TV personality Piers Morgan and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling sparred back and forth over American politics Friday and Saturday after Rowling expressed her satisfaction at a talk show clip in which Morgan had an expletive directed at him. Former CNN host Piers Morgan faced off with Australian comic Jim Jefferies on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, saying Trump's executive order is "not a Muslim ban and sparking Rowling's Twitter wrath. That's when Jefferies dropped the F-bomb and Rowling dropped her first tweet, writing, "Yes, watching Piers Morgan being told to f--k off on live TV is *exactly* as satisfying as I'd always imagined." Rowling's 'arrogance'What followed was a flurry of exchanges between Rowling and Morgan, many of which used explicit language. In return, Rowling called Morgan a "celebrity toady" who is "fact-free and "amoral" with "bigotry-apologism."

Source: CBC News February 11, 2017 21:53 UTC