Piers Morgan, well known for his obsession with bashing Meghan Markle, likewise spent much of his Thursday criticizing her by live-tweeting his reactions to the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan.
But unlike most days when he devotes his energy to bashing Markle, Thursday happened to be his wife's birthday.
He was so focused on his live-tweeting he neglected to publicly wish his wife, fellow journalist Celia Walden, a happy birthday.
Instead of simply tweeting something like "oops, happy belated birthday to my wife," Morgan instead chose the painfully awkward option.
He posted a series of revealing photos of Walden, along with a baffling caption.
Morgan tweeted what was seemingly an attempt to counter those saying he is obsessed with Markle, but managed to pretty strongly reinforce that image instead.
"All the trolls raging that I only criticise Meghan Markle because I ‘fancied’ her & then got upset when she ghosted me… have reminded me that I forgot to publicly wish my wife Celia a happy birthday yesterday. (And yes, she knows she lucked out….🤣)
Twitter users largely seemed to think Morgan's tweet was bizarre, especially his need to mention Markle even here.
\u201c@piersmorgan This is well weird.\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
\u201c@piersmorgan Wonder how your wife feels about being a second thought in a tweet about another woman. \ud83e\udd14\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
\u201c@GDOTRIZ @piersmorgan He even made the birthday wishes to wife his about Meghan \ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
\u201c@OgLakyn @piersmorgan TUH! would not even pick a bag!\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
\u201c@piersmorgan you\u2019re right: you don\u2019t sound bitter or odd at all. cheers mate!\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
\u201c@piersmorgan Hi piers, thank you for another normal tweet\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
\u201c@piersmorgan You just made your wife's birthday about another woman.\nDude.\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
\u201c@piersmorgan What a weird way to publicly wish your wife a happy birthday.\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
\u201c@piersmorgan ooh this is so embarrassing for you bud\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
\u201c@piersmorgan even wishing your wife happy birthday involves hating on Markle\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 pathetic\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
Several people highlighted the weirdness of posting the photos.
\u201c@piersmorgan "I was so busy criticising the woman I'm obsessed over, I totally forgot to wish my actual wife a happy birthday! Here are some gratuitous and objectifying photos of her from when she was younger to show you that beautiful women actually like me."\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
\u201c@piersmorgan This is incredibly cringe. 1) the pics are 26 years old. 2) flexing semi nude pics of your wife to millions of people\u2026.do I need a 3) ?\u201d— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1670589907
Morgan has been highly vocal about his disapproval of both Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
This disapproval has only grown recently, as the couple have spoken out about their treatment as members of the royal family, and seemingly came to a head with the release of Harry & Meghan.
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