Liam Payne BLASTS ‘attention seeking’ Piers Morgan over Kylie Jenner self-made billionaire jibe

The pair had a very public spat online
Jibe: Payne was having none of it
Safeeyah Kazi7 March 2019
The Weekender

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Morgan claimed 21-year-old Jenner's success was down to her older sister Kim Kardashian “cashing in” on her sex tape.

Payne defended the reality TV star, accusing the Good Morning Britain presenter of being controversial for “attention”.

The former One Direction star tweeted: “I’m sorry but Piers are you crazy your only here cuz you talk s*** about everyone and make controversial outbursts about people to get attention.

21: Jenner was announced as the youngest self-made billionaire earlier this week 
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“At least @KylieJenner has her own business she built herself why not congratulate someone for once instead of knocking people.”

Proving he is never one to back down, Morgan responded: “ Hi Liam, a) She didn't 'build herself', she became rich & famous from her sister's sex tape. b) It's 'you're.’”

Spat: The pair took to Twitter to hit out at each other
Piers Morgan Twitter

A savage Payne then branded the host “irrelevant,” but Morgan was quick to warn the singer “not to play the relevancy card right now.”

The spat comes after Morgan mocked Jenner’s achievement, claiming it was hardly a “thrilling entrepreneurial” success story.

“When you say self-made billionaire, I just thought she'd got it because her sister made a sex tape and that is why they’ve all became hugely rich”, he said on Good Morning Britain.

"If Kim Kardashian hadn't made that sex tape that then got leaked and [taken] ownership of it and made millions, and made a family franchise out of it, none of them would have ever been heard of.”

Jenner's success comes as a result of her Kylie Cosmetics empire, which was founded in 2015 and is now estimated to be worth a staggering $800 million.

She took the title from Facebook tycoon Mark Zuckerberg, who was 23 when he achieved the milestone in 2008.

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