Piers Morgan has lashed out at Alan Cumming following the actor’s decision to return his OBE, labelling him a ‘disloyal attention-seeker’ on social media.
Cumming cited ‘recent public conversations regarding the monarchy and British empire’ as having ‘changed his perception’. The Scottish Actor, who also holds US citizenship was handed the OBE after appearing on the Queen’s honours list in 2009, but revealed in an Instagram post on Friday (January 27) he had returned the award.
Cumming wrote: “The Queen’s death and the ensuing conversations about the role of monarchy and especially the way the British empire profited at the expense (and death) of indigenous peoples across the world really opened my eyes”Explaining his change of heart, the 58-year-old continued: “Also, thankfully, times and laws in the US have changed, and the great good the award brought to the LGBTQ+ cause back in 2009 is now less potent than the misgivings I have being associated with the toxicity of empire (OBE stands for Officer of the British Empire). “So I returned my award, explained my reasons and reiterated my great gratitude for being given it in the first place.
I’m now back to being plain old Alan Cumming again. ”Reacting to the news, Morgan didn’t hold back, taking to twitter saying: “What a pathetic, disingenuous, disloyal, attention-seeking little twerp. ”Cumming, who recently hosted The Traitors US isn’t the first actor to return his OBE.
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