Piers Morgan tells followers to man up… mums tell him to shove it

Yes, ladies!

Piers Morgan found another way to rattle his followers this weekend when he tweeted about returning to work with an injury. In classic Piers fashion, the GMB host boastfully announced his return to the show, saying:

“UPDATE: I’ll be co-hosting GMB tomorrow with three broken ribs. For the more fragile snowflakes among you, this is called ‘manning up’.”

UPDATE: I'll be co-hosting @GMB tomorrow with 3 broken ribs. For the more fragile snowflakes among you, this is called 'manning up'. ??

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 3, 2017

Yes, we know – blood boiling stuff, right? We don’t know if it’s just the tweet or the fact that it came from Piers, but it caused a lot of anger among followers. So much so that a new hashtag began trending. Mothers quickly began sharing their own birthing and parenting stories, and they dwarfed Piers’ complaint.

I gave birth twice with no drugs and tore open the packets of stitches to sew me up with my *teeth* as there was a staff shortage. Woman up. https://t.co/xyTnF9vnVl

— Juliet (@Jsoosty) September 3, 2017

I drove 8 hours round trip to pack up & pick up my son w/ autismfrom school while I had 102 fever, bronchitis and pleurisy from coughing. pic.twitter.com/XqKyRJldl8

— headless_snowman (@hockeyhoose15) September 4, 2017

I gave birth to a 10 lbs baby, climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, and the @NRA is scared of me. #WomanningUp https://t.co/Nu4TaGPze1

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 4, 2017

I was cut open to deliver a human being and stapled shut - then came home to cook for the other three I also birthed. #Womanup you arsehole. https://t.co/d0hueWKDhp

— Caroline Hirons (@CarolineHirons) September 4, 2017

Umm I'm growing a human with 4 dislocated ribs and don't get to sit on my ass and host a TV show #womanup https://t.co/3EkjB1CzLy

— Amanda Sanders (@amhandashambles) September 4, 2017

I laboured entirely alone in a bathroom and then gave birth in a corridor keeping quiet because of sleeping patients. #womanup https://t.co/8SvQT0tYIK

— Felicity Hannah (@FelicityHannah) September 4, 2017