Piers Morgan gets a lesson in manhood after claiming baby carrier ‘emasculated’ Daniel Craig
The British media provocateur used the hashtag #emasculatedBond as he attempted to deride James Bond actor’s parenting technique
British television personality Piers Morgan lit up social media when he tweeted a photo of James Bond star Daniel Craig with his infant daughter in a baby carrier.
It wasn’t the photo itself that got people riled up. It was Morgan’s hashtag-style commentary about Craig’s “papoose”, an adopted Native American word used in Britain for a child carrier: “#emasculatedBond,” he wrote.
Many of Morgan’s 6.5 million followers – along with countless others who happened to see the tweet – were less than impressed with the dad-shaming stunt.
“In case you needed evidence that people like @piersmorgan literally just make up stuff to get upset about,” wrote one Twitter user, “apparently Daniel Craig is less of a man because he’s … *checks* … carrying his child?”
The response was swift and severe: The British provocateur was widely criticised for his skewed image of manhood, in which he claimed that Craig’s choice of parenting gear was a sign of emasculation rather than practicality.
“You really have to be so uncertain of your own masculinity to concern yourself with how another man carries his child,” Hollywood star Chris Evans wrote. “Any man who wastes time quantifying masculinity is terrified on the inside.”