{"id":155366,"date":"2025-09-19T17:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/155366\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:50:09","slug":"john-cleese-piers-morgan-trade-blows-over-jimmy-kimmel-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/155366\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cleese & Piers Morgan Trade Blows Over Jimmy Kimmel & Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJohn Cleese<\/a> and Piers Morgan<\/a> have renewed their social media hostilities over Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s suspension<\/a> and Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s state visit to the UK.<\/p>\n

\n\tCleese and Morgan are no strangers to slogging it out on X\/Twitter, and the events of this week provided another battleground.<\/p>\n

\n\tMorgan has claimed that Kimmel \u201clied about Charlie Kirk<\/a>\u2019s assassin being MAGA\u201d after the comedian said on his ABC show<\/a> that the \u201cMAGA gang desperately [is] trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tResponding to Morgan\u2019s claim, Cleese wrote: \u201cThis from Piers Morgan. who has made a fortune working for Rupert Murdoch.\u201d Morgan replied: \u201cYou took Rupert\u2019s money too, you flaming old hypocrite.
I\u2019m just proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is familiar territory for the duo. In January, Cleese branded Morgan \u201clazy\u201d and \u201csloppy\u201d for defending Murdoch following News Group Newspapers\u2019 settlement with Prince Harry over privacy invasion.<\/p>\n

\n\tMorgan responded: \u201cI\u2019m bemused. You say you\u2019ve chosen not to work for Rupert Murdoch yet you starred in\u00a0The Day The Earth Stood Still\u00a0in 2008 which was produced by 20th Century Fox, owned at the time by.. Rupert Murdoch. Were you being lazy, sloppy, or just a lying hypocrite?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere on Thursday, Cleese mocked Morgan over what he saw as the presenter\u2019s sycophancy during Trump\u2019s state visit to Britain. <\/p>\n

Piers has spotted a possible ‘in’ with Trump and he’s after it like a rat up a drainpipe<\/p>\n

Well, if you can’t get Murdoch to employ you any more, Trump would be a good replacement https:\/\/t.co\/jKxtQ3YZqr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 John Cleese (@JohnCleese) September 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPiers has spotted a possible \u2018in\u2019 with Trump and he\u2019s after it like a rat up a drainpipe,\u201d he said, commenting on a Fox News clip in which Morgan called Melania Trump \u201cradiant\u201d and compared her to Jackie Kennedy as a \u201cfashion icon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCleese withered: \u201cWell, if you can\u2019t get Murdoch to employ you anymore, Trump would be a good replacement.\u201d This was a nod to the fact that Morgan has moved his show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, to YouTube.<\/p>\n

\tMore from this Story Arc<\/p>\n

\t\tJimmy Kimmel Suspension<\/p>\n

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