British journalist and TV personality Piers Morgan got on the wrong side of India when he wrote a sarcastic tweet about India’s performance at the Rio Olympics. Obviously, his opinion did not please Indian users of Twitter and they trolled him for religiously.
Piers’ tweet has come at a time when India is coloured in celebratory color. Wrestler Sakshi Mallik and badminton player PV Sindhu won bronze and silver medals respectively at the Olympics, becoming ‘super girls’ people cant stop talking about. The two brought the medal tally to two and made every Indian proud.
But, Piers had a different take to all this. In his tweet he said that a country of 1.2 billion is celebrating the loss of their two athletes (as neither Malik nor Sindhu won a gold).
1,200,000,000 people and not a single Gold medal at the Olympics?
Come on India, this is shameful.
Put the bunting away & get training.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016
Taking offence for his comment, Twitteratti were quick to rip him off. Users of the micro blogging website promptly reminded Piers of all the faults that lie within his country. Have a look at the tweets:
And Piers Morgan has given a reprieve to Ms Shobhaa De and Chetan B. Nice to have an alternative to outrage on — Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) August 24, 2016
Whenever life gives you Morgan, make it Morgan Freemen and not Piers Morgan.
— Gब्बR (@imAbhishek_J) August 24, 2016
We cherish every small happiness’, But Eng who invented Cricket,&yet2win a WC,still continue to playWC.Embarrassing? https://t.co/0mzP4Ro8H9 — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 24, 2016
@piersmorgan And they used to be the number 1 ranked Test team in cricket until recently a better team took that spot ?
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) August 24, 2016
@piersmorgan your ancestors looted all our money so we can’t provide good training facilities to our athletes, so help us — vivek singh (@vivek1802) August 24, 2016
Piers Morgan-When it comes to making fun of some body, Britons always choose India; because it was India that KICKED them out !#BruisedEgo
— S.Dinesh. (@SoneyDinesh) August 24, 2016
What is even more embarrassing are your snivelling interviews as if you had a diaper in your mouth. Sad. https://t.co/9jf55sBwAU — SUHEL SETH (@suhelseth) August 24, 2016
Later Piers’ also tweeted that Indians should not play the blame game and concentrate on improving the sports condition. Few people agreed with him too.
1,200,000,000 people and not a single Gold medal at the Olympics?
Come on India, this is shameful.
Put the bunting away & get training.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016
To all those asking where are my Gold medals, here’s the answer: pic.twitter.com/cz4Jw9Bp6A
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016
Amidst all the brickbats that Piers received, novelist Chetan Bhagat apologised to him for the trolls and added that he lives with his share too. Seeing Chetan’s ‘bromance’ on the website, Twitter users added that they would make a great ‘couple’. Check out the tweets in which users ‘swiped right’ (much like the dating app Tinder) to Chetan and Piers’ ‘love story’.
We honor achievers Peirs. Top 3 in the world,despite 3rd world sports facilities isn’t loser.It is freaking amazing! https://t.co/pbFuP0Hmky
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) August 24, 2016
Noted, Chatan. https://t.co/wYknYWSkQZ — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016
It’s Chetan. And sorry about the trolling. I get my fair share. Celebration or outrage, we tend to overdo.Clearly https://t.co/Wkc6UWUIND
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) August 24, 2016