Jake Paul leaves interview with Piers Morgan after heated verbal sparring match
'This s*** is not a joke. I'm knocking out the best of the best. You vs. going to the gym. You're still a fat a**.'
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The jury is still out on Jake Paul in the boxing ring, but there’s no debating his ability to throw some verbal jabs.
The YouTuber-turned-fighter might have met his match, however, when he went toe-to-toe with Piers Morgan while promoting his Saturday bout against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
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Paul abruptly logged off of his interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored after the host began to question the legitimacy of the influencer’s opponents.
“YouTube this, YouTube that, Disney that. This s*** is not a joke. I’m knocking out the best of the best. You vs. going to the gym… you’re still a fat a**,” Paul said.
“I think the problem here, Piers, is that you think that your opinion matters,” he added.
When Morgan questioned why Paul had come on the show, ‘The Problem Child’ responded that it was merely to gain more viewers for the pay-per-view event.
“I’m just taking your audience to sell pay-per-views. I don’t give a f*** about your show,” Paul said.
“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 logged off the Zoom call, which gave Morgan a good laugh.
“Cheers, Jake, really enjoyed that,” the host said. “And good luck to Julio. Knock him out for all of us, will you?”
Morgan appeared to get under Paul’s skin when he called out Paul’s boxing resume and 11-1 record.
“The only proper boxer you’ve fought was Tommy Fury and he beat you,” the Brit said.
He then referred to Paul’s controversial bout with boxing icon Mike Tyson, who was 58 years old when he stepped into the ring last November, and Canelo Alvarez, a longtime rumoured potential opponent for Paul.
“Peak Tyson you wouldn’t have lasted 10 seconds … Canelo Alvarez says he would potentially kill you.”
Paul defended his fight against Tyson, which was a massive hit for Netflix when it was streamed the event live from AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.
“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,” Paul said.
“So 128 million people would disagree with you that it wasn’t something amazing.”
Paul and Morgan had started the interview off on good footing, sharing a laugh about a large sombrero the influencer was sporting.
When Morgan suggested it could be seen as cultural appropriation, Paul joked: “I’m the greatest Mexican fighter of all time, Piers, I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
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