Piers Morgan accuses Lily Allen of harassment following Twitter spat
Piers Morgan has accused Lily Allen of harassing him during a heated exchange about mental health.
In a series of tweets posted today, the pair argued over Piers' claim that actress Denise Welch has only accused him of not taking mental health seriously because she knew it would get her “in the papers.”
I’ve noticed Ms Welch does this whenever she hasn’t been in the papers for a while. And it’s been a while… https://t.co/Tfvkb6WL1r
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 23, 2017
Her comments come after the Good Morning Britain presenter was criticised for his response to the news that Will Young had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, when he said that the singer actually had a case of “WNTS – Whiny Needy Twerp Syndrome.”
“What he did by that statement was… you’ve got somebody who is just about to be prepared to talk about their condition because they’ve kept it a secret,” Denise said.
“What he did in that one tweet was he closed them down and said, ’Don’t do it, because we are going to take the f*cking piss out of you’. He shut all those people down who don’t have a voice.”
Lol, that you think you’re so press worthy. I️ can think of a billion other ways @RealDeniseWelch could drum up some interest if she was that way inclined. Her incredibly successful son being one of them. Looking forward to Leveson part deux. Times ticking https://t.co/7QO1dKn6N0
— Lily (@lilyallen) November 23, 2017
And anyway form someone who’s entire career is based on using other people’s names and experiences bring in the bacon. This is a bit , meh. #teamdenise https://t.co/7QO1dKn6N0
— Lily (@lilyallen) November 23, 2017
Lily was quick to defend the actress, tweeting: “Lol, that you think you’re so press worthy. I can think of a billion other ways @RealDeniseWelch could drum up some interest if she was that way inclined. Her incredibly successful son being one of them…”
However, things took a turn, when Piers replied with a picture of the singer appearing to touch his crotch, along with the caption, “I preferred you when you just harassed me in the flesh.”
Morning @lilyallen.
I preferred you when you just harassed me in the flesh. pic.twitter.com/YYVwPCAcvA— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 23, 2017
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