During a heated interview with Piers Morgan, Jake Paul abruptly ended the conversation after using offensive language to insult the TV host.
The social media sensation who transitioned into a professional boxer was a guest on ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ to discuss his upcoming fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. scheduled for June 28 in Anaheim.
But he stormed off the show in fury after Morgan questioned his boxing resume.
Paul expressed his frustration during the interview by referencing his YouTube background, his time at Disney, and emphasizing the seriousness of his boxing career. He then directed a derogatory term towards Morgan before terminating the discussion.
‘I think the problem here, Piers, is that you think that your opinion matters,’ he later told the TV anchor.
When Morgan questioned why, then, he had come on the show, the YouTuber said: ‘I’m just taking your audience to sell Pay-Per-Views. I don’t give a f*** about your show.
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Jake Paul cut short a fiery interview with Piers Morgan after a foul-mouth tirade about the host
The YouTuber-turned-boxing star last year beat former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson
‘You dumb a**. This is a f***ing business enterprise. Buy the Pay-Per-View on Saturday, June 28 – me vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Thank you, tune in everybody.’
Paul then dropped off the Zoom call, prompting hysterical laughter from Morgan, who said: ‘Cheers Jake, really enjoyed that. And good luck to Julio. Knock him out for all of us, will you?’
Earlier, the TV host had called out Paul over his 11-1 record in professional boxing. ‘The only proper boxer you’ve fought was Tommy Fury and he beat you,’ he said.
‘Peak (Mike) Tyson you wouldn’t have lasted 10 seconds… Canelo Alvarez says he would potentially kill you!’
Only a few minutes earlier, Paul and Morgan were sharing a laugh as they kicked off the interview.
The YouTuber-turned-fighter wore a giant sombrero and when it was suggested that he might be guilty of cultural appropriation, Paul joked: ‘I’m the greatest Mexican fighter of all time, Piers, I don’t know what you’re talking about!’
That drew a laugh from the anchor, who then quizzed Paul on his opponent. The 28-year-old branded Chavez – the son and namesake of an all-time boxing great – a ‘dumba**’ and ‘easy work.’
Paul is returning to the ring for the first time since his controversial win over ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson last November.
Tyson is more than three decades older than the YouTuber-turned-boxer, who coasted to a points win over the former heavyweight champion in Texas.
Only a few minutes earlier, Paul and Morgan shared a laugh as they kicked off the interview
The fight came in for criticism but Paul was defiant, telling his critics – that include Morgan, Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford – that they should ‘go see a therapist.’
‘It’s entertainment. If Mike Tyson wants to fight you, of course you’re going to say yes. He walked away with tens of millions of dollars to support his family for the rest of their lives and we made the biggest fight history.
‘So 128million people would disagree with you that it wasn’t something amazing.’
Paul then grew increasingly irate after Morgan moved on to Canelo Alvarez and how he would fare against the 28-year-old.
‘If we were in the streets I would grab that little ginger and smack him upside the head and make him forget who the f*** he was,’ Paul said, before claiming he could have beaten a prime Tyson.
‘People don’t realize I’m a real killer. I really f***ing do this s***… it’s about time that you old heads and all these f***ing boxers who think they know about the sport put some respect on my name.
He added: ‘You can sit there and make up s*** but you actually don’t know your facts.’
