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Piers Morgan, who I like to refer to as the Skip Bayless of non-sports media because he just says shit just to get a reaction out of people, got a very strong one out of Twitter legend J.K. Rowling this past weekend.
A couple of days ago Morgan appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher and was told to “fuck off” on live TV by comedian Jim Jeffries…
One of the people who took great joy in seeing Morgan being treated this way was Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling…
Yes, watching Piers Morgan being told to fuck off on live TV is *exactly* as satisfying as I'd always imagined. https://t.co/4FII8sYmIt
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 11, 2017
Naturally, being the troll that he is, Morgan responded…
This is why I've never read a single word of Harry Potter. https://t.co/XUJBMs4KKm
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 11, 2017
Annnnnd then they were off to the races…
Because you had a premonition that one day the author would roar with laughter at seeing you called out for your bullshit on live TV? https://t.co/8rkKSqJTnG
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 11, 2017
Everything I said was factual.
If you think screaming 'FUCK OFF!!!' at me changes that, then you're mistaken. https://t.co/0U9fVoTjfc— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 11, 2017
.@piersmorgan Would you like a couple of hours to mock up some pictures of refugees carrying explosives to substantiate your position? https://t.co/sFj0kqIajd
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 11, 2017
The superior, dismissive arrogance of rabid Remain/Clinton supporters like @jk_rowling is, of course, precisely why both campaigns lost.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 11, 2017
The fact-free, amoral, bigotry-apologism of celebrity toady Piers Morgan is, of course, why it's so delicious to see him told to fuck off. https://t.co/4XNF4G0nlD
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 11, 2017
.@piersmorgan If only you'd read Harry Potter, you'd know the downside of sucking up to the biggest bully in school is getting burned alive.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 11, 2017
No bigger bullies right now than the shrieking, hysterical anti-Trump celebrity brigade.
You lost, so suck it up Dolores. https://t.co/RFQkyJWxZ5— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 11, 2017
#StillHurts pic.twitter.com/28rUHy2McC
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 11, 2017
#StillNeverGoingToReadYourDrivel https://t.co/H8l7sKZsCh
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 11, 2017
Wow. That was…something.
Then just to make it even more weird, Piers Morgan’s son Spencer followed all of that up with a tweet of his own…
Well this is awkward @piersmorgan @jk_rowling pic.twitter.com/OHhkj8TWlM
— Spencer Morgan (@spencermorgan93) February 11, 2017
That there would be a tattoo AND a necklace of the symbol that represents Deathly Hallows from the Harry Potter series.
I think Piers just got owned by his son in this argument, right?
At least Piers was a good enough sport to retweet it.
Meanwhile, this is now happening…
.@piersmorgan Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say
that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.— Big Green Bookshop (@Biggreenbooks) February 11, 2017
.@piersmorgan They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious..2/32567
— Big Green Bookshop (@Biggreenbooks) February 11, 2017
.@piersmorgan because they just didn't hold with such nonsense. 3/32567
— Big Green Bookshop (@Biggreenbooks) February 11, 2017
.@piersmorgan Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made
drills. He was a big, beefy man 4/32567— Big Green Bookshop (@Biggreenbooks) February 11, 2017
That’s right, a bookstore called Big Green Bookshop is now tweeting the entire story of Harry Potter to Piers Morgan and they don’t seem like they’ll be stopping anytime soon based on that tweet countdown they’re displaying.
Naturally, Piers took it well.
So @Biggreenbooks is tweeting me an entire Harry Potter book because I'm a 'twat'.
This, of course, just makes him an even bigger twat.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 13, 2017