Piers Morgan blasts Bradley Whitford for branding Elon Musk ‘batsh*t’

Piers Morgan, 57, has hit out at renowned actor Bradley Whitford, 63, on Twitter after the actor warned that Elon Musk, 51, taking over the platform will be a ‘recipe for disaster’. In retaliation Piers, who is a self-professed fan of Elon, retaliated by calling The West Wing star a ‘big baby’. Elon completed his $44bn (£37.9bn) takeover of Twitter on Friday, renaming himself as “Chief Twit” on his profile. The billionaire’s purchase of the site has been controversial, leaving many worrying about the changes he plans to make to the social media platform. This morning, Bradley took to Twitter to warn about the takeover in view of his 480,700 followers. ‘Entitled batsh*t billionaires in charge of the public square is the opposite of freedom and a recipe for disaster,’ he wrote. READ MORE: US star talks ‘working’ with Meghan after ‘overplaying her hand’ claim Piers Morgan has hit out at Bradley Whitford (Image: GETTY) Piers will discuss Elon Musk tonight on TalkTV (Image: GETTY) Bradley Whitford is famed for his roles in shows like The West Wing and The Handmaid’s Tale (Image: GETTY) Elon Musk has completed his purchase of Twitter (Image: GETTY)In his article, the former Good Morning Britain presenter argued that there had been a ‘ridiculous overreaction’ to Elon taking over Twitter. He also claimed that the uproar had ‘exposed a lot of the very issues that the Tesla and SpaceX genius has identified and wants to resolve.”Most notable is the resolute refusal of many on the left to even countenance being confronted with contrary opinions without wanting to shame, vilify and cancel those who express them,’ he wrote. Piers continued: ‘For all its faults, though, I love Twitter. It’s an unparalleled source of news and commentary, and if you like a good argument as much as I do, it’s debate Utopia.READ MORE…Heidi Klum, 49, strips down to tiny thong as model goes topless [LATEST]Janette Manrara left ‘in tears’ over Strictly as she talks Aljaz exit [UPDATE]Gabby Logan breaks down over husband’s cancer as she gives update [NEWS]’But there are way too many anonymous bots manipulating political conversation and thus possibly voting preferences, and too many tweets espousing racism, harassment or death threats.’Musk knows this and wants to fix it. He’s made it clear he doesn’t want his site to be deliberately misused to fix elections or promote violence and hateful bigotry,’ Piers added in his latest article for the New York Post. On Thursday, April 14, Elon Musk announced an offer to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share. He accepted the deal a couple of weeks later on April 25, but by July 8 he was keen to do a U-turn, claiming he wanted to back out.