Piers Morgan Admits Regret Over Lady Gaga PTSD Twitter Exchange

He's admitted he's been 'perhaps a little insensitive' in the national 'mental health debate'.

In an uncharacteristically repentant move, Piers Morgan has admitted he regrets casting doubt over Lady Gaga’s post-traumatic stress disorder.

Piers and Gaga were involved in a Twitter exchange back in 2016, after she revealed her battle with PTSD and he disputed her condition.

“No, soldiers returning from battlefields [have PTSD],” he tweeted, in response to a news story about Gaga’s PTSD. “Enough of this vain-glorious nonsense.”

I come from a big military family.
It angers me when celebrities start claiming 'PTSD' about everything to promote themselves. https://t.co/IeSiGQkOjb

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 10, 2016

Fans of the singer then pointed out her PTSD stemmed from a sexual assault, which he also called into question, stating: “No. Lady Gaga & Madonna have both made ALLEGATIONS of rape many years after the event. No police complaint, no charges, no court case.”

Reflecting on their exchange almost two years on, Piers has admitted that it’s the one tweet that “plays on his mind”, in an interview with Radio Times.

Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan
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He said: “I remember Lady Gaga saying she had PTSD and stuff and I launched into her and sort of inferred that no one outside the military should really be claiming to get PTSD.

“I’ve got a lot of military in my family and PTSD is obviously a real problem if you come off a battlefield but I do accept that you can have it in other forms.”

Piers has previously been dismissive of revelations from the likes of Denise Welch and Will Young regarding their mental health, admitting that it’s a subject he’s been “perhaps a little insensitive” about, adding: “I would accept that.”

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Lady Gaga
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Back in 2016, Gaga and Piers’ discussion ended with an offer from him to interview her about the subject, though this is yet to take place.

@piersmorgan I've work w/ our VP Joe Biden on helping educate people about why women don't report, would love to share it w/ you some time.

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) December 13, 2016

@piersmorgan would also love to talk with you about PTSD, that it's not just a "military" disorder. There is a mental health youth epidemic.

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) December 13, 2016

OK, you're on.
Let's do an interview about this & you can tell me why I'm wrong to be sceptical. https://t.co/CFLOL06Emq

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 13, 2016

Gaga spoke about her decision to go public with her post-traumatic stress disorder in her recent Vogue interview, saying: “For me, with my mental health issues, half of the battle in the beginning was, I felt like I was lying to the world because I was feeling so much pain but nobody knew.

“So that’s why I came out and said that I have PTSD, because I don’t want to hide—any more than I already have to.”

In the same interview, she called for more sensitivity when it comes to the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia saying: “People need to be more compassionate.”

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