Here's Why Celia Walden Begged TV Bosses to Give Her Husband Piers Morgan a Job

Celia Walden has been dragged back into the glare after a recent on air clash involving her husband, Piers Morgan, and influencer HSTikkyTokky prompted the online return of an old quote in which she appealed for TV bosses to give Morgan a job so he would stop watching her sleep.

The renewed attention followed a heated interview on Morgan's programme in which the guest turned the conversation towards Walden and a past social media post, setting off a row that ended with the presenter walking away.

The remark now circulating comes from an interview with The Sun published on 2 September 2021, after Morgan's resignation from Good Morning Britain. Walden said then, 'Being married to Piers is ­basically one very long eye roll. But what people don't realise about Piers is that he's usually very quiet at home because he's exhausted himself on whatever interview he's been doing.' She followed it with the line that has now resurfaced, saying, 'Unfortunately he's got all his energy back now. Please, someone, just give him a job so he doesn't watch me Sleep'.

Why Celia Walden's Old Plea Came Back

The trigger for all this was Morgan's interview with Harrison Sullivan also known as HSTikkyTokky, who appeared to discuss his involvement in Louis Theroux's documentary Inside The Manosphere. The discussion turned hostile after Sullivan repeated views that had already made him a contentious figure, including a remark about disowning a hypothetical gay son.

Morgan's response was immediate and hardly delicate. He reportedly described that view as 'homophobic as you can get,' only for Sullivan to answer, 'I'd call it good parenting.' From there the interview stopped pretending to be a conversation. Morgan then told him, 'I watched the documentary, and I think you're a f**king idiot,' before calling him a 's*xist, misogynist, homophobic twerp.'

Sullivan, for his part, did not seem especially rattled. He shot back that Morgan looked like an idiot every day. It was the sort of television row that quickly stopped resembling a debate and turned into a contest of stamina, with each man trying to outlast the other in front of an audience that was plainly there for the spectacle.

How Celia Walden Was Drawn Into It

What pushed the exchange beyond the usual level of televised bluster was Sullivan's decision to make it personal. He produced an August 2022 photograph of Walden lying beside a pool in a swimsuit, next to a sign that read, 'Wanted, Pool Boy, no experience needed.' It was a light-hearted Instagram joke when first posted, but in the middle of the argument it became ammunition

Morgan had apparently joked along with it at the time, commenting, 'Warning to applicants like the pool, HIGH MAINTENANCE.' That history mattered because it stripped away any suggestion that the image itself was new. What was new was the context. Sullivan waved the picture towards the camera and said, 'That's your ting bro, that's your girl,' a line that landed not because it was especially sharp, but because it punctured the host's control of the interview.

Morgan's reply was abrupt, more telling than the insults before. 'You know what? I'm not doing this. Sorry, guys, it's pointless,' he said, then walked off. For a man who built his brand staring down chaos, it was a surprisingly flat end.

Walden's reappearance revived older anecdotes from The Sun about their relationship, equal parts persistence and theatre. She said Morgan spent six months wooing her after meeting at an Agent Provocateur-inspired GQ photoshoot. 'I wasn't caving at all, so he started aggressively pursuing me in the most bizarre way possible,' she recalled. Gestures included a venom-spewing cactus to her office, a FedExed The History Of Noxious Gases, and a giant Cristal bottle crashing a business lunch. 'Basically, it was all just to beat me into a corner,' she said. Even their first date had Morgan flair: he crashed into a white van in Chelsea, distracted by her legs, sparking a row with the other driver.