Piers Morgan Accuses Beyoncé Of Exploiting Mothers Of Police Brutality Victims, The Internet Explodes
Regardless of whether or not anyone wanted to hear it, US Mail Online editor-at-large Piers Morgan had something he absolutely needed to get off his chest on Monday (April 25): he doesn’t like it “when entertainers go all political.”
The former CNN host published an opinion piece in the Daily Mail, accusing Beyoncé of exploiting the mothers of police brutality victims Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown in her latest visual album, Lemonade, for personal gain.
“I once spent a delightful day with her in London for CNN and she was bright, warm, funny, sharp and incredibly impressive,” Morgan said. “But I have to be honest, I preferred the old Beyoncé. The less inflammatory, agitating one. The one who didn’t use grieving mothers to shift records and further fill her already massively enriched purse. The one who didn’t play the race card so deliberately and to my mind, unnecessarily.”
Immediately, the Internet reacted. Everyone from self-proclaimed feminist Matt McGorry to Don Cheadle to Questlove, came to Bey’s defense.
Read the reactions below:
Matt McGorry
A man who loves his mom can still be a misogynist, right? I don’t believe that saying you have “huge @piersmorgan https://t.co/7WA9fEquLY
— Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) April 25, 2016
.@piersmorgan respect” for her (as an artist & businesswoman) doesn’t mean you can’t also be supporting racism (unbeknownst to you). It’s no
— Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) April 25, 2016
.@piersmorgan different than saying you have “black friends” and therefore can’t be racist. Do you agree with that?
— Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) April 25, 2016
Rowan Blanchard
can everyone cancel piers morgan already
— Rowan Blanchard (@rowblanchard) April 25, 2016
Questlove
Oh Piers…poor Piers https://t.co/mhJqZ9Mucy
— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) April 26, 2016
Don Cheadle
@piersmorgan @marclamonthill When artists step away from the base that made them popular, that is threatening their $$$, not insuring it.
— Don Cheadle (@DonCheadle) April 26, 2016
Jamelia
Dear Piers… https://t.co/dRywUUNzXA
— #Яebel (@Jamelia) April 25, 2016
Akilah Hughes
*breaks bottle* NO ONE CARES, PIERCE. LITERALLY ZERO PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET CARE ABOUT YOUR OPINION. https://t.co/sxx5pWTCzt
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) April 25, 2016
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