Staunch Donald Trump supporter Piers Morgan drew the wrath of Bill Maher’s roundtable during a new episode of “Real Time With Bill Maher” Friday night, and has continued to take a beating well into the next day.
Morgan, who has been vocal about his support for his former “The Apprentice” boss on Twitter, drew ire from comedian Jim Jefferies in particular for continuing to defend Trump’s travel ban, saying, “There is no Muslim ban,” and citing that 85 percent of the world’s Muslim citizens are not affected by the executive order.
“F–k off! Oh f–k off, it’s a f–king Muslim ban,” Jefferies exclaimed. “He said there would be a Muslim ban, there’s a Muslim ban…. This is what you do, Piers, you say, ‘He hasn’t done this, he hasn’t done that, he’s not going to do that.’ Give him a f–king chance, mate! Hitler didn’t kill the Jews on the first day; he worked up to it.”
Morgan maintained Jefferies and like-minded concerned citizens were just being “hysterical” but, unfortunately, other high-profile stars disagreed.
“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, who has drawn many parallels between the novels’ storylines and America’s current political climate, was especially glad to see Morgan being taken down.
“Yes, watching Piers Morgan being told to f–k off on live TV is *exactly* as satisfying as I’d always imagined,” she said on Twitter, adding in a later tweet, “The fact-free, amoral, bigotry-apologism of celebrity toady Piers Morgan is, of course, why it’s so delicious to see him told to f–k off.”
When Morgan responded with the sick burn that he had never read a “Harry Potter” book, Rowling retorted, “If only you’d read Harry Potter, you’d know the downside of sucking up to the biggest bully in school is getting burned alive.”
Unfortunately, Morgan’s Twitter tormentors included more than just Rowling. Patton Oswalt also got into the action.
“If Hillary won you’d be clinging to her pantsuit like a lemur,” the comedian tweeted. “Spare me the working class hero shit. You’re a palace Corgi.”
See below for the exchange that escalated it all:
The people who said Hillary Clinton was ‘The Lesser of Two Evils.’ Can we get the apology right now? w/@piersmorgan @jimjefferies pic.twitter.com/0FoBHwriP2
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) February 11, 2017
.@piersmorgan Would you like a couple of hours to mock up some pictures of refugees carrying explosives to substantiate your position? https://t.co/sFj0kqIajd
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 11, 2017
If Hillary won you'd be clinging to her pantsuit like a lemur. Spare me the working class hero shit. You're a palace Corgi. https://t.co/KIwgxNJonW
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 11, 2017
Hey @piersmorgan, I gotta go make brekky. There's 3 more mean Tweets about you in my Drafts folder. Tap my phone & you can read 'em.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 11, 2017