British news anchor Piers Morgan has been slammed as a total hypocrite after being caught not wearing a face mask in public over the weekend, despite lecturing everyone else for months about the need to wear a mask.
Morgan was pictured getting into a cab in London without a mask on, prompting him to admit he was being an idiot:
Fair enough.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 14, 2020pic.twitter.com/VLlww3gf28
Morgan claimed that he put the mask on after the picture was taken, but it was too late, given that he absolutely relishes in calling other people morons every day for resisting, or just plain forgetting about the mask.
“I did breach covid rules for a few seconds by forgetting to put my mask on before I got in the cab,” Morgan wrote, adding “Fortunately, I remembered as we pulled away & put it on. Masks help save lives, so it’s very important we all remember to wear them when we should.”
Given that Sky News presenter Kay Burley (another anchor who lectures every single day about masks and social distancing) has been suspended for six months after holding a birthday party with scores of guests, some have called for the same treatment for Morgan:
Sky took the appropriate action re Kay Burley, so surprising @GMB seem to advocate Morgan flouting the Covid rules, especially as he has been giving so many people are hard time about it
— pete2020 (@peters202020) December 14, 2020
I think that you should resign your post on ITV as a gesture of responsibility and out of respect to the NHS
— Jason Green (@JasonGr87380623) December 14, 2020
Why is it that those celebrities most vocal in lecturing others about ‘the rules’ are the first to break them?
