Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor refused to be interviewed by Piers Morgan on TV this morning because of critical comments Morgan made about the Women’s March in Washington DC.
McGregor was supposed to be promoting his new film, Trainspotting sequel T2 Trainspotting, but he cancelled the chat at the last minute.
In a tweet, McGregor wrote: ‘Was going on Good Morning Britain, didn’t realise @piersmorgan was host. Won’t go on with him after his comments about #WomensMarch’.
Morgan lambasted McGregor for taking this lofty position. He pretended to cry on screen and accused the 45-year-old multi-millionaire thespian of being a “coward” who should “stick to talking about movies”.
In a tweet, Morgan wrote: “Sorry to hear that @mcgregor_ewan – you should be big enough to allow people different political opinions. You’re just an actor after all’
He also said: ‘A real man would have come on and debated it with me, not run away like a coward”
He added: “He’s an actor, not the Dalai bloody Lama”.
He later followed up his Twitter insults with a lengthy column attacking McGregor, in which he referred to him as a “pedophile-loving hypocrite” – a reference to his support for Roman Polanski, who pleaded guilty in court to raping a 13-year-old.
Morgan, whose show is broadcast from London, had previously expressed anger at Madonna’s comments regarding “blowing up the White House” after Trump’s victory. Of the march, Morgan said protesters were “whipped into a man-hating frenzy by some very nasty women”.
It was these remarks which seemed to insult McGregor – but many viewers lambasted him for the decision, branding him a “diva”.
Lee Roberts told him: ‘@mcgregor_ewan let’s get this right. You can kick the s**t out of Darth Vader, but run scared of @piersmorgan. You are supposed to be a Jedi’.
Michael Kelpie wrote: ‘Poor decision first up, it is your job to promote your film. Second, you should have told @piersmorgan to his face’.
Emma Harding said: ‘Rich Celebrities like you get paid to entertain us. Nobody cares about your political views!!’.
Mags Walker tweeted: ‘How silly! All he said was march when you have something to march for? Too many ‘celebs’ getting political’.