Controversial British journalist, Piers Morgan has clashed with Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend after claiming Muhammad Ali ‘said more racist things’ than Donald Trump.
The presenter traded jibes with the couple on Twitter Monday morning after making controversial comments about the boxing legend, who passed away on Friday.
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Referring to some of his more slurry comments, Piers tweeted yesterday: ‘Muhammad Ali said far more inflammatory/racist things about white people than Donald Trump ever has about Muslims. fact’
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
The tweet immediately caused a backlash on Twitter, with the Good Morning Britain star slammed for his claims.
Defending his words, Piers later wrote: ‘I hope people don’t make me sound too perfect when I die. No coats of sugar please.’
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I hope people don’t make me sound too perfect when I die.
No coats of sugar please.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
John Legend was one of thousands to respond to the quip, tweeting:
.@piersmorgan you could test us by announcing your retirement.
— John Legend (@johnlegend) June 5, 2016
His wife also joined in, replying to his comment with: ‘From what? trolling isn’t a job (I’ve tried)’
Taking a shot too, Piers hit back: ‘Maybe I should take up a proper job, like modelling?’
Keeping things nice, Chrissy suggested he gave ‘it a go’.
‘It keeps me nice and not-racist so sure,’ she added.
Maybe I should take up a proper job, like modelling? > RT @chrissyteigen: @johnlegend from what? trolling isn’t a job (I’ve tried)
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 6, 2016
@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
