Ariana Grande, her mother and Piers Morgan got into a messy Twitter brawl on Wednesday, after the British journalist shaded the singer’s talent, saying she uses nudity to sell records.
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Trouble started when on Tuesday, Morgan tweeted using TV host Ellen DeGeneres as an example of what he believed was a double standard which is sexist against men after she put up a montage showing some famous men barechested men on her show to celebrate International Men’s Day.
I did a montage celebrating men. #InternationalMensDay @idriselba @chrishemsworth @RyanGosling pic.twitter.com/0BgPuiroC6
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) November 19, 2018
But Morgan described the gesture as the hypocrisy of feminism being laid bare as he had been criticised for previously complementing Holly Willoughby on her legs.
Ellen drooling today over famous men’s bodies on #InternationalMensDay2018.
Yet I’ve been abused all day for complimenting @hollywills on her legs.
The hypocrisy of modern feminism laid bare..
My column: https://t.co/51EV8fbBvV https://t.co/myUb83jV9C— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 19, 2018
The “Good Morning Britain” host also slammed the girl group Little Mix’s music video “Strip,” where they have harsh critical words written on their bodies. Morgan tweeted that Little Mix needed to “admit” that they “stole” the idea from a Dixie Chicks cover from the early 2000s.
Ariana’s mother, Joan, who got offended by Morgan’s opinion then lashed out at the controversial journalist on Wednesday morning.
“Honestly what is wrong with you @piersmorgan?” Joan tweeted. “Didn’t your mother ever teach you, if you have nothing nice to say, don’t say it! You came for @TheEllenShow yesterday which was disgraceful, she is an angel. @LittleMix today, did you ever hear of paying homage? And..well never mind”.
Morgan went on to fire back at Joan, asking that she should be more concerned about Ariana using her “nudity” to sell records.
“Hi Joan, my mother taught me to speak my mind & never be afraid to express honestly held opinion. Ellen’s a hypocrite – and as for Little Mix, I’d just prefer they use their talent to sell records rather than their nudity. As your own daughter does…!”
This was when Ariana joined to slam Morgan for his comments.
“Ellen is an incredible & kind human being,” Ariana wrote. “I use my talent AND my sexuality all the time because i choose to. women can be sexual AND talented. naked and dignified. it’s OUR choice. & we will keep fighting til people understand. I say this w all due respect but thank u, next.”
She also had encouraging words to Little Mix, urging them to”keep fighting the fight.” “Your sisters have your back,” she added.
Not done with Morgan, Ariana concluded, “Also @piersmorgan, i look forward to the day you realize there are other ways to go about making yourself relevant than to criticize young, beautiful, successful women for everything they do. i think that’ll be a beautiful thing for you and your career or what’s left of it.”
Ellen was also reached out to Ariana and her mother for coming to her defence saying, “I ❤️ you, @JoanGrande and @ArianaGrande, and everyone in this world who celebrates all people inclusively.”
But Morgan seemed to only really care about his own popularity, as he later tweeted that he was the top trending topic on Twitter in the UK following his argument with Ariana.
See Screen shots of their exchange below.