‘An assault on not just Ken but all men’: Piers Morgan slams Barbie 

Grown people arguing over a doll. No wonder our world is a mess.

This is a pure example of making something out of NOTHING. Barbie has always been a doll for girls, a way for children to get a sense of glamor in the most unachievable standards, and that’s the point. Dolls are to make children dream and think beyond their reality. Simple as that. Doesn’t need to be political. It’s up to the parents to guide the child where to go from there

I still fail to see how Ken's depiction is an insult to all men? :I Literally, the happy end is that Barbie acknowledges the damage she has done to Ken by dismissing his feelings, acknowledging them and him finally trying to find himself as an own person, not just as an addition to Barbie.

Listen, I am a woman and I relate to Ken so so much. I don't have my own house, been friendzoned, and don't have a job. But I know I am Kenough. We are all Kenough people!

I grew up playing with Barbies, never once did I think I was meant to look like Barbie. I didn’t think babies looked like Baby Born, or horses looked like My Little Pony. Kids aren’t as stupid as we make them out to be.

Sorry but all the girls born in the 80’s myself included never felt pressured to be like barbie. It’s ridiculous!! We played house with ken and skipper, had their cars, clothes, house. WHY is everything a tragedy today? It seems like everyone born before 2000’s according to woke people is psychologically damaged by EVERYTHING. So disappointed Piers!!

OK so im a guy and i watched the barbie movie and I assure you i have no idea why Piers Morgan is so angry.

What were you expecting, Piers, a movie about Ken?

I played with dark haired Barbie to do her hair, I didn’t become a hairdresser. My grandma knitted her clothes, I didn’t go into fashion. She had nothing at all to do with what shaped me. I loved having her.

Imagine being Piers going home and telling his wife how his day was, having an intense discussion with three grown women about Barbie.

It's not anti-men when audiences felt for the male. People loved Ken's role and are talking positively about him more than ever. It's called the Barbie movie, but Ken stole the show. Ken's now the one taking over pop-culture and memes. The real message of the movie was about equality and all these stupid societal expectations we ALL feel pressured by at one point or another. We've all felt like we have to be perfect or we're not good enough. Good enough for who or for what? We don't really know, but we still feel it at times. That's why "I am Kenough" is trending. We've all been Ken. TL;DR: For a movie that's supposedly anti-male, how tf is THE MALE of the movie the one trending in a good way? Ken has finally risen to pop-culture icon status thanks to the Barbie movie. This isn't what anti-male looks like.

Honestly it really pains me to see a news company saying anyone “slammed” anything. It just reeks of bias.

Grown adults arguing about Barbie. First world problems 😂

The fact that 3 adult women are fighting over this shit is insane

Wow this is pathetic. People are dying around the world and these elites are debating Barbie dolls for exorbitant salaries every month.

I must chime in, I have worked for many year With Bricklayers...... I am a woman and spent some time as a helper. I mixed mud, hauled rocks, shoveled sand, installed scaffolding and supports for stonework, packed stones up several levels of scaffolding.... BUT I was absolutely NOT strong enough to be a bricklayer. That is a man's job, generally because of the upper body strength and core strength requirements to fulfill the duties, but also because of the shear stamina that is required! You gotta be tough to rock out with the big boys! I have had many jobs in several male dominated fields. Woman ARE NOT THE SAME. We need to start giving men some credit for their strength and fortitude.

I am surprised that they did not use Lizzo as barbie

In the ‘60s I had Barbie, Ken, Midge, and Skipper. I played with my friends who had Barbie, et al too… But we never knew what to do with Ken. 🤷🏻‍♀️ So soon after we began our play, Ken went “off to work for the day”…which meant we put him in a shoebox with a lid!

Piers realizing that Barbie was made to be a feminist icon during a time when women couldn't work in the sectors that Barbie is portrayed to work as

I am a woman not a Cis Woman. Don;t want to be labeled

I want to go back to the days when things were spectacularly simple. We didnt have to think and over think every toy, action, word, phrase and gender. Science was simple. People were not micro sensitive. There were hardships and we just got on with it.

Ken is literally the best part of the film 😂

I have a real question… who actually listens and agrees with piers and is seen as a good person (and not by their mothers, family or people they keep hostage)?

All barbie was to me and my sister was a girl that we could dress up and make clothes for. We sowed clothes all the time for our barbies.we made earnings out of pins and Jewelry out of beads. We had lots of fun. Mostly though, making them clothes was our favorite thing.

As a person who played with Barbies when I was real young- Ken has ALWAYS been a "fill in the blanks" kind of male. The center of Barbie's world are the people who play with the dolls. I had my Ken as a rough and rugged farmer- *or building houses, a vet- out working in the fields while Barbie fixed dinner. Ken was the lifeguard next to the pool (blue felt square) that saves Barbie and visa versa. Because Ken was left mostly to the child's imagination with a few outfits to play in Barbie's world. Often though, with many little girls... Ken was on the sidelines, waiting to be brought into play. -- and the movie reflects this. A movie that was made to be a spoof so they are making fun of the fact-- Ken was just a blank slate.

The same folks crying about society getting too soft are now crying about a Barbie movie a month after crying about The Little Mermaid

piers when the barbie movie is about barbie and not about how great masculine men are 🤯

Piers is our feminist Ken.

I think your missing the point, the movie is called Barbie. Maybe if you played with Barbie's you'd get it, but you didn't. I did & Ken was always just Ken, Barbie's BF. I mean we're talking about toys played with by kids, it's not that deep.

Grown men crying over a movie about dolls seems to be the first signs of collapses of their precious WESTURN CIVILIZATION...

It’s a movie about dolls. It keeps true to the franchise of Barbie and how Ken was never supposed to be forefront. He was actually an accessory to Barbie because boys typically didn’t play with Barbie and needed to be represented in careers. The great thing about movies is that people take away different things, especially with psychological and emotional pieces. Some people view barbie as a very important political piece and focus on that while others look at it as a metaphor for growing up and seeing Barbie’s innocence as the broken innocence of an aging woman. Not just aging women but an aging human. I’m sure everyone has/will at some point experience a realization with the aging body and mind and the heaviness of human emotion. It happens when we grow up and it can be scary seeing the body morph as well as the mind.

Lol, Shapiro made a fool of himself, and Piers is fool enough to join him. Silly Billy.

Please don't call me a sis woman, I'm a woman for the past 63 years, and I do not appreciate delusion

Played with Barbies growing up in South America. Ken was always tossed to the side bc well, he wasn’t interesting so no one wanted to play with him. We wanted to dress up our Barbies in colorful outfits, brush her beautiful hair, drive her car, shop for her closet and home. SHE was the star of playtime, not Ken. Had nothing to do with thinking women are superior or hating on men. So let’s stop further dividing humanity by jumping on Barbie’s case 🙄

I felt like the movie showed a clear effort to distinguish between the male and patriarchy. It isn’t critical of ALL males because the movie presents Alan as a male who actively rejects patriarchy. If anything, if you were offended at how men were represented than you didn’t get it. Alan’s little hero scene (non alpha Alan gets an alpha male archetype fight scene) was the only time any man on the movie showed any kind of quote unquote masculinity. And it was great. We kind of get a moment for the often overlooked non-alpha males that step up to the plate when necessary. If that’s an issue for people, maybe realise this is a barbie movie. There are plenty movies that have male representation like idk maybe pick any between the beginning of film till now 😂 grown ass men, please cry about grown ass things - not Barbie movies

I love how Barbie is a toy meant to be for girls yet they turn it into a feminist agenda

As a child I didn’t think about what my Barbie was doing,or what she could be. I just played with toys, went outside and ran and jumped rope .These people are putting to much emphasis on inanimate objects creating “dreams of what they could be” instead of fostering imagination.it’s ridiculous. I’m sick of everything being politicized.I think it’s the job of parents to instill confidence in what their children want to be not a toy.I can guarantee you that many little girls had their Barbie’s just pretending they had their own homes, children and homes, where ken was the husband too.

As someone named Ken, I find this a Hate Crime and demand Reparations.. lol

I love watching men squirm about fictional men being treated like women in a film 🤣 it’s extraordinary.

yeah a world where you are treated unfairly.. Such a scary world isn't it

Woman in pink just likes the sound of her own voice, why didn't they let the lady in the middle have more of a say, she sounded much more down to earth

Barbie has had more careers than there are genders!! And Barbie hasn’t even been a penguin yet!😂

I’m a man and I loved this movie. I didn’t feel attacked at all, in fact, quite the opposite. Anyone with more than a few brain cells could see that the film had a lot to say when addressing men’s issues. There was a great message to be found for men through the story of Ken and his journey to self acceptance.

I saw someone actually complaining about how no woman spoke for the first 20 min in Oppenheimer lmao

Equal opportunities do not lead to equal outcomes. Men and women are psychologically and biologically different and there's nothing you can do about them no matter how much you try to defeat gender stereotypes, the patriarchy, etc. Therefore if you give them the same opportunities then the outcomes will not be the same.

It's a shame that innocence isnt allowed and they have to destroy everything good.

I swear the people that are bitching about Ken in the movie straight up did NOT see the last 15 minutes of the movie LMAO

I mean hey, I’d be insecure about myself if Margot Robbie didn’t like me, too…

I can’t believe we’re attacking Barbie now. Give me a break already !

this feels like cat fight with almost almost zero class in debate

Lmao literally most movies treat and portray women like shit. In the older Bond films there are literal rape scenes and that did nothing to harm their success. In this movie the Kens are treated like HOW WOMEN GET TREATED, and in the end Barbie apologizes and reconciles with Ken. How can you miss the point this hard and be offended?

The movie was insulting. It's funny, when men paint women in a "dumb caricature", we cancel them, make videos about them calling them pigs, have rallies and marches. But when it's the other way around it's just "arguing over a stupid doll". Funny how that works.

I always thought Barbie was good for girls because it told them that even if your pretty and care about your looks you can still be whatever you want. I thought it was a good contrast to all the movies and TV shows where the pretty girl was dumb and vain while the "ugly" ones were the smart ones. Also, since it was a toy marketed towards girls Ken never really had a job that I'm aware of and I thought it was hilarious that they actually took that and poked fun that the man was the trophy instead of the woman.

is he not embarrassed by this? 😂

Ken’s was literally created as “Barbie’s favorite accessory”

Tell me you've not seen the movie without telling me

Kens purpose has ALWAYS been to serve Barbie.

Grace was dead on when she said men need to be extra snow flakey to feel threatened by depictions of Ken. Not so much the rest of what she said, but if this movie makes you feel weaker as a man, you were probably pretty weak to start with.

I have actually seen this film and i can honestly say it was the biggest pile of crap ive ever seen it was confusing boring insulting and offensive how has this become the highest grossing film of all time i mean seriously how

Ladies and gentlemen, grab your napkins and keep your kids safe. Mr. Morgan "SLAMS" it again. Seriously, dude, get a life and let people enjoy things. Is it really that hard? 🤷

The way he doesn’t understand the joke and feels threatened by the idea of a world where the roles are reversed 😂

Imagine me as a male kid thinking I am too weak because apparently I want to be as strong as Spiderman

Social media can be damaging in terms of setting unrealistic standards for women. Barbie or anything can be damaging under dire circumstances. But, it’s hard to argue that one pop icon can single handedly can undermine women. Women are capable and children at that to freely analyze fact from fiction and can dream and freely cultivate their own opinions. It’s people who are directly involved with young girls and have far more influence on their perception of themselves and the world around them.

How about they come out with a Barbie movie where she is happily married to Ken. He happens to not just provide, but also offers support and happines. This Ken would be cast as a real man and not a 15 year old Abercrombie model. I dont think Hollywood is interested in making a movie like that.

I've been a bricklayer (10 years) and a care worker (5 years). Bricklaying was harder, hands down. In care, many people can literally loaf through the job and it's frustrating. You can't loaf through bricklaying, I've seen people be instantly chewed out and they fall off the face of the earth.

And these people are the ones who call other people “snowflakes”.

Nice to see that the entire meaning of the movie went over his head. I’m sure he was muttering in anger under his breath with the 13 year old girls in pink who were enjoying the movie 💀

I am laughing my a$$ of that all these men are so up in arms (or being told) to be mad. But silence when women are playing degraded characters in movies, or shows women nudity but never the man, etc. For that, I love this movie. What a bunch of Stans

Expecting little girls to care about Ken is like expecting little boys to care about Captain Marvel

I think Morgan and the producers of the film Barbie are overthinking this. It's a doll.

Why does empowering women have to be about trashing men? Let me answer that question with a quote by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks."

I am a man, and i love the Barbie movie. I had a great time.

Amy Schumer was on WWHL with Andy Cohen and said she turned down being in the movie because it wasn’t “feminist” enough 🙄🙄 I had a feeling it would be woke.. there’s no way they could get away with a white Barbie movie these days..

Women do NOT get paid less

Barbie movie taught many things. First it told that stereotypes whether of man and woman are problematic. Secondly our purpose is more than to be a wife or a ceo.

It was horrible ..i had to explain to my 7 yr old daughter about how it was a political movie and should not have ruined barbie for kids

This movie is made to indo-trinate little girls and encourage them to h-ate men. 😢

Piers needs to get a grip. Barbie is a girls doll and Ken not being cared for much is the whole point. They even joke about it in the movie but that doesn’t mean it’s an insult to men 💀 I’m a guy myself and it’s not that deep. It’s a movie about dolls! He needs to chill fr

The movie did feel a little violently sexist and had some moments that were inappropriate for younger audiences

GI Joe for men and Barbie for men seems to be the norm. The difference is men never belittle women in their toys but feminists seems to think that belittling men is the only way they can get ahead in life.

I respect origin Barbie vs. Ken. The toy line is about teaching girls to enjoy being a lady and having fun with life. As a man, I was never offended. I had GI Joe.

As a Gen x generation that played with Barbie and looked at her as a role model to what we could aspire to become as little girls, Ken was an accessory BUT very vital role in playing with Barbies... Why would Ken dolls be given the Pinnacle role when it is catered for girls to play with, NOT boys? Did not diminish the role we gave Ken as little girls, he was still the father the husband the brother...

2:55 women often are in the frontline of some of the hardest sectors to work in 😂😂😂....hw many women have u seen clean sewers, construction hard labor, plumbing, heavy lifting jobs

Morgan is a big joke 😂😂😂

Man I'm a straight male who happened to be a big barbie fan growing up (the movies in particular). I just thought the power-up transformations of barbie and the 12 dancing princesses was cool man💀💀 That's all😂

Oh nooo, poor poor men. What will become of them?

People are such idiots!! This movie was not intended to hurt men and kens. This is a heartfelt movie that discusses the mistreatment and unfairness to women and barbie. Men have always been so-called “superior” women in society and always had more rights. But, now that women have more roles in society and are being treated more fairly, we can’t have a barbie movie?? Barbie is supposed to teach people, especially the young generation, what happens when 1 gender takes power and ignores the other gender. Barbie swapped society and made barbie (women) superiors to men. So, barbie (women) had all the roles and all the jobs. And, the kens (men) did nothing and lived nowhere. If this guy in this video actually watched the movie barbie, he would realize that at the end, “Barbie world” turned into “ken world” and then finally “Barbie & Ken”. This marked the day that both genders would share a world together with equal rights, feminism (which means equality to both genders), and more. The Barbie movie was supposed to teach people why our society needs to improve and get better so we can become “Barbie & Ken world”. I’m mad that Vietnam and Pakistan banned the movie. I wish more people could realize the importance of the Barbie movie to the world. It helps show and make meaning to fairness and equality for all races, genders, LGBTQIA+, people, interests, identify and what your passion is, and it promotes happiness & positivity & hopefulness. 😊

I don't get why it couldn't just be Barbie going on an adventure without 80% of the movie being propaganda for feminism. I would be so disappointed if i went and saw Batman or Iron-man and it was all about mens problems and obstacles.

I remember being an 8 year old girl and playing with a “Dentist” Barbie, and for years as a child I always wanted to be a Dentist and whilst I didn’t become a Dentist I did become a Dr! It doesn’t need to be as deep as Barbie being a feminist “icon”…. but it can have some positive influence on little girls!

Hold up, I remember a time ,not too long ago, where Barbie was getting slammed for being unrealistic and not representing a wider array of women. When did she become a feminist icon? 😂 Edit Hot take: Barbie was never ACTUALLY a feminist icon but rather a doll that was created to make money under a the guise of being a feminist icon.

the main idea I kept getting from this film was ''men are nothing without women'' which just makes me think is the director trying to seperating genders ?

It's 2023 where grown ups have total meltdowns over a Barbie movie, children books, and M&M candies.

imagine being so insecure that you get upset over dolls

4:30 She just told 2 lies women do not get less pay, we had the whole soccer fiasco and it proved that women were getting paid the same even though they made less money for the teams, we also know there are no sewage female technicians or other very difficult jobs that men are the only ones that apply, because apparently it's too difficult or traumatizing for women to do. So I wouldn't call women being on the front line of the hardest jobs true either. This woman needs to get a real job so she can see what the real world. Maybe she needs to binge dirty Jobs and see all the men doing the jobs and the women not in most? When you need a quota of people with check boxes next to them then your talking about sexism and or racism. Simple as that, no butts.

And please... Don't call us CIS women. We are women. Period.

It’s obvious that these people didn’t actually watch the movie.

the whole message of “she’s everything, he’s just ken” is just that Barbie has had hundreds of careers while ken was simply created to be a side character for Barbie 🤷‍♀️ it’s not the Barbie movie saying they are anti men lmao

I'm 56 and grew up playing with Barbie. To me, she was and still is a doll who taught being the best you can be in everything. Not once did I think she was a femi nazi or belittled Ken. I had a Ken too because he's Barbie's friend and everyone needs a friend:) Piers, you have lost your mind and taken this one too far.

Woke mob when cornered they pull the “why are we not talking about this other issue?” card. That’s when you know they don’t have any arguments, so they try to take the conversation somewhere else. 😂

I am from the westside of San Francisco, California, USA and I have something very important that I want to state here which is that my neighborhood is home to two historic small local movie theaters that have been open since the 1910s and struggled during the pandemic. The showing of both Barbie and Oppenheimer at one of those theaters was a huge success in which it brought in more and more people never seen before in years, and they made so much money as a result enough to pay off whatever debts they had. You don't have to like the film but if you care and support historic movie theaters instead of chains one should at least say thank you. End of story.