Ewan McGregor Objects to Piers Morgan, Celebrates Child Rapist

Actor Ewan McGregor has pulled out of an interview with ITV’s “Good Morning Britain” over objections he had to comments made by co-host Piers Morgan regarding the recent women’s marches.

“Was going on Good Morning Britain, didn’t realise @piersmorgan was host. Won’t go on with him after his comments about #WomensMarch,” tweeted the “Trainspotting” actor on Tuesday morning.

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Morgan swiftly 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,” Morgan tweeted.

Morgan was a vocal critic of the women’s marches held this past weekend, tweeting, “I’m planning a ‘Men’s March’ to protest at the creeping global emasculation of my gender by rabid feminists. Who’s with me?”

Ever since McGregor pulled out of the program, Morgan has taken the actor to task for not only being incapable of speaking to someone with differing political views, but for hypocritically having a lucrative relationship with convicted child rapist and fugitive Roman Polanski.

In an article he wrote for the Daily Mail, Morgan said McGregor had gone so far as to arrive at the studio for his interview before canceling at the last minute.

Morgan said he and McGregor had engaged in positive conversations several times before — but when the actor was told Morgan was a co-host on the program where he was to be interviewed, “He refused point-blank to do it unless I was removed and it was performed by my co-host Susanna Reid.”

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Morgan continued, “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, ‘T2 Trainspotting.’ So, enraged that he couldn’t do the interview on the terms he wanted, McGregor left.”

Morgan first discovered the issue when he saw McGregor’s tweet. He holds no sympathy for the actor. “First, there’s a shockingly unprofessional aspect to this. The hard-working ‘GMB’ team had spent several days producing the segment. These things just don’t pop up on screen. The interview had also been extensively trailed since yesterday so our viewers were also let down. They include many of the same people who pay good money to see McGregor’s movies.”

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Morgan had also written an article for the Daily Mail criticizing the marches, specifically the divisive words spoken by singer Madonna, who claimed she had “thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.”

“In one short, disgraceful sentence, Madonna wrecked the Women’s March because she lifted the lid on the more repellent side of feminism: the vile, crude, man-hating, violent, nasty side,” wrote Morgan.

The criticisms were too much for McGregor to take. The actor’s Twitter revealed his daughters marched over the weekend.

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What’s revealing is not so much McGregor’s objection to taking part in a discussion with someone with opposing views, but the fact that his moral grandstanding reveals something tragic about Hollywood liberal activism: It’s hollow.

When diving into McGregor’s filmography, one won’t just find the “Star Wars” prequel trilogy. People will also find a 2010 film entitled, “The Ghost Writer.” While there’s nothing particularly memorable about the film itself, what is memorable is the director — Roman Polanski.

Polanski was charged with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in 1977. Several others have also come forward with alleged stories of sexual assault by the director over the years, as well. He currently resides in France and is a fugitive.

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Polanski, 83 years old, was set to preside over the Cesar awards next month — France’s equivalent of the Oscars — but he stepped down after major complaints from women’s groups.

Ewan McGregor said of Polanski’s case to ABC News in 2010, “I don’t comment on his case because it has nothing to do with me. I work with him as an actor.” McGregor also told the Los Angeles Times about Polanski, “I’m very fond of him.”

So, to clarify, McGregor is able to look beyond the fact that someone is a child rapist and a fugitive in order to work as an actor — but he’s unable to look beyond someone’s criticism of a women’s march.

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It should come as no surprise. Hollywood’s convictions only go far, including its feminism. Polanski was awarded a Best Director Academy Award for his 2002 film “The Pianist.” He, of course, could not attend the ceremony. If he had, he would have been arrested and forced to serve out his prison sentence.

Even Piers Morgan’s female co-host, Susanna Reid, took issue with McGregor’s last-minute ditch. She tweeted, “Challenge views where there’s difference. Would have liked to see that debate on air — it’s an important one.”

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On Twitter, Morgan has doubled down on his criticism of the Women’s March, saying, “I believe it was just a mass Trump-hating protest at Hillary losing. Thus worthy of criticism.”

He also tweeted about McGregor’s relationship to Roman Polanski: “History will record that Ewan’s ‘very fond’ of a convicted child rapist & loves working for him.”

Whether one agrees with Morgan’s criticism of the women’s marches or not, giving the man the cold shoulder and refusing to have a healthy dialogue does no one any good.

Beyond that, McGregor’s hypocritical action reveals how hollow activism truly is in Hollywood. The actor pats himself on the back for turning down an interview with Morgan, believing he’s a true feminist. Yet he works with a fugitive who has sexually assaulted women when they were minors and says simply that it’s none of his business. McGregor has displayed what might become the flagship example of celebrity hypocrisy for the year.