Chrissy Teigen and John Legend shut down Piers Morgan in Twitter feud
Piers Morgan's latest celeb feud is with outspoken model Chrissy Teigen.
It all started on Sunday, when the 51-year-old British journalist tweeted that the late Muhammad Ali said "far more inflammatory/racist things about white people than Donald Trump ever has about Muslims." He then accused people of "sugar coating" Ali after the legendary boxer's death on Friday.
Muhammad Ali said far more inflammatory/racist things about white people than Donald Trump ever has about Muslims. #fact
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
Why sugar-coat what Ali said or stood for? He never did that to himself, or when speaking of others.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
Clearly, 30-year-old Teigen and her husband, 37-year-old John Legend, took offense. After Morgan tweeted, "I hope people don't make me sound too perfect when I die. No coats of sugar please," the "Ordinary People" singer fired back, "You could test us by announcing your retirement."
"From what? Trolling isn't a job (I've tried)," Teigen then cracked.
I hope people don't make me sound too perfect when I die.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
No coats of sugar please.
@johnlegend from what? trolling isn't a job (I've tried)
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 5, 2016
Morgan and Teigen took their feud further, after Morgan called out her own job.
"Maybe I should take up a proper job, like modelling?" Morgan tweeted at Teigen, to which she replied, "It keeps me nice and not-racist so sure, give it a go."
@piersmorgan it keeps me nice and not-racist so sure, give it a go.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 6, 2016
I'm not racist either, so that makes two of us. > RT @chrissyteigen: @piersmorgan it keeps me nice and not-racist so sure, give it a go.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 6, 2016
@piersmorgan remember when Bruce Willis didn't know he was dead? It's like that.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 6, 2016
The two even brought their children into the feud.
my newborn just looked up at me and said "mommy, why is piers morgan so unequivocally douchy?" i didn't know what to say
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 6, 2016
My 4 kids all just looked at me and said: 'Daddy, who's Chrissy Teigen?' https://t.co/vCCEDh6lzq
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 6, 2016
Teigen eventually called Morgan an "unequivocal douche," prompting him to call her a "ludicrous swimwear accessory."
Piers Morgan searches his name every 4.8 seconds.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 6, 2016
Hi, Piers. I know you're reading this. You unequivocal douche.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 6, 2016
Hi Chrissy. No I'm not, you ludicrous swimwear accessory. https://t.co/3gfelyEyzC
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 6, 2016
Morgan defended his comments about Ali in his column for the Daily Mail on Monday. "You may want to read my new column about Ali & racism, @johnlegend @chrissyteigen -- you may learn something," he tweeted.
"I didn't intend to disrespect Ali with my tweet, as many claimed," he wrote in the column. "But I did intend to offer the anti-Trump brigade some historical perspective about their own hero as they vented their collective spleen. Of course, that spleen then promptly vented itself on me, but I make no apology."