Morgan took a peculiar stance in his post of a photo of Olympic divers Tom Daley and Matty Lee, taken before their synchronised dive on day three of the Tokyo games.
He remarked that it was “shocking and shameful that male divers have to wear such overtly sexualising skimpy briefs at the Olympics”.Tom Daley and Matty Lee pictured on day three of the Olympics, shortly before claiming gold for their performance. Picture: Clive Rose/Getty ImagesBacklash to his tweet came in thick and fast, with hundreds fast to criticise the media personality.
“Plenty of swimmers have competed in full body suits in the past. At least they have a choice. Not like women who get sanctioned unless they play in skimpy bikini bottoms,” one unimpressed Twitter user wrote.“You are part of the problem, not the solution.
Bet he didn’t say the same thing about the Norwegian women’s volleyball outfits
He should worry about his own briefs. Nobody else’s.
Who?
He’s just being a dick because a women’s volleyball team has rightly chosen to choose a uniform they prefer
Poor boys. I don't see anything wrong with these briefs.
Piers can’t win anything let alone gold in Olympics no matter what he wears
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