Piers Morgan Interview…
Politico’s Dylan Byers interviews Piers Morgan…
Morgan, who describes himself as “deliberately provocative” and knows he has “a unique ability to rub certain people the wrong way,” doesn’t really care — or, in his native tongue, doesn’t give “a monkey’s cuss.”
“Andrew Sullivan is a dick,” Morgan told POLITICO. “He’s an extremely bitchy, deeply unpleasant, rather confused individual who for whatever reason despises the very spittle I put on the floor. Well, good luck to you, mate. But I couldn’t give a toss.”
On Larry King: “I’ve tried to be very respectful about Larry; he’s a legend, and I feel very proud to have followed him. But I think he just slightly needs to button it, because he’s talking nonsense. The reason we’re different is, I’m a journalist and he’s not. Larry isn’t a journalist, never has been.”
January 18, 2013 at 11:04 am
Because nothing says “respect” like “button it (slightly)”, eh mate?
January 18, 2013 at 11:22 am
He had nothing to do with the phone hacking scandal and he stands by publishing fake photos of prisoner abuse. Morgan is a chump not worthy of respect from any serious person.
January 18, 2013 at 11:34 am
All you have to know about Piers is that he didn’t jump on Rupert Murdock, when all that was going on. Although, there might have been a certain self-awareness and lack of hypocrisy in that.
January 18, 2013 at 2:29 pm
How dare Piers criticise King Larry King with such abusive vocabulary! Naaaah, I can’t do the fake indignation thing. I do not like Piers and can’t stand his “Oh, look at me, I’m the best thing CNN has ever had since Wolf!” style of hosting, but Larry was too soft with his guests and his show got stalled years before his CNN retirement.
January 18, 2013 at 3:12 pm
I’d rather take a non journalist Larry King over a Journalist Piers Morgan , I mean that respectfully
January 18, 2013 at 3:36 pm
Yeah, I was not fan of Larry King but Piers is (as Laura said) nothing more than a daytime show host. She (awesomely) mentioned Jenny Jones.
January 18, 2013 at 5:37 pm
As a Brit myself I was totally bewildered when CNN hired Morgan.He is widely loathed in his home country,inevitable that he would be here too.