It’s on, yo!
Wow. Feels really weird. RT @DeeQ58: LRT. Wait. Hol up. Is piers morgan taking on larry king?? Or it's just bants??
— Shaq (@ShaqmanX) May 8, 2014
In a recent interview with Howard Stern, Larry King revealed that he wasn’t terribly surprised that his successor Piers Morgan didn’t pan out at CNN:
“The best definition of mixed emotions: Your mother-in-law goes over the cliff in your new car,” King joked. “The mix was I thought they made a mistake in the Piers hire
. I thought it was a mistake, one, to hire a Britisher in prime time and, two, I thought that he made himself too much part of the show.”
“Too much ‘I,’” King further explained. “I always said, if you turn on an interview show on television, 95 percent of the time you should see the guest. If 95 percent of the time you see the host, there’s something wrong with that.”
“That may be the way it works today or maybe things have changed,” King added. “So it wasn’t my kind of show. He was nice to me. I went on his show two or three times. He wasn’t unfriendly to me. It just wasn’t my type of show.”
Musket didn’t care for King’s musings, so he took to Twitter to smack his elder around:
Hey Larry @kingsthings – you don't need to KEEP bitching about me. It's over. Relax. http://t.co/RBjtF4YN1W
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
And FYI @kingsthings – there is no such word as "Britisher'. But then research & facts were never your strong point were they, Brooklyner?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
Always tried to be respectful to @kingsthings – but he's been a constant poisonous twerp towards me for 3 years and I'm bored with it.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
As for our respective egos, one of us changed his name legally to 'King' and it wasn't me. So get over yourself @kingsthings .
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
Larry King averaged a 176 in the demo in his last year at CNN (2010), and I averaged 218, 170 and 173 in my three years. #RatingsReality
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
Why should I show any respect to @kingsthings any more when he has shown zero to me? Game on, Brooklyner.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
Ooo … we’re sure King is quaking in his boots!
I don't think he's either, actually > RT @dterryfic1 @piersmorgan Larry King is far better and more famous than you. Admit it!
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2014
Me-ow!
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/464461587299205120
Pathetic? Maybe. But watching Piers self-important huffpuffery is also bloody entertaining.
The @kingsthings and @piersmorgan feud is making my day
— Sarah Moga-Alemany (@sarahmoga) May 8, 2014
Wait a minute. Piers Morgan is having a go at Larry King???Wonders will never cease. Lol.
— Chakams (@chakams) May 8, 2014
It’s just too perfect.
@piersmorgan Are you bragging about becoming irrelevant in 3 short years, while it took Larry King 25?
— Ministry of Tooth (@OfTooth) May 8, 2014
If Piers is looking for sympathy, he’s barking up the wrong tree.
@kingsthings one of you retired after a long successful career and one of didn't. Get over yourself @piersmorgan
— D Burns (@DMBurns04) May 8, 2014
@piersmorgan @kingsthings going to bullying now huh? All he did was point out the obvious. You're self indulged
— Bugz (@1andOnlyBugz) May 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/DeonSwan/status/464458883017494529
This @piersmorgan guy always has to have the last word, proving @kingsthings point
— Swami (@SwamiG8R) May 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/presidentstevie/status/464459938136621056
https://twitter.com/Me_In_Jersey/status/464460645690507264
Heh.
@piersmorgan @kingsthings America understands a chain-smoking-womanizing liberal. We just aren't ready for a gun hating, pompous ass bitch.
— Hair (@SHannitysHair) May 8, 2014
@piersmorgan @kingsthings Larry isn´t bitching, he´s just saying he didn´t like your show, just like everybody else
— Gerson Cornejo (@gcornejo81) May 8, 2014
The truth hurts, Musket.
@piersmorgan @kingsthings Nobody likes you, Piers.
— Jim Stokes (@JimStokes_91) May 8, 2014
Meanwhile, King has yet to reply:
https://twitter.com/_Hex___/status/464466194012323840
Poor Piers.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.
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