Piers Morgan Offered Entry-Level Job At Newspaper After Offending Town's Football Team

Piers Morgan Offered Entry-Level Job
PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 10: Anchor Piers Morgan attends the CNN Worldwide All-Star 2014 Winter TCA Party at Langham Hotel on January 10, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 10: Anchor Piers Morgan attends the CNN Worldwide All-Star 2014 Winter TCA Party at Langham Hotel on January 10, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images)

Piers Morgan has been offered a job... as an entry-level reporter and errand boy.

The former CNN "Piers Morgan Live" host was offered a position as a trainee football reporter for the Grimsby Telegraph in the UK after he slammed the town's football team and fans in a tweet, the newspaper reported Thursday. The offer was made by the paper's chief executive, David Montgomery, who was a boss of Morgan's at the Daily Mirror when Morgan was editor there, from 1995 until he was sacked in 2004.

The Telegraph's sports editor added one condition: Morgan could have the job as long as he makes tea every day and provides everyone with biscuits and sandwiches. Ouch.

Morgan responded to the offer, or insult rather, on Twitter:

On Tuesday, Morgan enraged many Grimsby Town football fans with a tweet that slammed both the Grimsby and Manchester United teams. The tweet sparked outrage and led to several back and forth comments between Morgan and fans.

Morgan has been without his regular night show gig after CNN canceled "Piers Morgan Live" in February after three years. Montgomery, Morgan's old boss, told the Grimsby Telegraph that "it would be nice to think we could offer him an opportunity."

"From what I can tell, Piers's opinions on the beautiful game are not always well received by fans," Montgomery said. "So with a little help from our excellent sports team on the Humber, we might be able to help him get back on his feet."

The Telegraph's sports editor Trevor Green also suggested that as part of the job, Morgan could take charge of the paper's Twitter feed.

Well played.

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