British television personality and troll, Piers Morgan, recently posted an insensitive tweet following the loss of Muhammad Ali, “I hope people don’t make me sound too perfect when I die. No coats of sugar please,” which many found inappropriate and rude including John Legend and Chrissy Teigen.
I hope people don't make me sound too perfect when I die.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
No coats of sugar please.
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The singer and model both went in on Morgan with John tweeting, “You could test us by announcing your retirement,” and Teigen saying, “From what? trolling isn’t a job (I’ve tried).”
.@piersmorgan you could test us by announcing your retirement.
— John Legend (@johnlegend) June 5, 2016
@johnlegend from what? trolling isn't a job (I've tried)
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 5, 2016
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The British personality did his best to clap back with an insult tossed at Teigen, who quickly fired off another shot.
Maybe I should take up a proper job, like modelling? > RT @chrissyteigen: @johnlegend from what? trolling isn't a job (I've tried)
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 6, 2016
@piersmorgan it keeps me nice and not-racist so sure, give it a go.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 6, 2016
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Morgan continued to bait the couple by telling them to read his column on Ali and racism, but Teigen was having none of it, comparing Morgan’s claim that he wasn’t racist to Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense, “Remember when Bruce Willis didn’t know he was dead? It’s like that.”
@piersmorgan remember when Bruce Willis didn't know he was dead? It's like that.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 6, 2016
Morgan recently came under fire when he wrote a piece for the Daily Mail declaring his disdain for Beyonce’s Lemonade and it’s “political, race-fueled tone.” At this point, we think Piers just needs to log off and chill with those Twitter fingers.
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