The cartoon is decidedly NSFW, but Piers seemed intent on letting his followers know that this sort of disrespectful depiction is a double-standard in terms of “gender equality.”
If the BBC broadcast an image like this after a female journalist interviewed @theresa_may – all hell would break loose & people would be fired. Gender equality shouldn't just apply to pay – should it? pic.twitter.com/9xNqGPjZl9
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
Twitter was, for the most part, totally overjoyed by Piers’ decision to promote the cartoon, and many people wasted no time in mining the situation for comedy.
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/959525040021757952
i think its nice to do nice things for your friends pic.twitter.com/x3R9fT3rHv
— Ashley Feinberg (ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social) (@ashleyfeinberg) February 2, 2018
Owning the liberal media by reposting an image of yourself eating Trump’s ass pic.twitter.com/nOLROWvY0G
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/evepeyser/status/959537315885481986
I…worked on this story for a year…and…he just…he tweeted it out … pic.twitter.com/YvSo95LWyh
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/GMPaiella/status/959528861133307905
That said, there were some who reluctantly admitted that the cartoon might actually be in poor taste.