Again in 2014, Piers Morgan, a broadcaster infamous for going excessive in his social media rants, had accused then England captain Alastair Prepare dinner of taking part in an element in edging out Kevin Pietersen from the England group, calling Prepare dinner a ‘weasel’. “As for you Alastair Prepare dinner – what a repulsive little weasel you’ve turned out to be. Except for worst ever Ashes tour captain. #KPSacked,” Piers Morgan had tweeted on ‘X’ (previously Twitter), 11 years in the past.
In a current episode of the Stick To Cricket podcast, Morgan and Prepare dinner got here nose to nose with the broadcaster apologising to the ex-player for being hostile in the direction of him for all these years.
“And the actual sufferer I believe have been the England cricket followers who would have cherished one other 5 years of Kevin Pietersen. And I simply felt the truth that he by no means performed once more after 33, nonetheless to me feels prefer it might have been higher dealt with. I’ve to confess I used to be very full on towards you (Alastair) personally, with out understanding you. And after I look again at a number of the issues I tweeted about you, I do know you’re not on social media, however I did go excessive. So, I’ll take this chance. I’m sorry for the 38 weasel references,” Piers Morgan mentioned.
“I’m sorry for calling you a weasel…” 😳@PiersMorgan & Alastair Prepare dinner lastly clear the air… pic.twitter.com/ClVKhJGN1Y
— Stick with Cricket (@StickToCricket) October 7, 2025
“I used to be part of the choice that KP by no means performed once more. Do I remorse it? You make the choice since you suppose it’s the appropriate factor for England cricket at the moment. Clearly you’re part of it, you aren’t total accountable however there’s a great deal of issues. I don’t know whether or not we bought it proper or improper. What I do know was that it was dealt with badly from either side,” Prepare dinner mirrored on the choice.
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The KP saga
Pietersen was sacked by England after their 5-0 Ashes whitewash defeat early in 2014. Earlier than that, the South African-born Pietersen additionally had a falling out with former teammate Andrew Strauss, the then director of cricket. The swashbuckling middle-order batsman was dropped for a check towards South Africa in 2012 after sending provocative texts about Strauss to the opposition.
As for you Alastair Prepare dinner – what a repulsive little weasel you’ve turned out to be. Except for worst ever Ashes tour captain. #KPSacked
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 4, 2014
Former Middlesex opener Strauss was then pressured to problem an apology in July 2014 after being caught on microphone making offensive remarks about Pietersen whereas on a commentary stint with Sky.