--- title: Sophie Turner Slams Piers Morgan for Mental Health Tweet description: 'Game of Thrones' star Sophie Turner slammed Piers Morgan for his tweet that belittled the importance of mental health. canonical: https://time.com/5498153/sophie-turner-on-piers-morgan-twitter/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-09T18:45:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:51.875Z og:title: Sophie Turner Slams Piers Morgan for Mental Health Comments og:description: Here's what you need to know og:url: https://time.com/5498153/sophie-turner-on-piers-morgan-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt558ef5f3bd082500/698942f8db298704ea2619c8/sophie-turner-calls-out-piers-morgan-for-mental-health-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Entertainment Weekly At New York Comic Con - Day 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sophie Turner Slams Piers Morgan for Mental Health Comments twitter:description: Here's what you need to know twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt558ef5f3bd082500/698942f8db298704ea2619c8/sophie-turner-calls-out-piers-morgan-for-mental-health-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sophie Turner Calls Out Piers Morgan for His Tweets About Mental Health  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 9, 2019 6:45 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 06: Sophie Turner, star of "Dark Phoenix," speaks to fans at Entertainment Weekly's panel at The Studio at New York Comic Con on October 6, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Lars Niki/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly) NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 06: Sophie Turner, star of "Dark Phoenix," speaks to fans at Entertainment Weekly's panel at The Studio at New York Comic Con on October 6, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Lars Niki/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly)Lars Niki—Getty Images for Entertainment W  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 9, 2019 6:45 PM UTC [_Game of Thrones_ star Sophie Turner](http://time.com/5312231/sophia-turner-new-game-of-thrones-tattoo/) called out [Piers Morgan](http://time.com/9250/why-did-piers-morgan-get-cancelled-pick-a-reason/) after the British television personality disparaged celebrities who use their time in the spotlight to talk about mental health issues. It all began when actress Beverley Callard was quoted as saying that she thinks celebrities are trying to make mental health problems “fashionable.” Morgan then shared a tweet that highlighted that quote, adding in his tweet that “She’ll be hammered for saying this, but it’s 100% true.” This sentiment didn’t sit well with Turner who then quote-tweeted Morgan with a comment of her own, calling him out by noting that the motivation to open up the conversation about mental health could be because mental illness “affects 1 in 4 people in UK per year.” This isn’t the first time that Morgan has had a controversial moment on Twitter; in October, he was [slammed for mocking actor Daniel Craig](http://time.com/5426187/piers-morgan-daniel-craig/) in a tweet that criticized the way the Bond star for carrying his infant daughter. See Morgan’s and Turner’s quotes below. > [](https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1082928313230872577) > [](https://twitter.com/SophieT/status/1083025484525568000) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5498153/sophie-turner-on-piers-morgan-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5498153/sophie-turner-on-piers-morgan-twitter/"},"headline":"Sophie Turner Calls Out Piers Morgan for His Tweets About Mental Health","datePublished":"2019-01-09T18:45:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:51.875Z","description":"Here's what you need to know","url":"https://time.com/5498153/sophie-turner-on-piers-morgan-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt558ef5f3bd082500/698942f8db298704ea2619c8/sophie-turner-calls-out-piers-morgan-for-mental-health-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt558ef5f3bd082500/698942f8db298704ea2619c8/sophie-turner-calls-out-piers-morgan-for-mental-health-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Entertainment Weekly At New York Comic Con - Day 1","caption":"Entertainment Weekly At New York Comic Con - Day 1","creditText":"Lars Niki—Getty Images for Entertainment W","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5498153/sophie-turner-on-piers-morgan-twitter/","name":"Sophie Turner Calls Out Piers Morgan for His Tweets About Mental Health"}}]}] ```