“So glad I’m not Canadian” – Piers Morgan dragged heavily for mocking Justin Trudeau and his son, Xavier, for wearing pink to see Barbie movie.
Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic has fired back at noted British media pundit Piers Morgan for his social media attack on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
On Sunday, Trudeau posted a picture of himself and his 15-year-old son Xavier on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in which they are dressed in pink as they attend a screening of Barbie.
He accompanied the post by saying, “we’re Team Barbie.”
Morgan, a television presenter in the U.K. who has eight million followers on X, responded with, “so glad I’m not Canadian.”
Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro filmed himself burning Barbies in a “review” of “this flaming garbage heap of a film” that garnered two million views on YouTube, He called the movie “the most woke,” accused it of peddling “dangerous” and “angry feminist” ideology, and predicted the film would “fall off a cliff” after opening weekend.
Gerwig is getting the last laugh here: the movie might become the biggest box office hit of the year (it has to overtake “The Super Mario Bros Movie,” whose global take currently sits at $1.35 billion U.S.).
Vrbanovic was one of hundreds who have voiced their displeasure with Morgan’s post.
The Kitchener mayor posted a picture of himself in a pink shirt from Anti-Bullying Day in response to Morgan with a message that began, “hey @piersmorgan, I was raised that if I didn’t have something nice to say, it’s better not to say anything at all. Perhaps you can go and repeat that lesson.”
Anyway, he’s still on his anti-Barbie crusade, which is hilarious because it’s now made more than $1 billion dollars at the box office and hasn’t even been out a month. (I hope the anger is keeping him up at night.) So naturally, he’s decided to attack anyone who seems to be having fun with the movie, going so far as to dress up to see it. Enter Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who posted a picture of himself and his son going to a screening dressed in pink. It’s cute.
This also being the era of culture wars, the big pink movie hiding social justice themes beneath its candy coating was always going to be polarizing, in particular for right-wing pundits. The fact that Margot Robbie’s Barbie character looks like she could be a Fox News anchor hasn’t won over that market. The movie’s extensive and thoughtful embrace of inclusivity — from plus-size Lawyer Barbie played by Sharon Rooney and Doctor Barbie played by transgender actor Hari Nef, to a Black President Barbie played by Issa Rae, not to mention an all-female Supreme Court — is another hot button.
