The short answer is yes, Piers Morgan went too far, and he really is a twat.

He also has a public platform, which means that everytime he gets the urge to spew his bile, he does so with eyes watching.

His urges are triggered by a number of things – mostly women, confident women, women who have opinions, women who are happy with their bodies, women who speak, breathe or generally exist.

His latest target was Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

You’re going to need two sets of info to understand Piers’ position.

First, Meghan hurt Piers’ fragile little man-ego a while back when she didn’t want to be friends with him anymore. While she didn’t outline her reasons, we know that women’s rights are something that she’s very passionate about, and Piers Morgan’s very existence is a violation of them.

Second, on an official royal visit recently, Meghan wrote empowering messages of love and support on bananas that were going to be distributed to sex workers as part of food packages, during a visit to charity One25, which supports women involved in sex work in Bristol.

While the gesture was a little shortsighted, it was done with good intentions. As for how sex workers responded to it – they pointed out that sharpie messages weren’t particularly helpful, especially coming from someone with the financial and social means to do far more, far more effectively, to better their situation.

Fair.

Not once did they mention anything about the complaints that Piers made in a long article in the Daily Mail.

Let’s break it down, starting with his description of how events played out:

‘I have an idea!’ she [Meghan] cried.

And it turned out the idea involved bananas that were being given in small food parcels later to the sex workers.

‘The other day,’ she said, ‘I saw this project a woman had started in the States, a school lunchtime program, where on each of the bananas, she wrote an affirmation or something, to make the kids feel….like… really empowered.’

As Meghan said this, she theatrically ruffled her hair, tenderly felt her pregnancy bump, and raised her hands up like Mother Teresa. ’I thought it was the most incredible idea,’ she sighed, benevolently, ‘this small gesture.’

Then she took a sharpie, and ordered startled Harry to leave her to it, with the words: ‘I’m in charge of the banana messaging!’

(This was a fairly superfluous sentence since it’s become painfully obvious she’s in charge of EVERYTHING in this relationship.)

Thanks for the tone, Piers. Sarcasm noted.

Also, I think we get to the real crux of Piers’ issue here. He doesn’t like the idea that Meghan and Harry have the kind of relationship where she doesn’t walk demurely behind him, speaking only when she’s spoken to.

Welcome to 2019, you misogynistic British twit.

Now, let’s look at his analysis:

Giving prostitutes an ‘empowering’ banana after they’ve spent the night subjecting their bodies to often vile, sexually depraved men, is quite another.

There is no escaping the fact that bananas have long been the subject of ribald humour for their phallic shape.

He then references the time Meghan posted a cute pic of two bananas spooning, claiming that the image was ‘sexual’ and referring to bananas as sexual props.

I’m surprised Piers is allowed in the produce aisle. He immediately sexualises the fruit and then goes on to assume that he understands the lives of sex workers.

If anyone is being inappropriate, it’s him. Still he feels very passionately about this, so naturally, he took it further and ranted about it on TV.

Skip ahead to 2:50 for Piers:

Every time he opens his mouth an angel gets gonorrhoea.

Anyway, the one good thing to come out of this is that a conversation has started around sex work. If we can leave the damn bananas alone, this could actually be productive.

But let’s end on a positive note. Here’s an adorable video of Meghan and Harry responding to a kid saying “F***”:

 

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When the little boy suddenly said ”f***ing around the stage“ Meghan’s reaction! Hilarious! Credit: Sarah Turnnidge

A post shared by Meghan & Harry supporters (@harry_meghan_updates) on Feb 1, 2019 at 8:58am PST

Cute.

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