
Sometimes the internet can be a really great place, and when it comes to memes, it rarely disappoints.
Most people keeping on top of current affairs over the past couple of days will probably have seen a cartoon of Piers Morgan and Donald Trump.
If you haven’t, this is it:
If the BBC broadcast an image like this after a female journalist interviewed @theresa_may – all hell would break loose & people would be fired. Gender equality shouldn't just apply to pay – should it? pic.twitter.com/9xNqGPjZl9
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
The image was broadcast on BBC Two programme The Mash Report during a segment by comedian Rachel Parris, who was talking about a recent interview between Morgan and the US President.
Parris compared the interview to that of Richard Nixon and David Frost back in 1977, saying: ‘The staging hinted at a great intimacy between the two men’.
Here’s the clip from The Mash Report:
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And thanks to that image, we have had a whole stream of memes… and they’re still coming.
I know someone else has probably already Photoshopped @Lord_Sugar pointing at the picture of @piersmorgan with his face up Trump's bum on his big telly, but I couldn't take the chance of having it not exist. pic.twitter.com/wnAgiH6OIf
— Paul Cornish (@PaulGCornish) February 2, 2018
This is Twitter right now pic.twitter.com/JDPoQ5rhQb
— Toby Earle Toby Earle Toby Earle Toby Earle Toby E (@TobyonTV) February 3, 2018
When you see your ex with his new bae pic.twitter.com/JXOlUezp2I
— Paul Cornish (@PaulGCornish) February 3, 2018
Hey @piersmorgan that cartoon you've been tweeting isn't degrading or homophobic; you've just been looking at it from the wrong angle. I've corrected it here to show that all you were doing was inhaling Donald Trump's farts deep, deep into your lungs. No need to thank me mate. pic.twitter.com/WhijLWKnA7
— The Wee Man (@ThatWeeMan) February 3, 2018
— Dan Ozzi (@danozzi) February 2, 2018
RT @piersmorgan
*record scratch*
*freeze frame*Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. pic.twitter.com/L965QXgAfx
— Ern Malley (as brought to you by Devumi) (@GeoffShadbold) February 2, 2018
Piers Morgan should just be relieved that no one has turned that cartoon into a GIF yet. #piersmorgan pic.twitter.com/aqnqYLzyOw
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) February 2, 2018
— Richie (@RichardHK83) February 3, 2018
No idea who did this, @piersmorgan, but I’m appalled. pic.twitter.com/Ap6O9shOg2
— Huw (@ed_son) February 2, 2018
And Lord Alan Sugar has been revelling in it all and has tweeted his followers asking for captions:
I am going to ask my people to get me a blown up framed version of this picture for my office . To me it says it all QED pic.twitter.com/StYfMOtoJr
— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) February 2, 2018
Anyway the picture is wrong, it shows your hair brown when we all know it is Grey https://t.co/SSju0zFwBR
— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) February 3, 2018
If you want to set the record straight about you and Trump you can always relaunch your successful book @piersmorgan pic.twitter.com/44tbdduAlO
— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) February 3, 2018
Caption of the week: Another Breaking news for @piersmorgan
Quote: " I HAVE FOUND LORD LUCAN " pic.twitter.com/cN9Y6BxTis— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) February 3, 2018
CAPTION OF THE WEEK MORE ! @piersmorgan
" Donald ,Hillary was right you are full of sh.. " pic.twitter.com/uurJicu6hx
— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) February 3, 2018
Come on you innovative creative people out there ,I am having such fun today on Caption of the week . Please send some more @piersmorgan pic.twitter.com/ZbiFJbmbrL
— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) February 3, 2018
"Ok I got it Donald your irritable bowels syndrome is solved . Nigel Farage is trying to get out" … @piersmorgan pic.twitter.com/BFyOrKUg8s
— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) February 3, 2018
Morgan has also tweeted the image three times as he took to Twitter to express feelings towards it, questioning how it would have been received if it were a female journalist and UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
Morgan’s initial tweet read:
The BBC thinks this is OK to broadcast. But if it depicted high profile women, there would be outrage. Why the double standard?
The BBC thinks this is OK to broadcast. But if it depicted high profile women, there would be outrage.
Why the double standard? pic.twitter.com/xcdxpEJD3E— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
He then tweeted the image twice more with other points he wanted to make:
If the BBC broadcast an image like this after a female journalist interviewed @theresa_may – all hell would break loose & people would be fired. Gender equality shouldn’t just apply to pay – should it?
As you’d expect, the image and Morgan’s tweets quickly caught the attention of people of the internet.
Some agreed with Morgan, some didn’t… and some decided to just make fun of the whole thing. Whatever the stance, it made for some pretty interesting (and at times, funny) reading.
Andy Lassner commented:
Sometimes the internet is a complete sewer. But other times a hilarious picture of Piers Morgan with his head up Trump’s ass goes viral.
Sometimes the internet is a complete sewer.
But other times a hilarious picture of Piers Morgan with his head up Trump’s ass goes viral.
— andy lassner (@andylassner) February 2, 2018
A photo of Trump’s mother was shown during the ITV interview, and people couldn’t help but point out the same blonde bouffant nature of their locks.
Speaking about his hair, Trump said:
People find it hard to believe it’s my own, but it’s hanging in. Barely.
Have always been fascinated with Trump's hair, but his mother's is far more impressive to be fair. pic.twitter.com/Un7h1Ed17n
— Paul Severn (@paulsevern7) January 28, 2018
Following the interview, Morgan has been criticised by a number of people for not challenging the president enough during their chat.
Responding, Morgan said:
I have interviewed him many times, there is a trust there. He is someone I consider to be a friend of 10 years – I wasn’t going to stamp on his head and bring a club out as some people wanted me to.
One line in particular from his interview triggered a lot of UK viewers who were shocked to hear Trump’s claim he is ‘very popular in your country’.
Piers responded saying ‘Let’s not be too hasty Mr President’, before Trump said ‘I know but I believe that, I really do. I get so much fan mail from people in your country’.
And to top it all off, we must remember:
The best thing about this pic is since Piers is one of the few people Trump follows, it's going to be all over his 'In case you missed it' when he wakes up https://t.co/aSzchLZpE3
— Tom Embury-Dennis (@TomEmburyD) February 3, 2018
Good work.
