In an article in the Daily Mail this week, Morgan described what he thought of as “the repellent side of feminism,” an apparently “man-hating, violent, nasty side,” views which seem curiously unfounded, following a series of the largest and entirely peaceful protests in history was conducted predominantly by women.

While the presenters joked about McGregor losing an opportunity to promote his new film on their programme, T2, we suspect the actor’s stance will encourage all those five million ‘rabid feminists’ to go to the cinema and watch it, in support.

Funny, that.

Ewan McGregor backs out of ‘Good Morning Britain’ appearance in defence of the Women’s March