Why it gotta be gay?
Piers Morgan was blasted on social media this week after the British journalist tweeted a photo of himself at a London gay bar, the Evening Standard reports.
Hanging out at Freedom Bar with his Good Morning Britain co-host, Susanna Reid, and TV personality Richard Bacon, Morgan captioned the photo, “2.43am. A gay bar in Soho. Good Morning Britain!”
2.43am.
A gay bar in Soho.
Good Morning Britain! @susannareid100 @richardpbacon pic.twitter.com/u8rdtNmkc2— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 31, 2017
Sensitive Brits were quick to criticize the journalist for the tweet, questioning his motivation for clarifying that the bar was “a gay bar.”
“Or, as we tend to call them these days, a bar,” snarked one follower.
“Why do you feel the need to inform every one of the sexual orientation of the people in the bar that you have graced with your presence?” asked another.
Or, as we tend to call them these days, a bar.
— Sir Col: Igneous Mo (@touristcol) August 31, 2017
Why gay bar? Why not…bar?? Bar in soho.
— Matthew Gadie (@mattgadie) August 31, 2017
Why do you feel the need to inform everyone of the sexual orientation of the people in the bar that you have graced with your presence?
— Chris (@Chris_M_Irving) August 31, 2017
Why say gay?
— DB Knowsley (@MiddlMonkey) August 31, 2017
Well, you get the picture.
Was Morgan in the wrong for referring to the bar as a gay bar? Or, as another famous Brit once said, is this much ado about nothing?
Either way, the Celebrity Apprentice winner has already accepted Freedom’s invitation to return, tweeting, “When or if our livers recover, definitely.”
When or if our livers recover, definitely. https://t.co/1wC5t9QYxh
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 31, 2017
