While everybody is asking, “Are they? Aren’t they?” over Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift’s rumoured romance, Piers Morgan is questioning what on earth has led the British actor to bring the male sex into disrepute.
His sin? Publicly fawning over his new girlfriend.
“Oh Tom,” Morgan exclaimed. “Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, TOM. What the hell were you thinking?????”
Oh, I don’t know, maybe he is smitten? Maybe he’s blissfully dating one of pop’s biggest stars? Maybe he just doesn’t care what the world thinks about his new flame?
But no, that is apparently irrelevant when you're aspiring to play a macho movie hero like James Bond. And so Morgan completely lays into Hiddleston in his latest column for the Daily Mail, accusing the actor of totally losing the plot for his public displays of affection.
The TV personality says he had been all for the Hiddleswift pairing when the news broke three weeks ago.
But their canoodling became too much for him when Hiddleston was spotted frolicking in the ocean with with Tay like "recently separated Siamese twins".
Morgan believes we should all be wary of a man who proclaims his love for a woman in the way Hiddleston has.
And that just makes my jaw drop.
You might think Hiddleston's T-shirt and tattoo combo is totally soppy, utterly sweet or bloody hilarious. But does it make him a poor example of man?
No. Not one ounce.
It makes him a guy who is comfortable with publicly proving his love. And doing so for a woman who is clearly on board with it.
Because -- shock, horror -- a man can show emotions and still be manly. Yes, even an up-and-coming James Bond.
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And for what it's worth, Bond is by no means a shining example of how to treat women. I'd take a guy wearing a cheesy T-shirt over Bond any day.
We are doing ourselves zero favours if we accept the message that seeing a male behave so publicly affectionate is not just socially objectionable but also an embarrassment to men the world over and an insult to ideals of 'machoism'.
Men and women alike have enough societal pressures as it is. So how about we all agree on one thing: that romance and manliness are not mutually exclusive.
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Out of all of Taylor Please View My Private Life Swift's celeb 'boyfriend's, Tom has by far been the most convincing and willing participant. She must be in disbelief over how affectionate and attentive he has been. Its usually her following the guy around like a bad smell. Wait shes gone to Australia with him. Superglue Taylor is making a comeback
Meh - I'm sure he'll be sobbing into his piles of dollars over Morgan's thoughts. He's reprising the almighty Loki any day now, I doubt he'll be stressing too much for cash