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August 15, 2008updated 27 Aug 2008 8:12pm

Piers Morgan: looking positively porky

By Grey Cardigan greyblog

Much fun and games regarding the Mail on Sunday mug shots of Piers Morgan, former proprietor of this magazine and the man who still owes me two grand.

In Saturday’s Mail promo he looked positively porky. In the next day’s front page tease he had a hand carefully propping up a waterfall of chins. By the time we got to the back page of the sports supplement, and the much-heralded sports column, he’s tilting his head artfully upwards, in the manner of a Hollywood screen siren who’s seen better days.

I’d track back through his name-dropping columns to check, but I think it’s a fair bet that Madame Photoshop may have offered a helping hand…

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