British journalist and TV host Piers Morgan remarked that the Indians were celebrating a lot for only winning gold medals, but having an eigth of the worlds population. Some Indian twitter users did not take his comments very well.
Country with 1.2 billion people wildly celebrates 2 losing medals. How embarrassing is that? https://t.co/FYSBM7ErAf
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 24 августа 2016 г.
Angry tweets from Indians started pouring but failed to dent Morgan’s spirits who kept on retorting back, inviting more sneers. Soon @piersmorgan started trending in India.
Noted, Chatan. https://t.co/wYknYWSkQZ
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 24 августа 2016 г.
Time to prescribe yourself some humour pills, Dr. https://t.co/wtVtLdR4ot
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 24 августа 2016 г.
@piersmorgan taking on Chetan Bhagat and Indian trollers like… pic.twitter.com/b0Ospd0T8Q
— Maxin Mathew (@earthwasi) 24 августа 2016 г.
At least you'll never have to worry about being one of my interviewees, Suhel.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 24 августа 2016 г.
I only interview famous people. https://t.co/yPGf3TLtNr
That's OK mate, we're still trying to locate your athletes. https://t.co/POJZRAtrjN
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 24 августа 2016 г.