
Piers Morgan and James Blunt have had an argument on Twitter.
Before we delve into this particular story we need to fill you in on the background.
On Friday there was an incident at Oxford Circus in the heart of London.
Thankfully it was a false alarm and nobody was seriously hurt - but Twitter was awash with rumours.
One of those came from pop star Olly Murs, who was shopping on the street at the time and reporting that he heard gunshots.
Fortunately, he was wrong.
Piers Morgan tweeted to him about his tweets.
Stop tweeting mate @ollyofficial. Nothing happened.— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1511547131
To which Murs replied.
Listen piers! I was shopping and then all of sudden the whole place went mad, I mean crazy people running & screami… https://t.co/PfZZWhSbVY— Olly Murs (@Olly Murs) 1511548509
At this point, James Blunt stepped in to defend Murs and highlighted an allegation against Morgan during his time as editor of the Daily Mirror.
From the man who published fake Iraqi torture pictures. LOL. https://t.co/6VoVd6lZ2q— James Blunt (@James Blunt) 1511636157
Morgan then attacked Blunt in his reply.
From the man who really is a James Blunt. LOL. https://t.co/f8ZRNOw7QX— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1511636591
This is where things took an odd turn.
For some reason, Real Madrid and Germany footballer Toni Kroos liked Blunt's original tweet.
We're not sure what that says about Kroos or his music taste but seeing this really got Morgan's back up.
You stay out of this @ToniKroos, if you know what’s good for you. https://t.co/pBNhyF1xjR— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1511639702
It all seemed to simmer down briefly and Morgan went back to tweeting about The Ashes.
The following day it reignited when former Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Celtic and Ivory Coast footballer Kolo Toure chimed in to defend Kroos in the most erudite of fashion.
Morgan had a response already lined up for the Ivorian defender.
I'd be this angry too if my younger brother was better at football than me. https://t.co/0iZbTnXnHW— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1511690167
It went back and forth like this for a while.
Mate, it's this kind of dismal defending that forced you into retirement. Ssshhh. https://t.co/e0dWDrgcR7— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1511693621
Until Morgan realised that he had been baited by a Kolo Toure parody account.
He then tried to repair the situation and even contacted Kolo's real brother, Yaya Toure to apologise.
Hi mate @YayaToure, this is a bit awkward but if Kolo happens to like me, I unreservedly apologise for ripping into him all morning...— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1511698066
Amazingly, if any good has come out of this it might be that Morgan briefly admitted that he might have been bad at something.
I had my doubts re that Kolo Toure account, but it was verified by @_CarltonCole9... who I've just been told is als… https://t.co/CGfxLEyfZy— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1511698532
HT Lad Bible