Dick Van Dyke owning Piers Morgan is the burn we all need to see right now
If there’s one thing we all enjoy, it’s seeing Piers Morgan get put in his place. In the past, he’s suffered brutal takedowns courtesy of Ariana Grande, Dan Walker and Gary Lineker, so he must be used to it, but his latest public humiliation was a little different.
In an attempt to be funny, the Good Morning Britain host tweeted this comment about legendary actor Dick Van Dyke‘s name.
Imagine being called Dick Van Dyke in this PC-crazed era?
Poor guy.
He'll have to change his name to Richard Van Non-Binary-Gender-Fluid. pic.twitter.com/rStgEhQl1I— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 1, 2018
Piers Morgan should have known that nobody gets to throw shade at Dick Van Dyke and get away with it – if he didn’t know before, he definitely does now.
— Dick Van Dyke (@iammrvandy) December 2, 2018
Not only did we have the pleasure of seeing Piers Morgan get totally owned by a 92-year-old, but Dick Van Dyke didn’t even need to use words to do it, just one perfect screenshot from his hit series Diagnosis Murder.
Twitter user Simon Pegg – not that one – summed up the situation with this succinct comment.
Diagnosis: Murder by burning.
Twitter being what it is, there were more burns heading his way.
https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/1069335505068851201
Imagine being called Piers Morgan in this era in which everyone knows Piers Morgan is a desperate, attention-seeking, aggressively ignorant, media-chasing, grumpy old man (who also doesn’t know what non-binary or gender-fluid mean). https://t.co/WANir1lUqm
— (((Drew Z. Greenberg))) (@DrewZachary) December 2, 2018
Mary Tyler Moore told a much better version of that joke thirty years ago. Then again, Mary Tyler Moore was funny!
— Victor Kong (@VictorKong82) December 2, 2018
Is there no beginning to your talent?
— The Mighty Martin (@TheMightyMartin) December 2, 2018
There was also a lot of love for Dick Van Dyke – as always.
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1069317993312735233
Dick Van Dyke is an absolute hero. pic.twitter.com/XPkpHpoTLD
— Ruddock (@sugarraybuzzard) December 2, 2018
I already loved Dick Van Dyke. This response to Piers Morgan means I don’t know now know how to describe that adoration… https://t.co/NysqZfWMh0
— Scott Handcock (@scott_handcock) December 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/Brennanator/status/1069358448175968256
The ageless and brilliant Dick Van Dyke just took down Piers Moron in the most wonderful way. Absolutely pwned. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 could be tweet of the year contender. https://t.co/ZfRItvaE6Y
— Daniel Stewart (@dnstewart67) December 2, 2018
We particularly liked this fact.
It’s his pinned tweet, y’all. 😂😂😂💀 https://t.co/AnVjL8LTLy
— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) December 2, 2018
If ever a tweet deserved to be pinned, it’s that one.