Piers Morgan has issued a public apology to comedian Kathy Burke for his past behaviour on Twitter.
The former Good Morning Britain host reached out to Burke on the social media platform, asking if they could mutually unblock each other.
Morgan tweeted: “I agree with @ferrifrump about this, I was a tw*t. Apologies for being such an overly-sensitive snowflake 7yrs ago @kathyburke – I just tried to unblock you but discovered you’d revenge blocked me. Shall we have a mutual de-blocking?”
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The apology came after Burke shared the reason why Morgan had blocked her on Twitter in 2016 during the latest episode of her podcast Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake.
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Speaking with guest Jennifer Saunders, the comedian discussed the immediate flurry of tweets that follow news of a celebrity death, revealing that she and some of her friends would tweet about a celebrity who had “been dead for years just to see who will jump on it”.
Burke recalled one such tweet about the late Blue Peter presenter Tony Hart, who died in 2009.
“I mean, Tony Hart’s been gone about 10 years or something,” she explained..
“Anyway, someone put a tweet out saying, ‘So sad about Tony Hart’s passing’. And Morgan [was] straight on it, ‘Oh, this is so sad.’”
She went on to explain that she had mocked the TalkTV host for not doing research, causing Morgan to call her out and block her.
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“I think I just replied and laughed, then he had a go at me and said ‘This is terribly disrespectful’ and ‘this isn’t funny’.
“I just said ‘Yes, it is.’
“Then the next thing, blocked. I got blocked for laughing at his stupid mistake.”
Saunders responded to Burke’s story by calling Morgan a “t***”, before explaining that she had also been blocked on Twitter by Suella Braverman without realising.
The Absolutely Fabulous star said that she was looking to research Braverman during the election a few years ago, when she realised she couldn’t read the home secretary’s tweets.
“I’ve never googled her even before! I’ve never done nothing! I don’t even say anything on Twitter!” she said.
Morgan’s apology was welcomed by many on social media, with some suggesting that it was a sign of personal growth.
However, others criticised the presenter, saying that his previous behaviour on Twitter was part of a wider pattern of bullying and harassment.
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