Piers Morgan has taken a scathing swipe at Joe Lycett after it came to light that the comedian previously performed in Qatar despite heavily criticising the gulf state for its laws on homosexuality.
Throughout the FIFA World Cup, Joe, 34, made a political stance against the games and criticised David Beckham for acting as an ambassador for the country.
In an act of protest, the former Sewing Bee host pretended to shred £10,000 of his own money due to Beckham’s links to the 2022 games.
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But The Sun recently highlighted that Joe previously performed in the country during his early career.
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After Joe was forced to defend his links with Qatar, outspoken presenter Piers also chimed in on the debate.
Jumping onto Twitter, he wrote: “Hmm. Problem is you decided to appoint yourself the great outraged halo-clad moralist over Qatar re Beckham & LGBT rights but you were paid to appear there too.
“Blaming the media for exposing your hypocrisy is a bit pathetic,” he added.
Although over a thousand social media users appeared to agree with Piers’ perspective, some were not sure about his remarks.
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Responding to Piers’ tweet, one social media user wrote: “Don’t think you’re in any position to be calling anyone out over anything, you’ve kept some incredibly questionable company and done some very questionable things over the years to say the least….”
Since the revelation of his comedy past has come to light, Joe defended himself and stated that he already mentioned that he had performed in Doha in his book.
He said: “Oops! I’ve been caught out by The Sun! I did two gigs in Doha in 2015 and kept it entirely secret by writing about it in my own book and mentioning it in multiple interviews including with the NY Times!
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“If you’re interested, I was paid a few hundred quid (not by Qatar but by UK comedy promoters) but it was 2015 and that went a lot further back then.
“I reckon that if a popular comedian from those days (eg. Shane Ritchie) had shredded a few hundred quid to persuade me not to go, it would have made a difference. But who can say?
He finished off by saying: “I don’t have the perfect hindsight and spotless morality of, to pick a completely random example, The Sun newspaper.”
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