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Channel 4 has been insulting Piers Morgan on Twitter to raise funds for cancer research

The Stand Up 2 Cancer campaign caught a few people off guard today.

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IF YOU’VE BEEN on Twitter today (and deftly avoiding #Áras18), then you’re probably wondering what’s been going on with Channel 4′s account.

The UK TV channel has been tweeting abuse at celebrities, including Piers Morgan. The English television presenter and columnist was told to “go fuck himself” and called a tosser, a wanker, and a bastard.

Unsurprisingly, the account later revealed that it was insulting people to encourage them to donate money to cancer research and testings.

“If your life was a library book, it would have no borrowing dates stamped in the front,” it told one Twitter user.

The Twitter handle also asked people’s bosses for a raise, and asked people out on behalf of those who donated a certain amount of money.

Hey @PaoloNutini. It’s time to get your new shoes on and take @abifoxhall out for dinner. She has on a HUGE crush on you…

There’s a sliding scale of offers depending on what you donated (although the campaign is over, and they’re no longer insulting people on Twitter, you can still donate here).

  • £5 gets a Twitter follow, an honest opinion of your avatar or a nice message about your mum (aww)
  • £10 prompts a creative insult, your Twitter crush is asked out on your behalf, or write you a poem
  • For £20 they’ll retweet you, rate your meals or ask your boss to give you a raise

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  • £50 and you’ll get a cartoon drawn of your avatar, TWitter shade at a TV rival, or – Piers Morgan gets insulted on Twitter. Clearly a few people chose this option..
  • At £100, Channel 4 will get George Clarke to rate a picture of your space, or send you a dick pic (no, really)
  • £250 and you get to pitch your own show and get feedback from a commissioner.

You can find out more about Stand Up 2 Cancer here. 

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It seems to have been well-received.

Social media has reached a certain level – just saw this tweet from @Channel4 sent to @piersmorgan and I couldn’t decide whether their security had been compromised or if they were being the voice of the people. Then I read it was for @StandUp2C and made a donation!

And for the record, Piers Morgan was also in on the gag, with the station praising him as a “good sport”.

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    Mute Damocles
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    Oct 26th 2018, 7:14 PM

    Piers Morgan doesn’t seem to mind being called a wnaker if it means a 50 quid donation for fighting cancer.

    Which seems quite reasonable of him.

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    Mute Dáithí O Raghailaigh
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    Oct 26th 2018, 7:14 PM

    I do it for nothing . he’s a NOB

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    Oct 26th 2018, 7:15 PM

    I just insulted Piers Morgan for free, after you call him a #megabollox or a #giantdouche, simply tell him you donated 50 quid.

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    Oct 26th 2018, 8:11 PM

    Amazing, and for a good cause too!

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    Oct 26th 2018, 8:33 PM

    Well done everyone for completely killing the craic here.

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    Oct 27th 2018, 12:55 AM

    @Dermot Quinn:
    It’s our culture,Boss.

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    Oct 26th 2018, 8:24 PM

    Twitter can give an outlet for so much that would go unnoticed. Or unreported like.
    “Ahhh so nice. They want our protections with billions for NATO but wanted to spend billions with those they want protection from. @realDonaldTrump said that doesn’t work for the US and got what he wanted.
    It’s so nice to have an actual leader… one with common sense & resolve!”

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    Oct 26th 2018, 8:46 PM

    @Tom Molloy: you know quotes don’t work unless you say who you’re quoting right? PS given recent developments in Saudi this wouldn’t be the best quote about Trump to use.

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    Oct 26th 2018, 8:57 PM

    @Tom Molloy: ah Tom, Tom, you sad sad yoke, nobody cares about your fixation on don turnip anymore, we all know what your purpose is and it’s so so failing and so low IQ, (see what I did there

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    Oct 26th 2018, 7:57 PM

    I promote this. That man is a self serving pig

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