Piers Morgan reignites his feud with Ewan McGregor as he says the Trainspotting actor 'let himself down' by not appearing on Good Morning Britain
- Trainspotting star pulled out of ITV show at last minute because of Piers Morgan
- He said: 'Won't go on with him after his comments about #WomensMarch'
- Piers Morgan said today: 'He (Ewan) let down viewers and he let down himself'
- MailOnline column said star happy to work with child abuser Roman Polanski
- Mr Morgan critical of Madonna's sweary rant to packed Women's March crowds
- He said: 'This wasn't feminism. This was nasty women being nasty, whipped into a man-hating frenzy by some very nasty women on a stage'
- McGregor joked on Chris Evans' Radio 2 show today: 'How dare you, I'm leaving'
Piers Morgan's Women's March row with Ewan McGregor deepened today after he accused the star of 'letting himself down' for refusing to appear on TV with him.
The Trainspotting star was branded a 'diva' for pulling out of a Good Morning Britain interview at the last minute yesterday.
McGregor was due to promote T2 - the sequel to Trainspotting - but told Twitter followers: 'Didn't realise @piersmorgan was host. Won't go on with him after his comments about #WomensMarch'.
Mr Morgan accused the actor, 45, of being a 'coward' and used his MailOnline column to point out that McGregor was happy to work with convicted child abuser Roman Polanski but not willing to debate with him on TV.
Today the GMB host opened the show by saying: 'He (Ewan McGregor) let down the viewers and he let down himself.'.
However appearing on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC2 this morning, the actor appeared to poke fun at himself when he told the host halfway through the interview: 'How dare you, I'm leaving'.
Spat: Piers Morgan's Women's March row with Ewan McGregor (pictured this morning at BBC Broadcasting House) deepened after he accused the star of 'letting himself down' for refusing to appear on TV with him
Today the GMB host (pictured with Susanna Reid) opened the show by saying: 'He (Ewan McGregor) let down the viewers and he let down himself. I'd have respected him more if he came here, sat down and went "you are wrong"
Row: McGregor was due to promote T2 - the sequel to Trainspotting - on the ITV show but pulled out at the last minute yesterday
Fighting back: Ewan's decision to pull out led to a Twitter backlash, including by Mr Morgan himself
He said: 'He thought the Women's March was a fantastic thing, I thought it was flawed.
'I'd have respected him more if he came here, sat down and went "you are wrong".
'We could have had an adult conversation about it - we weren't going to ask him about it, we were going to talk about his movie that he was here to promote.
'So I hope that people who watch that yesterday shared my disappointment that he didn't actually just come out and have that conversation.
'That's all I want to say about it - lets not bang on about it. But I was very disappointed he did what he did. He let down the viewers and he let down himself.'
Mr Morgan appears to have upset the actor because he was angry about Madonna's comments about 'blowing up the White House' after Donald Trump won the US election and said protesters were 'whipped into a man-hating frenzy by some very nasty women'.
McGregor was due to promote T2 - the sequel to Trainspotting - on the ITV show but pulled out at the last minute.
He tweeted this morning: 'Was going on Good Morning Britain, didn't realise @piersmorgan was host. Won't go on with him after his comments about #WomensMarch'.
In a new column for MailOnline yesterday, Mr Morgan said that the actor was about to appear on air when he pulled out of the interview because he refued to be on screen with him.
He said: 'McGregor arrived with a large Hollywood-style entourage at the ITV studios in London, where I currently co-host Good Morning Britain.
'They were all escorted to the green room, where an argument then started with our editorial team because McGregor apparently hadn't realized I was going to be involved with the interview.
'He refused point blank to do it unless I was removed and it was performed by my co-host Susanna Reid.
'This demand was denied, as were further demands for the interview to be severely shortened and to be restricted purely to talk about his new movie, Trainspotters 2.
'So, enraged that he couldn't do the interview on the terms he wanted, McGregor left'.
After leaving ITV studios he tweeted: 'Was going on Good Morning Britain, didn't realise @piersmorgan was host. Won't go on with him after his comments about #WomensMarch'.
Falling out: Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor (both pictured yesterday ) pulled out of a TV interview with Piers Morgan because he was critical of the Women's March in Washington
Backlash: Mr Morgan pretended to cry on screen and accused the star, 45, of being a 'coward' who should 'stick to talking about movies'.
The GMB host then responded: 'Sorry to hear that @mcgregor_ewan - you should be big enough to allow people different political opinions. You're just an actor after all'.
'A real man would have come on and debated it with me, not run away like a coward'.
He added: 'He's an actor, not the Dalai bl**dy Lama'.
Susanna Reid, who says she disagrees with her co-host on the issue said in a tweet to McGregor: 'Such a shame. Challenge views where there's difference. Would have liked to see that debate on air - it's an important one'.
Morgan had previously voiced his displeasure at the protests which took place around the world, saying: 'I'm planning a men's march to protest at the creeping global emasculation of my gender by rabid feminists. Who's with me?'
Comments under Mr McGregor's tweet were largely opposed to his decision - with some suggesting it was a publicity stunt ahead of T2's release on Friday.
Lee Roberts told him: '@mcgregor_ewan let's get this right. You can kick the s**t out of Darth Vader, but run scared of @piersmorgan. You are supposed to be a Jedi'.
Michael Kelpie wrote: 'Poor decision first up, it is your job to promote your film. Second, you should have told @piersmorgan to his face'.
Emma Harding said: 'Rich Celebrities like you get paid to entertain us. Nobody cares about your political views!!'.
Mags Walker tweeted: 'How silly! All he said was march when you have something to march for? Too many 'celebs' getting political'.
Choose not to talk to Piers Morgan... pic.twitter.com/1vCy9oTvHS
— JOE.co.uk (@JOE_co_uk) January 24, 2017
Reaction: The majority of people who saw McGregor's online snub were critical of his decision not to face Morgan on TV
Piers Morgan wrote about the Women's March for MailOnline and was particularly critical of Madonna.
The star, 58, told crowds in Washington: 'Good did not win this election, but good will win in the end. And to our detractors that insist this March will never add up to anything, f**k you.
'Yes, I'm angry. Yes, I'm outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot of blowing up the White House'.
In response Mr Morgan, MailOnline's U.S. Editor-at-Large responded by saying: 'I love women and believe passionately in gender equality.
'I support all women's rights and have proven this point many times as an employer and promoter of women in the workplace.
'But I can't abide the feminazis, the radical, extreme feminists like Madonna.
'Real feminism is not about murdering men you don't like or stripping off to make money and pretending it's about liberating women.
'It's about striving to be so good at what you do that your gender is irrelevant, then making sure you are rewarded in the same way as a man. That, surely, is true equality?'.
He added: 'This was nasty women being nasty, whipped into a man-hating frenzy by some very nasty women on a stage.
'Love was Trumped by hate and bomb threats. Ladies, I love you. But if you let the nasty women win, you lose'.
Protests against Donald Trump drew millions of women across the world to more than 600 rallies, the new President dismissed them with the scoffing tweet: 'We just had an election! Why didn't these people vote?'
But hours later, amid evidence that the Washington DC demonstration alone drew more people than his inauguration ceremony – not to mention an army of stars including Emma Watson, Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore and Madonna – Mr Trump backtracked on his remarks.
Turning again to Twitter, Mr Trump wrote: 'Peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy. Even if I don't always agree, I recognise the rights of people to express their views.'
Marchers championed a variety of causes, including gender equality, black rights, abortion rights and general disgust over Mr Trump's history of misogynistic remarks. Many on the marches sported home-made, pink and pointy eared 'pussy hats' to mock the US President's vilest language about women.
The New York protest outside Mr Trump's skyscraper home was attended by Dame Helen Mirren and Whoopi Goldberg while the LA demo drew Jamie Lee Curtis, Barbra Streisand, Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, Miley Cyrus and Jane Fonda.
The biggest event was in Washington DC, where officials estimated it drew more than 500,000 protesters – possibly twice the figure for the Trump inauguration the previous day. There were protests in British cities including Cardiff, Edinburgh and London.
Back together: Thec cast of Trainspotting reunited after 21 years on the orange carpet of the film's sequel on Sunday night. Director Danny Boyl posed alongside lead Ewan McGregor, Ewan Bremner, John Hodge, Irvine Welsh, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald and Anjela Nedyalkova (pictured L-R)
Millions of women around the world proudly marching to protest Trump. They wore pink pussy hats, and the mood was one of celebration; a joyous gathering of the female gender
Message: Madonna announced she had thought ' an awful lot' about blowing up the White House
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