CNN's Brianna Keilar Demolishes Piers Morgan for Simone Biles Critique...

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CNN’s Brianna Keilar Demolishes Piers Morgan for Simone Biles Critique: His ‘Only Athletic Claim to Fame’ is Running Off the Set During His Show
By Leia Idliby
Jul 28th, 2021, 11:25 am


CNN’s Brianna Keilar tore into Piers Morgan after he penned a column critical of Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from certain Olympic competitions — going after his “athletic claim to fame.”

The anchor first noted that Biles’ decision to step back came after she posted a score that was weaker than usual following an error on her vault landing. Unlike Biles’ haters, however — who attributed her withdrawal to an attempt at covering up the stumble — Keilar recognized that her less-than-stellar performance could be an indicator of her struggles with mental health.

Keilar then went after Morgan, as well as other Biles detractors, later noting that Biles is “the only survivor of [Larry] Nassar’s campaign of abuse representing her team USA,” and pointing to spikes in “suicide-related visits to the emergency room.”

“On Twitter, Piers Morgan, whose only athletic claim to fame is that he ran off the set of his former TV show simply because another host questioned his criticism of Meghan Markle, complained, ‘Are ‘mental health issues’ now the go-to excuse for any poor performance in elite sport? What a joke. Just admit you did badly, made mistakes, and will strive to do better next time. Kids need strong role models not this nonsense.”

“Yeah, maybe a role model like a 24-year-old who slays competition after competition and mentors the younger members of her team, who between the last Olympics and this one, came out as one of the more than 150 athletes who said publicly that they were sexually assaulted by former team doctor Larry Nassar, right under the nose of USA gymnastics,” Keilar continued, later playing a video of harrowing accounts from the USA gymnastics team.

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[CurtEastPoint]

1. He is and has always been a disgusting person

[Duppers]

6. That's the truth.

[mitch96]

2. Piers Morgan is a troll plain and simple. He should be treated as such... banished...

[Boomerproud]

3. Look at me! What an embarrassment to British TV.

Then again he's always been nothing but a tabloid hack.

[samsingh]

4. piers morgan has no relevancy left whatsoever

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. Pasty white wannabe talking trash about AA athletes is never going to leave us completely.

[Submariner]

7. Morgan is a Rupert Murdoch protege in character assassination with a big dose of racist horseshit

Rupert was his mentor as he started his useless career. If Prince Harry could get away with it during his next visit to England, he should punch Piers mug for what he says about his wife.

[cab67]

9. you know something?

I've never had much use for the British royal family, but good on Harry for siding with his wife and children over some vague notion of what British society wants.

And I'd cheer loudly if he popped Morgan in the face.

[Joinfortmill]

8. ROFL

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Piers Morgan is a sexist asshole

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