Piers Morgan fans were left stunned after his Twitter account began sending out abusive messages including a slur against the Queen. The 57-year-old’s feed also featured a shocking tweet calling Ed Sheeran a “ginger p****” in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
But it quickly became apparent that the TV star’s account had been hacked by a group identifying themselves as the ‘chuckling squad’, the Mirror reports. The page’s account name changed a number of times - including being changed to 'lol' and also 'Michael' - while more colourful language was also used to rename his account.
One tweet that was sent out caused shock when it simply stated: "f*** the queen." Fans and followers quickly reacted to the rude remarks - with many contacting Twitter to highlight that Piers's account had clearly been hacked.
However, some asked the hackers to access Piers's Direct Messages to uncover the communications he had in the past with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. One fan questioned if the DM's could finally unveil exactly why Piers has such contempt for the American actress.
One follower tweeted: "I want to see why Piers hates Megan Markle so much. Go to Megan's DMs" along with crying-with-laughter emojis. As the hack continued, some fans interacted with the account - with one demanding the apparent hackers leak Piers's DMs.
However, the hackers responded to claim there was "nothing interesting" within the private messages. Further stars were also targeted during the melee of messages - with the apparent hackers sending a public message to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanding he get a haircut and branding him an 'ugly bum'.
After approximately an hour of chaos, it appeared that Twitter bosses took control of the situation as most of the offensive tweets were suddenly wiped from the account. Tweets that had been sent were replaced with a message stating: "This Tweet is unavailable."
The bio of Piers's account was also wiped - while images that had been in his profile and banner were also removed, seemingly bringing an end to the hackers' chaotic run.
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