'Smelly' Piers in Twitter battle with One Direction over David Beckham
Piers Morgan and the group One Direction, currently at the top of the American Billboard 200 chart with their album Take Me Home, have become involved in a Twitter battle over David Beckham.
Piers Morgan: Smelly?
It all began when Morgan tweeted to his followers that David Beckham should retire from football.
Morgan said: "No serious top-flight team would sign Beckham for football reasons any more – he should retire gracefully."
One Direction member Harry Styles fire back : "Beckham is my hero."
Morgan quickly replied: "Is that because he always runs in one direction?"
Louis Tomlinson then joined in the row: "I LOVE David Beckham!"
Morgan tweeted back: "Well sign him up for the group - bet he sings better than he plays now."
He then added: "Can't believe I'm currently being slagged about Beckham by TWO members of One Direction. Boy-band types clearly stick together."
Styles then tried to involve Simon Cowell : "Hiiii @SimonCowell can you tell @piersmorgan to leave us alone please? He's being nasty."
Morgan tweeted to the boys: "Now got roughly 25 million One Directioners abusing me - many thanks @Harry_Styles @Real_Liam_Payne @Louis_Tomlinson."
The boy band than tried to get the hashtag #PiersMorganIsSmelly trending worldwide.
Morgan tweeted," Just for the record, I adamantly refute this allegation: #PiersMorganIsSmelly"
He then made a bid to settle the debate: "So, #PiersMorganIsSmelly is now trending worldwide, is it? Right, @Harry_Styles @Real_Liam_Payne @Louis_Tomlinson - this is WAR.
"Let's settle this on my CNN show when you come to New York - if you're brave enough."
Liam Payne replied: "No hard feelings stinky."
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