Piers Morgan bought into a weird on-air argument with the RMT general secretary over “comparison” to Thunderbirds villain.
With the RMT rail union launching 3 days of nationwide strike motion subsequent week, the general secretary Mick Lynch appeared on Morgan’s speak present Piers Morgan Uncensored to talk about it.
At one level in the course of the interview, Morgan confirmed Lynch a screenshot of a Facebook web page that he believed belonged to him and took the chance to grill Lynch over the profile image of Thunderbirds baddie The Hood.
Morgan stated: “Why don’t you just confirm or deny if this is your Facebook page. It’s a picture of The Hood from Thunderbirds.”
Lynch replied: “Yes, it’s me. Can you see the likeness?”
Morgan responded: “Well I’m just wondering where the comparison goes because he was obviously an evil, criminal terrorist mastermind, described as the world’s most dangerous man who wrecked utter carnage and havoc on the public.”
Lynch requested Morgan: “Is that the level you’re pitching this at, Piers? That is a joke amongst me and my friends, and you can see the likeness if you like.”
Morgan continued to push Lynch on whether or not he was comparing himself to the Thunderbirds baddie, to which he blithely replied: “He’s the most evil puppet made out of vinyl in the world. Is that the level journalism’s at these days?”
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The weird two and half minute alternate finally got here to a head with Lynch having to inform Morgan to ask him questions concerning the essential points he was on the programme to talk about.
Responding to the video, one individual wrote: “What an absolute joke of a line of questioning.
“No wonder nobody watches this shambles and piers relies on Twitter clip views to try and blag people the show is a success.”
Someone else commented: “Terrible interview Piers. Didn’t ask enough about the strikes, instead started personal slurs against Mick Lynch.”
“What a joke of an interview! Is piers sponsored by the rail companies?” one other requested.
Another stated: “You really just wasted two and a half minutes questioning Mick Lynch about his profile picture on Facebook? Pathetic.”
The automobile crash interview comes because the Prime Minister’s father Stanley Johnson walked off the set of Morgan’s speak present, and Morgan was additionally referred to as a “c**” stay on air.
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