As soon as the news of Jeremy Paxman moving on from his long-time role at the helm of BBC Two’s Newsnight, the recently unemployed Piers Morgan threw his hat into the ring to takeover.
I'm available @iankatz1000 – #Newsnight #PaxmanOut
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 30, 2014
Which he promptly followed up with:
I'd like to pay my own heartfelt personal tribute to #Paxman – he's a smug, supercilious, pompous, overrated weasel.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 30, 2014
The idea of Morgan filling Paxman’s shoes was met with widespread derision from well known faces and anonymous Twitter users alike. Twitter users are rarely in agreement over anything, but it appears they have found a common enemy in Pier Morgan…
“@piersmorgan: I'm available @iankatz1000 – #Newsnight #PaxmanOut” < Would be TV news' equivalent of Moyes following Fergie!
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) April 30, 2014
Turning #Newsnight on to find Piers Morgan instead of Jeremy Paxman is like expecting a fillet steak for tea and looking down at a Big Mac.
— kgr00 (@kgr00) April 30, 2014
I'd rather watch a dog drown in petrol than Piers Morgan take over from paxman on #newsnight.
— Tom Byrne (@_TomByrne_) April 30, 2014
Piers Morgan is apparently being touted to replace Jeremy Paxman as Newsnight host. A backward step for British TV if ever I'd seen one…
— Matthew Cotton (@MatthewCotton3) April 30, 2014
Please don't give @piersmorgan the #Paxman Newsnight job – would be like following a vintage Chateau Latife with a can of White Ace
— Daily Mail Comments (@BestoftheMail) April 30, 2014
