​Ariana Grande and Her Mom Clap Back at Piers Morgan on Twitter

BY Sarah MurphyPublished Nov 21, 2018

Piers Morgan has long been running his mouth on everything and everyone, but he's getting some unexpected pushback for his latest online vitriol — from Ariana Grande's mom of all people.
 
Morgan went after Little Mix on Twitter yesterday (November 20), accusing them of ripping off the Dixie Chicks' iconic Entertainment Weekly cover (that followed the backlash to their criticism of George W. Bush in 2003).
 
The U.K. group's fans leapt at him immediately, but Grande's mother Joan also weighed in on the unnecessary criticism, pointing out that it's possible to pay homage to something without plagiarizing.
 
Morgan countered that he was raised to "speak my mind & never be afraid to express honestly held opinion," then suggested that Little Mix "use their talent to sell records rather than their nudity."
 
He didn't stop there, though, adding: "As your own daughter does…!"
 
Joan replied, reducing Morgan's argument to "trash talk for the sake of denigrating women doing their jobs" and called it "at best misogynistic and at worst undignified and ignorant."
 
Then her famous daughter (and her stans) came in to back mom up. She defended women's right to be "sexual AND talented" or "naked and dignified," before shutting him down with a "thank u, next."
 
She went on to direct some extra support at the ladies in Little Mix.
 
The Twitter war kept raging when Grande pointed out Morgan's hypocrisy, having posed nude for an advertisement.
 
That didn't stop Morgan from yelling into the internet void, though.
 

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