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Piers Morgan Uncensored: Gary Lineker returns to MOTD, White Abled Bodied Male Statue Racism, Hugh Grant's Baffling Reaction

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Sports, News, Society & Culture

3.7651 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On tonight's episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, Piers debates whether the BBC have scored a massive own goal with dealing of the Gary Lineker saga after confirming he will be back on this weekend. Piers delves into the welsh government claiming that statues of able bodied white men should be torn due to racism. Also Piers looks at the baffling reaction of Hugh Grant at the Oscars and should he banned from future award ceremonies. Watch Piers Morgan Uncensored at 8 pm on TalkTV on Sky 522, Virgin Media 606, Freeview 237 and Freesat 217. Listen on DAB+ and the app.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight, I'll Piers Morgan On Sensitive, victory for Gary Denneke as the BBC backs down over the match of the day mutiny.

0:07.0

But is it a victory for free speech or just a spectacular own goal by the national broadcaster or maybe both?

0:13.0

Statues of able-bodied white men should be torn down in case they're racist, according to the Welsh government.

0:20.0

Because their brushing the past really make anything better in the present.

0:24.0

We'll debate that. Plus...

0:28.1

What does it feel like to be in Glass Onion?

0:31.0

Well, I'm barely in it. I'm in it for about three seconds.

0:33.5

Thank you. All right. Back to you guys.

0:36.4

Hugh Grant's breathtaking arrogance becomes the biggest talking point on the beige carpet at a decidedly beige Oscars.

0:43.2

Should we ban Hugh Grant from all awards ceremonies to make them more interesting?

0:47.6

Sharon Osborne joins me live.

0:54.0

Live from London, this is Pearz Morgan Uncensored.

0:59.6

Well, good evening from London, welcome to Pierce Morgan Unsensored.

1:01.8

Gary Linnaker stood his ground against a howling mob demanding his head over an honestly held opinion.

1:08.0

He also stood his ground against his employers at the BBC, as it tied itself

1:12.2

in knots of chaos and hypocrisy. It took them a staggering six days to resolve Jug's Gate,

1:18.2

six days of turmoil, risking the entirety of the BBC's sports coverage and the future of its

1:23.5

management over a single tweet expressing an opinion.

1:30.5

And the net result of the whole Farago is a lot of very angry people and a battered BBC reputation that will pay the price for a lot longer than six days.

1:36.4

I'm not sure what Director General Tim Davy is looking quite so smug about.

1:41.4

One of the joys of this affair is there'd never been an easy solution, but asking Gary

1:46.5

to step back off air was, I think, a significant thing.

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