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rurallib

(62,406 posts)
3. wonder what he had to say about Olympic gold medal winner Caitlyn Jenner?
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 05:17 PM
Jul 2021

If there were a gawd, old Piers would be fearing judgment about now.

Botany

(70,483 posts)
4. Piers Morgan hacked into Linda McCarthy's phone as she was in the last months of her life in ....
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 05:17 PM
Jul 2021

.... hospice care in London. Fuck him.

AZ8theist

(5,449 posts)
5. He's also a vile racist..
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 05:18 PM
Jul 2021

If Simone were white......different story.

Ya gotta laugh a little, though. Simeone, an all-time world-class athlete being criticized by the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

Carlitos Brigante

(26,500 posts)
7. I get the comparison he's making. After all, sitting on your doughy ass all day talking shit about
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 05:33 PM
Jul 2021

people who are better than you. Is the same as being in a physically and mentally taxing sport, with the world's spotlight on you. Not to mention, wasn't she one of the victims of "Dr. I Hope He Dies a Slow Painful Death and Rots"?

Caliman73

(11,727 posts)
8. He needs to have his name in the news.
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 05:34 PM
Jul 2021

I guess there is no such thing as bad publicity.

Morgan is trying to equate him running away from an uncomfortable question to an elite athlete hitting a mental wall and her body giving out.

I stated in another thread, that I used to play high school and later, competitive sports. I played injured because of my foolish youth and desire to compete. Absolutely nothing like an Olympic athlete who has the hopes and dreams of an entire nation on them. We played in tournaments all over the country however and against some lower tier college and semi-pro athletes. For us, it was big stakes.

I injured my knee and ankle pretty badly at one point. Actually it was that last time I played competitive basketball. I hit the wall. I was so afraid of getting injured again that I couldn't get myself to get back on the court full throttle.

It is a hard thing to deal with when you feel you can't do something that you love doing. You do feel like a coward and failure.

Then to have some actual coward, call you a coward. That sucks. Morgan ran away from an interview because someone called him out for being a jackass and he is trying to say that it is like Biles, the absolute best gymnast in history, burning out (hopefully temporarily) during the Olympics.

What he did absolutely was cowardly. What she did, in realizing her limitations, was brave, especially in the face of all these assholes, who likely know nothing about what an athlete goes through, chiming in like they have a valuable opinion.

marble falls

(57,063 posts)
13. Simone Biles is many things. "gutless and cowardly" is not among them. But what is ...
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 06:29 PM
Jul 2021

... "gutless and cowardly" is a white middle aged never-was, attacking a young woman of color who has accomplished more in her life than Piers Morgan ever will; who has overcome a terrible period of abuse and sexual abuse, who was brought up in foster homes as an orphan. Who so far as I've seen is well adjusted confident, and strong.

If I ever get to vote someone off the island, if my only choice was Piers Morgan - I'd jump at the chance.

FlyingPiggy

(3,381 posts)
16. If Simone biles was white, Peirs "POS" Morgan would send her his best wishes, flowers
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:25 PM
Jul 2021

to cheer her up and support her. But we all know he's racist AF. The most gutless and cowardly person is Piers himself.

mitch96

(13,885 posts)
17. If I see "Piers Morgan" on any story I know from the outset it's gonna be total bullshit..
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 08:26 PM
Jul 2021

He just stirs it to get attention.. Click bait..
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