{"id":291422,"date":"2026-02-11T00:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291422\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:30:10","slug":"morrissey-doesnt-bid-as-morrissey-com-is-auctioned-off-for-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291422\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrissey Doesn&#8217;t Bid As Morrissey.com Is Auctioned Off For Cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always something with this guy. Today, the Morrissey news pertains to his website \u2014 or, more accurately, the URL that ostensibly should be his website.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Patrick Morrissey has never, to our knowledge, controlled the morrissey.com domain. Decades ago it was <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20030214145059\/https:\/\/morrissey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">owned by some squatter<\/a>. In the 2010s it was acquired by <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140102130121\/http:\/\/morrissey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the fashion designer Peter Morrissey<\/a>, and at some point it was <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180322225615\/https:\/\/morrissey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">hacked by an Emma Watson stan<\/a>. All the while, the former Smiths singer has been posting his many missives at morrisseycentral.com.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, he had the chance to take over morrissey.com, but he let it slip past him. The domain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/domain-auctions\/morrissey-com-684933678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">went up for auction through GoDaddy<\/a> last month and was sold for a pittance; the last visible bid before the auction closed on Jan. 25 was $11,253. A few days ago, the new owner&#8217;s version of the site went live. For now, it&#8217;s just a photo of what looks like the Palace of Westminster overlaid with the message, &#8220;I&#8217;m not far right, I&#8217;m not far left, I&#8217;m&#8230; far forward.&#8221; There do not appear to be any links to navigate elsewhere within the domain. It looks like Johnny Marr did not seize the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2488849\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-2.18.25-PM.png\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This seems like the kind of message the politically fraught Moz might disseminate, but according to a new statement (published on morrisseycentral.com, of course), he is not involved with morrissey.com at this time. The statement implies that he wasn&#8217;t even aware it was up for auction and did not submit a bid, even though our own Scott Lapatine <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/scottgum.bsky.social\/post\/3md6vuxsnvc25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">gave him a heads-up<\/a>. &#8220;It has come to our attention that on January 25, 2026, morrissey.com was purchased at auction,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morrisseycentral.com\/messagesfrommorrissey\/morrissey-com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Morrissey writes<\/a>. &#8220;At this time, Morrissey nor his team have any affiliation with this domain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey&#8217;s new album <a href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2484631\/morrissey-officially-announces-new-album-now-called-make-up-is-a-lie\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Make-Up Is A Lie<\/a> is out 3\/6, but you presumably won&#8217;t read about it at morrissey.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s always something with this guy. 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