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'Double standard!' Piers Morgan calls out Oscars host Regina Hall over 'lewd sexual jokes'
Oscars 2022 split opinion as viewers weighed in on social media. Among those sharing their views was Piers Morgan, who thought if a man had presented it then they would "be cancelled".The moment saw Regina joking that some stars needed to go and get "Covid tested" backstage.Among those that she called out were Simu Liu and Timothée Chalamet.She also called on Will Smith to come up as well, which he jokingly refused to do.She then patted down Ethan Hawke as he came on to present an award, in what she quipped was a "Covid pat down".Piers weighed in on the moment as he posted his thoughts in view of his 7.9 million followers.He tweeted: "Interesting to see a female celebrity make lewd sexual jokes about male stars and physically grope them on stage."Of course, if a man did that, he’d be immediately cancelled."The double standard is laughable."Many viewers also weighed in on the moment, taking to Twitter to share their thoughts.Brian Pedaci wrote: "Gender-swap that Regina Hall bit and it'd have been super-creepy and inappropriate.
