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Piers Morgan brands Clarkson fans who want Gary Lineker sacked 'absurd' after Meghan fury
Gary Lineker, 62, has been defended by his friend, and frequent online sparring partner, Piers Morgan, 57, as he blasted the "absurdity" of Twitter users calling for the Match of the Day host to be axed. Piers compared the vitriol aimed at the BBC Sport host to that of Jeremy Clarkson, 62, who also faced a furious backlash urging ITV and Amazon Prime Video to sack him, due to his vile remarks about Meghan Markle, 41. Calling out the "hypocrisy" of the same fans who defended Clarkson now being the ones who want Lineker to lose his job, Piers wrote in his latest column: "This whole Lineker debate is riddled with hypocrisy.