One absolute hero in charge of the official Channel Four Twitter account just lived the dream of every right-thinking Brit – by telling the near-universally loathed Good Morning Britain host, Piers Morgan, to go f**k himself. This seriously happened.
In further tweets, the official verified Channel Four Twitter account also went on to label Morgan a “massive bellend” and the “single biggest w*nker in the history of human civilisation“
Unsurprisingly the tweets quickly went viral, racking up thousands of retweets and countless more likes.
The first viral tweet from the genuine Channel Four Twitter account read:
“Dear @PiersMorgan. Hope you’re having a wonderful morning. Why don’t you go and f**k yourself.”
Another read:
“Dear @PiersMorgan. Unfortunately our lawyers wouldn’t allow us to say you’re the single biggest w*nker in the history of human civilisation. But you’re in the top 1.”
Whilst a third anti-Morgan tweet stated:
“Dear @PiersMorgan. The only thing that Brexit Leavers and Remainers agree on is that you’re a massive bellend.”
Dear @PiersMorgan. Hope you're having a wonderful morning. Why don’t you go and f**k yourself. #SU2CRewards,
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) October 26, 2018
Dear @PiersMorgan. Unfortunately our lawyers wouldn't allow us to say you're the single biggest wanker in the history of human civilisation. But you're in the top 1. #SU2CRewards
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) October 26, 2018
Dear @PiersMorgan. The only thing that Brexit Leavers and Remainers agree on is that you’re a massive bellend. #SU2CRewards,
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) October 26, 2018
However, the tweets were not the hilarious ramblings of a soon-to-be-fired rogue employee.
They were in fact all part of the hashtag #SU2CRewards – a campaign by Cancer Research UK, in conjunction with Channel Four, to raise awareness of the annual fundraising campaign, Stand Up To Cancer (@SU2C).
The SU2C campaign describes itself as an event to bring “the UK together to speed up progress in life-saving cancer research” – and their hilarious mockery of Piers Morgan was clearly something that nearly all Brits can agree on.
Channel Four are currently offering to tweet people’s suggestions in exchange for donations to Stand Up to Cancer:
Ok, Twitter. Today we’re gonna raise some serious cash for @StandUp2C. Below is a donation menu: the more you give, the better the reward. Using #SU2CRewards, tell us what you donated and the reward you want. Oh and guys, this is for cancer…don’t be a dick and lie about donating pic.twitter.com/KpBHEiMP4Z
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) October 26, 2018
For £20, we’ll ask your boss to give you a raise, retweet one of your tweets or rate your breakfast, lunch, dinner…or pet!
Donate £50 and we’ll insult @PiersMorgan, throw Twitter shade at a TV rival or we’ll draw a cartoon of your avatar! #SU2CRewardshttps://t.co/4qOuSpoanc
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) October 26, 2018
Donate £100 to #StandUpToCancer and @MrGeorgeClarke will rate your space or we’ll tweet you a D**k pic!
£250 and we’ll let you pitch your TV show idea to a commissioner or add your message to our Instagram Story. #SU2CRewardshttps://t.co/4qOuSpoanc
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) October 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/Channel4/status/1055779412506001409
Beginning at 19:00 tonight, Channel Four will be running an evening of programming – including Celebrity Gogglebox and Celebrity First Dates – dedicated to raising awareness of the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.