Following his remarks about Charlie Kirk and Jimmy Kimmel Live’s suspension, Pipps Morgan and John Cleese clash.
John Cleese and Piers Morgan have taken swipes at each other on social media over the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! following remarks the host made about the death of Charlie Kirk.
Earlier this month, Kirk was shot and killed while talking at a university in Utah. In a monologue on his late night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel spoke about the right-wing activist and his death, accusing other right-wing people, who he dubbed the “MAGA gang”, of using it to “score political points” and suggested the killer was “one of them”.
Kimmel faced backlash for his statements, particularly from President Trump and Brendan Carr, a Trump-appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, who pushed for Kimmel’s show to be taken off air. ABC, the network that aired Jimmy Kimmel Live! slapped the show with an indefinite suspension.
Morgan’s reaction to Kimmel’s suspension and the outcry from many of his fans and coworkers was unexpected. He claimed that Jimmy Kimmel lied about Charlie Kirk’s assassin being a “MAGA,” which caused understandable outcry from TV station owners who refused to air him, and that he has since been suspended by his employers. Why is he being hailed as a “liberal speech martyr”?
A US politician responded to the post, saying Morgan “missed the point,” and John Cleese responded, “This from Piers Morgan. Who has succeeded in serving Rupert Murdoch financially?
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Cleese’s dig at the Good Morning Britain host prompted retaliation from Morgan. “You took Rupert’s money too, you flaming old hypocrite,” he wrote. “I’m just proud of it.”
The fighting continued throughout the week as Cleese started a separate thread to continue to bash Morgan. “I see Piers Morgan says he’s proud to have worked with Rupert Murdock, the man who had done more contaminate Britain’s journalism than anyone else. Tells us all we need to know about Piers, whose only talent is associating himself with people much better known than himself.”
Morgan responded by saying that Cleese’s former Monty Python cast members “loathe” him: “a) Rupert is much nicer than you… even your fellow Pythons loathe you.” b) I have nearly twice as many followers because I am much more well-known than you.
Fans of Jimmy Kimmel have remained concerned about the show’s future. Kimmel reportedly asked to apologize for his remarks about Kirk’s death, and it is believed that his business and legal representatives are discussing a deal with ABC and Disney’s parent company to get him back on the air. Kimmel’s contract, according to information, will soon expire, and the show may gradually end up doing the same.
President Trump praised ABC for suspending Kimmel and called for Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers to be removed as well. On Truth Social, he congratulated ABC for “finally having the courage to do what had to be done” and added: “That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!!”
This comes shortly after a lawsuit Trump opened against CBS is speculated to have resulted in the axing of Stephen Colbert’s late night show. Colbert has come to the defence of his friend after recent events, saying: “With an autocrat, you cannot give an inch. Jimmy, I stand with you and your staff 100%.”
Source: Mirror
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