Television personality Piers Morgan has made numerous provocative statements on Twitter that have landed him in a deluge of mocking statements.
On Sunday, Morgan made another misguided attempt at humor that set him squarely in the crosshairs of thousands of Twitter users. This time, Morgan bragged about returning to Good Morning Britain with “3 broken ribs,” adding that his followers should tell “snowflakes” among them that this was called “‘manning up.’”
UPDATE: I'll be co-hosting @GMB tomorrow with 3 broken ribs. For the more fragile snowflakes among you, this is called 'manning up'. 👊👊
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 3, 2017
Things went predictably from there. Hundreds of people chastised him and shared their own tales of doing things while injured.
https://twitter.com/SeeDaneRun/status/904416975031554048
Fragile snowflakes are the ones who use stuff like this to reinforce their own masculinity :/
— Abby Honold (@abbyhonold) September 3, 2017
So you're going to sit in a chair. Wow, what a fuckin' hero you are.
— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) September 3, 2017
— GameSetVlach 🎾 (@GameSetVlach) September 4, 2017
2 weeks ago I did work whilst passing a particularly painful kidney stone, but I'm not a man, so what the f*** was I doing?
— Ellen "I don’t post here anymore" Rose 🐀 (@icklenellierose) September 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/_halfords/status/904390422826549248
By definition, the snowflake thing to do is 2beg for credit when a REAL man would just go to work w/out looking 4 a pat on the back #sad ❄️
— Bob Karp (@BobKarpDR) September 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/CraigSculli/status/904399930080579585
Piers, you're the last person I think of when I hear "man". Do you have any idea how many people function daily with far worse maladies? pic.twitter.com/bNLnMiPBxz
— Nancy J.🌻🇺🇦 (@LifeboatSinger) September 3, 2017
On Monday, Morgan tried to make it seem that his original tweet was a joke—and lashed out against one of his Twitter critics.
In agony but bravely battling on. #ribs @GMB pic.twitter.com/qpovMsl5wV
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 4, 2017
Yes but don't tell anyone – the snowflakes are losing their s**t. https://t.co/HyHO8D32aD
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 4, 2017
Dane, you boast of running 52 marathons in 52 weekends.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 4, 2017
A British guy, Gary McKee, ran 100 in 100 days.
You're a pathetic lightweight. https://t.co/NOkSrXePmP
Either way, Morgan’s masculinity display is just the latest in a number of Twitter spats he’s been involved in recently.
In June, he shared his opinions about Amber Rose’s third-annual SlutWalk and engaged in a days-long Twitter battle with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who is known for her mastery of the 140-character smack down.