwS
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/andizeisler/status/959548163110584320
@piersmorgan I've seen this picture retweeted thousands of times now with absolutely no credit to the photographer. pic.twitter.com/eupa2v77kt
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/andylassner/status/959566780292313089
https://twitter.com/dantelfer/status/959574291770519553
I leave you guys alone for FIVE HOURS and come home to find Piers Morgan posting cartoons of himself eating Trump's ass? You are all grounded.
— Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerRIP) February 3, 2018
"Excuse me, everybody. What am I doing in there, with a dildo?" – Piers Morgan pic.twitter.com/5z6wgomIJ2
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) February 3, 2018
But @piersmorgan…you have 6 million followers 🤔 pic.twitter.com/voj4nuOav8
— Fred Delicious 🍆 (@Fred_Delicious) February 2, 2018
Piers Morgan is basically the Hamilton version of King George.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 2, 2018
Butt eating is too beautiful for Piers Morgan
— Cameron Esposito (@cameronesposito) February 2, 2018
*Checks to see why "Piers Morgan" is trending….* pic.twitter.com/9HkEFBfP68
— Sandy Netherton 🌎 (@desdemona31) February 3, 2018
This is offensive @piersmorgan Please don’t tweet images like this. https://t.co/NHs7eNcO9I
— Clark Gregg (@clarkgregg) February 2, 2018
If you told him it would make him trend on Twitter, Piers Morgan would intentionally poop his pants on live tv.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) February 2, 2018
And by the end of it all, the joke had come around and now apparently featured Morgan completely on board. He didn’t get owned, he meant to share the image so everybody can see it and know just how dastardly BBC2 was for airing the show.
No, I want everyone to retweet it. That’s why I keep posting it. https://t.co/q3mlTwJ4Fo
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
The first real Piers Morgan meltdown/freakout of 2018 was worth it and possibly featured an image that will live on as a meme and unfortunate tattoos for the years to come. Here’s the full segment that started it all.