Cliff Notes – Jake Paul dramatically storms off Piers Morgan interview after blow-up on live TV
- Tensions escalated during the interview when Piers Morgan questioned Jake Paul’s boxing credentials, leading to a heated exchange where Paul insulted Morgan’s physical appearance.
- Jake Paul stated he was only on the show to promote his upcoming fight and dismissed Morgan’s opinions as irrelevant, ultimately ending the interview abruptly.
- Despite the confrontation, Piers Morgan maintained a light-hearted attitude, wishing Paul luck for his fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Jake Paul dramatically storms off Piers Morgan interview after blow-up on live TV
Jake Paul branded Piers Morgan a ‘fat a**’ before storming out of his Uncensored show.
The YouTube star turned boxer was on the outspoken presenter’s show to promote his upcoming fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Saturday.
However, tensions rose between the pair when Piers started to question his guest’s resume as a boxer despite an 11-1 record as a pro.
‘The only proper boxer you’ve fought was Tommy Fury and he beat you,’ he argued.
‘Peak [Mike] Tyson you wouldn’t have lasted 10 seconds… Canelo Alvarez says he would potentially kill you!’ Jake fired back: ‘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**.’
Jake Paul and Piers Morgan seemed to be getting on at the beginning of the interview (Picture: YouTube/Piers Morgan Uncensored)
Things took a fiery turn by the end (Picture: YouTube/Piers Morgan Uncensored)
Later in the interview, the 28-year-old star – whose brother is WWE star and Prime Energy boss Logan Paul – took another shot at the interviewer.
He said: ‘I think the problem here, Piers, is that you think that your opinion matters.’
Piers asked why he’d bothered to come on the show then, and Jake insisted: ‘I’m just taking your audience to sell Pay-Per-Views. I don’t give a f*** about your show.
‘You dumba**. 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.’
With that, the former YouTuber ended the Zoom call, but thankfully Piers appeared to take it in good humour.
Jake has been criticised by many in the boxing world (Picture: Timothy A. Clary /AFP via Getty Images)
Piers claimed Tommy Fury is the ‘only proper boxer’ he’s faced (Picture: Francois Nel/Getty Images)
‘Cheers Jake, really enjoyed that,’ he laughed. ‘And good luck to Julio. Knock him out for all of us, will you?’
At the beginning of the interview, things had appeared civil and jovial between the pair.
Jake appeared in a giant sombrero, and shrugged off the idea he could be guilty of cultural appropriation.
‘I’m the greatest Mexican fighter of all time, Piers, I don’t know what you’re talking about,’ he joked.
He defeated Mike Tyson last year in a controversial bout (Picture: Timothy A. Clary /AFP via Getty Images)
Jake made a defiant defence of the fight (Picture: Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix)
The host laughed at his remark, before asking him about Chavez, who Jake described as a ‘dumba**’, while branding this weekend’s fight ‘easy work’.
It will mark Jake’s first fight since his controversial fight against Mike Tyson in November 2024.
He was awarded a points win over the boxing icon, more than three decades his senior.
Answering his critics on Uncensored he argued: ‘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.’