The latest round of the Piers Morgan-Larry King feud is a nearly scene-for-scene re-enactment of the last one.
It started with King once again questioning CNN’s decision to replace his long-running Q&A show with “Piers Morgan Live” in 2010.
King told a Buffalo, N.Y. radio program last week that it was a mistake for the network to hire “a Britisher” and said that Morgan’s show was “all about him.” King also said Morgan was “a bit pompous,” singling out the host’s passionate commentaries on gun control.
“So, I had trouble watching Piers Morgan’s show and I guess a lot of other people did too,” King said of the program that CNN canceled earlier this year.
Morgan responded angrily via Twitter on Friday. Several tweets later, Morgan said he was ready to “move on.”
Memo to @kingsthings – get over it you daft old goat, you wrecked CNN’s 9pm ratings, not me > http://t.co/GXqHnu4nAR
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 1, 2014
Seriously, @kingsthings mocking me for poor ratings when he cratered the damn things at 9pm before I even got there is absurd! #CNN
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 1, 2014
I kept 9pm ratings at CNN where @kingsthings left them. Which given the way HIS ratings had collapsed in his last few years was a miracle.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 1, 2014
As for @kingsthings ‘ mockery of my interview style, at least I know which members of the Beatles are alive or dead > http://t.co/f1BpiUBgZO
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 1, 2014
I always showed @kingsthings the utmost respect but he responded by incessantly bitching about me. Graceless, petty little man. #CNN
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 1, 2014
Anyway, I suspect only me and Larry King give a monkey’s cuss which we think of each other – so now that’s off my chest, I’ll move on.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 1, 2014
But he did not move on. Prompted by Mediaite’s write-up of King’s remarks, Morgan called King a “dick” in a tweet on Monday and mocked the former CNN host’s use of the word “Britisher.”
‘Britisher’ – what a dick. > RT @Mediaite: Larry King ‘Had Trouble Watching’ Piers Morgan: ‘Britisher,’ ‘Pompous’ http://t.co/29bHo0Tmui
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 4, 2014
It all unfolded nearly the same as it did in May, when King wondered why CNN hired a “Britisher” and Morgan promptly lashed out on Twitter.
