Following the historic Women's March [1] on Jan. 21, perpetual pot-stirrer Piers Morgan released a series of tweets criticizing the demonstration [2], referring to is as being "anti-democratic," and said he would instead be hosting his own Men's March [3]. Days later, Ewan McGregor was scheduled to appear on Good Morning Britain to discuss T2 Trainspotting. After realizing that Piers was a host on the talk show, however, Ewan decided against it and expressed as much in a tweet.
Was going on Good Morning Britain, didn't realise @piersmorgan [4] was host. Won't go on with him after his comments about #WomensMarch [5]
— Ewan McGregor (@mcgregor_ewan) January 24, 2017 [6]
Piers has since come after Ewan both on Twitter and in a column for the Daily Mail [7]. Immediately after Ewan shared the news with his Twitter followers, Piers replied [8], "You should be big enough to allow people different political opinions," adding, "You're just an actor after all." He then criticized Ewan for working with Roman Polanski [9] on the 2010 movie The Ghost Writer, considering the director was charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
Vainspotting.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 24, 2017 [10]
While Ewan hasn't released any additional statements on the matter, Piers will likely continue tweeting about the actor and his decision to not appear on his show.