Piers Morgan’s Controversy on Gender and Cancel Culture

British TV host Piers Morgan faced ridicule for his negative remarks about Barbie. He asserted that if he were to create a similar film for men, he would be subject to “execution.”

The ex-host of Good Morning Britain, who now hosts his own TalkTV show titled “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” expressed his views on the film in a column for the New York Post.

“If I made a movie mocking women as useless dunderheads, constantly attacking ‘the matriarchy,’ and depicting all things feminist as toxic bulls***, I wouldn’t just be canceled, I’d be executed,” Morgan wrote in his column.

The movie Barbie, which came out in theaters on Friday (21 July), tells the story of a Barbie doll played by Margot Robbie who starts thinking about death. People have praised the film for its clever humor and its examination of the concept of patriarchy.

In the movie, Barbie lives in a place called Barbie Land, where women are in charge. But when Barbie and Ken go to the real world, Ken goes back to Barbie Land and introduces a system of patriarchy.

“Head Barbie rides to the rescue by seizing back control and driving the hapless Kens back to being subservient saps to the women again. To which my response is: Why?” Morgan wrote in column. “I thought the whole point of feminism is that women wanted equality with men, not a complete reversal of the perceived unequal social power structure.

“I don’t know any woman, other than perhaps US female soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe, who wants a world where women dominate absolutely everything – and men are reduced to dim-witted doormats barely capable of changing a light bulb.” He wrote.

Morgan’s remarks faced criticism and scrutiny from numerous users on social media.

“The amount of men who are very loudly announcing that they didn’t understand a very easy to understand film is getting embarrassing at this point lmao,” Barbie fan wrote.

“Lol. Pierce got so triggered by a 2hr long movie that he forgot the sense of reality, forgot all about the historical REAL-LIFE abuse of women,” another wrote.