Piers Morgan wants Larry King to stop dancing on his grave.
King has made no secret of his feelings about Morgan, whose show replaced “Larry King Live” on CNN in 2010. He repeated those criticisms on Wednesday, telling Howard Stern that “Piers Morgan Live,” which was canceled in March due to abysmal ratings, wasn’t his “kind of show.”
According to King, CNN erred by giving hosting duties to a Brit and Morgan “made himself too much part of the show.”
Those comments didn’t sit well with Morgan, who took to Twitter to tell King to stop “bitching about me.” He said King has been a “constant poisonous twerp” toward him and that he’s “bored” with the criticism he tried to rebut with several tweets.
Hey Larry @kingsthings – you don’t need to KEEP bitching about me. It’s over. Relax. http://t.co/RBjtF4YN1W
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
And FYI @kingsthings – there is no such word as “Britisher’. But then research & facts were never your strong point were they, Brooklyner?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
Always tried to be respectful to @kingsthings – but he’s been a constant poisonous twerp towards me for 3 years and I’m bored with it.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
As for our respective egos, one of us changed his name legally to ‘King’ and it wasn’t me. So get over yourself @kingsthings .
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
Larry King averaged a 176 in the demo in his last year at CNN (2010), and I averaged 218, 170 and 173 in my three years. #RatingsReality
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
Morgan reacted similarly in February after Slate’s Dave Weigel celebrated the demise of the show.
Thanks, chaps – Slate’s s**t too > RT @Slate CNN’s Piers Morgan Live was rubbish. It will not be missed: http://t.co/RUBAYtoQDs
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 24, 2014
King, for his part, has signaled that he’d be open to a return to CNN. He currently hosts a web program that’s shown on Ora TV, Hulu and the Russian government-backed RT.
Bored, huh Piers?
Sounds more like your thin skin was punctured. And personal attacks against 80-year-old men are your choice of band-aid.
Larry deserves it, he can’t keep his mouth shut on the issue. I don’t care if he is 80 or 100 years old.
What fun! A cat fight between two petulant 11-year-old girls!
I actually didn’t mind his show at all
Please, tell me Morgan isn’t bloody coming back home?!!