Piers Morgan SLAMS JK Rowling's Harry Potter series: 'It's badly written TOSH'
HE IS no stranger to clashing with JK Rowling and to mark Harry Potter's 20th anniversary, Piers Morgan launched a fresh attack, branding the much-loved series "badly written tosh" during today's Good Morning Britain.
Piers Morgan: Harry Potter is ‘badly written TOSH’
Simon Key, who runs London's Big Green Bookshop, appeared on the ITV show this morning to discuss the book series' big milestone after he became famous for tweeting Piers a line from The Philosopher's Stone every single day.
Clearly given an impossible mission, GMB co-host Susanna Reid quizzed Simon, asking: "How can you persuade someone who is not a Harry Potter fan about the brilliance of Harry Potter?"
The independent bookshop owner turned to Piers to find out what it was specifically he didn't like about the series, to which the 52-year-old presenter went on his usual tirade.
I think it's a load of old Hogwarts
Dressed as Harry Potter himself, Piers Morgan began: "I think it's a load of old Hogwarts. It's badly written tosh. I tried getting through one of them, but I absolutely couldn't.
"When you were tweeting me it line by line, all it reinforced was what a load of old gibberish it is.
"Mugwarts and wizards… It's a load of hogwash," Piers added, whilst waving around his replica wand.
He and JK Rowling have an extensive history of spatting with each other via social media which hit peak earlier this year when they clashed on Twitter.
Piers' son waded into to the argument, declaring he was siding with JK Rowling, 51, after being a dedicated Harry Potter fan for many years.
Good Morning Britain airs on ITV weekdays from 6am.