Piers Morgan called a ‘c**t’ on live TV after bleating ‘anti-trans dogwhistles’ at activist

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Piers Morgan invited a trans rights activist onto his show – and got more than he bargained for.

Morgan hosted a segment on his new TalkTV show, Uncensored, which posed the loaded question: “Are trans rights wrecking women’s rights?”

The presenter, who has previously called non-binary people a “contagion” and a “massive new fad”, invited activist Jame (who declined to reveal more of her identity) on to the episode.

She spoke from a protest against a talk held by by the anti-trans group Standing For Women at a state of Emmeline Pankhurst in Manchester.

Morgan claimed to have “always” supported trans rights “to fairness and equality”, which Jame labelled as “bulls**t”.

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Morgan then went on to claim that he has concerns about women’s safety and fairness in sports when trans women are included in women’s spaces. 

Jame immediately called Morgan out for his use of anti-trans “dogwhistles”, with her voice getting audibly more exasperated as Morgan ploughed on.

“Piers, shut up, bro,” she said. “Do you understand that a majority of women athletes do not give a s**t about trans women in sports?”

“What is your problem with my position?” Morgan asked repeatedly, before the activist looked around and appeared to prepare to unhook her microphone.

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“I don’t really know,” she responded. “I’m going to leave the interview now. I kind of only came on here because I thought it would be kind of funny. I want to say you’re a c**t,” she said, before being cut off.

Well, here's a perfect example of how NOT to have a proper debate