{"id":160118,"date":"2025-01-28T00:49:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T00:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1828739"},"modified":"2025-01-28T00:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T00:49:36","slug":"as-selena-gomez-mourns-trumps-deportation-policy-piers-morgan-confirms-his-deeply-concerning-lack-of-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/as-selena-gomez-mourns-trumps-deportation-policy-piers-morgan-confirms-his-deeply-concerning-lack-of-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"As Selena Gomez mourns Trump\u2019s deportation policy, Piers Morgan confirms his deeply concerning lack of humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-of-Selena-Gomez-Instagram-Story-and-image-of-Piers-Morgan-taking-his-departure-following-his-appearance-on-Sunday-Morning-at-the-BBC-Broadcasting-House-on-January-16-2022.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Piers Morgan has reacted in typical insensitive fashion after <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/selena-gomez\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Selena Gomez<\/strong><\/a> shared a video of herself mourning those \u201cattacked\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/politics\/donald-trump-promised-to-be-a-dictator-on-day-one-here-are-the-executive-orders-hes-already-signed\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping deportations<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The pop star and actress reacted to Trump\u2019s policies in a since-deleted post shared to her Instagram Stories. Since taking office last week, Trump has stayed true to his promise to enact the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, taking <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/politics\/elon-musk-torn-up-over-158-democrats-refusing-to-demonize-immigrants-forgets-172-republicans-who-proudly-said-no-to-the-violence-against-women-act\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">particular aim at undocumented immigrants<\/a>. These efforts have already begun, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cheering the fact that \u201cdeportation flights have begun\u201d on X and Trump celebrating the number of people rounded up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Deportation flights have begun.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: if you illegally enter the United States of America, you will face severe consequences. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CTlG8MRcY1\" >pic.twitter.com\/CTlG8MRcY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1882759560613527770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >January 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Responding to the news, Gomez \u2014 whose father is of Mexican descent \u2014 shared a video of herself tearfully addressing the Trump administration\u2019s actions. \u201cAll my people are getting attacked, the children,\u201d the singer said as she wiped tears from her face. \u201cI don\u2019t understand.\u201d Gomez went on to emotionally empathize with those who have been deported, holding back tears as she declared she\u2019ll \u201ctry everything\u201d to help. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry, I wish I could do something but I can\u2019t,\u201d Gomez said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/selena-gomez-reacts-trump-deportations-ice-arrests-71334\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a>, <\/em>Gomez quickly deleted the video after trolls hurled attacks her way, writing in a subsequent Instagram Stories slide that \u201capparently it\u2019s not ok to show empathy for people.\u201d One such troll, Morgan, made his way out from under a bridge to comment on Gomez\u2019s video in a post on X (where else?). \u201cPosting yourself weeping over illegal immigrant criminals being deported is a new level of absurd celebrity narcissism,\u201d the TV personality and general nuisance wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Selena Gomez breaks down crying over the deportation of criminals <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ESAnHrudKL\" >pic.twitter.com\/ESAnHrudKL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1883921606214623625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Of course, Morgan\u2019s support of Trump\u2019s policies should be expected, since he has long vouched for the president and his allies. Last week, Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/celebrities\/wow-now-piers-morgan-wants-credit-for-the-qanon-shaman-apologizing-to-a-capitol-police-officer\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hosted prominent January 6 rioter<\/a>, the so-called \u201cQAnon Shaman,\u201d on his talk show, <em>Piers Morgan Uncensored, <\/em>and before that, he <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/celebrities\/piers-morgan-pauses-his-snarky-cockroach-act-to-say-10-words-to-taylor-swift-i-would-never-have-expected\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacked Taylor Swift after her endorsement<\/a> of Kamala Harris. Elsewhere, he has criticized <em>The View <\/em>for its opinions on Trump, and <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/politics\/youtube-loudmouth-piers-morgan-criticizes-kamala-harris-and-tim-walz-for-holding-hands-in-new-cnn-interview\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacked Harris\u2019 former running mate, Tim Walz<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even with all this staunch support of Trump, Morgan\u2019s attack on a woman clearly affected by the president\u2019s policies feels like a new low, but it likely won\u2019t be long before he somehow stoops to even lower levels. Gomez\u2019s reaction to the deportations is understandable as Trump\u2019s heartless policies come to fruition, after a campaign defined by immigration fear-mongering. This included <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/politics\/my-dog-was-eaten-donald-trumps-claims-about-immigrants-arent-just-wrong-theyre-racist\/\">baseless claims of immigrants eating neighborhood pets<\/a>, and unsubstantiated rhetoric around how immigrants are \u201ctaking over cities.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Posting yourself weeping over illegal immigrant criminals being deported is a new level of absurd celebrity narcissism. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ST5vlke3wL\" >https:\/\/t.co\/ST5vlke3wL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piersmorgan\/status\/1883924967223615524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the right side of history, Gomez has long supported immigrant rights. In 2019, she hosted the documentary series <em>Living Undocumented, <\/em>which gave voice to the stories of immigrant families fearing ICE deportations. That same year, she also wrote an op-ed for <em>Time <\/em>that reflected on her own family\u2019s immigration journey. \u201cI\u2019m concerned about the way people are being treated in my country,\u201d Gomez wrote. \u201cAs a Mexican-American woman I feel a responsibility to use my platform to be a voice for people who are too afraid to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gomez was one of multiple people to react to the Trump policy, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/politics\/reminiscent-of-the-round-ups-in-ww2-ice-raids-are-already-tearing-apart-communities-across-the-states\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok trend quickly emerging<\/a> in which users shared heartfelt videos of their family members at risk of deportation. Fellow celebrities Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, meanwhile, have also been roped into the discourse, amid reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/politics\/trump-would-have-no-qualms-about-deporting-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-but-they-are-so-low-on-his-priority-list\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump intends on deporting them<\/a> to the U.K.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-of-Selena-Gomez-Instagram-Story-and-image-of-Piers-Morgan-taking-his-departure-following-his-appearance-on-Sunday-Morning-at-the-BBC-Broadcasting-House-on-January-16-2022.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>The controversial media personality has somehow stooped to even lower 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