A conservative pundit called Daniel Craig “emasculated” for carrying his own child, and Twitter is not happy
Last month, actors Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz welcomed their first child together. Since then, we’ve seen various shots of both Craig and Weisz around town with their new little one. However, apparently not everyone is down with images of a father taking care of his child. After Craig was photographed carrying his baby girl in a carrier across his chest, conservative pundit Piers Morgan called the actor “emasculated.” And Twitter is not happy.
Morgan shared the photo to Twitter on October 14th, captioning it, "Oh 007.. not you as well?!!! #papoose #emasculatedBond."
Oh 007.. not you as well?!!! #papoose #emasculatedBond pic.twitter.com/cqWiCRCFt3
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 15, 2018
Craig is known for playing James Bond (aka agent 007), and Morgan’s tweet suggests that a father carrying his daughter—one of the most basic acts of parenting—detracts from his identity as a man. Morgan’s tweet has more than 11,000 direct responses, most of which point out why his statement was so offensive and misguided. He responded to a slew of them, but his replies make it clear he completely missed the point.
He’s not carrying it, that’s my point. He’s using an emasculating papoose.
James Bond would never use a papoose to carry his babies. https://t.co/6aZZSFUEjy— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 15, 2018
The Rock’s using his arms, not a papoose. Clearly agrees with me. https://t.co/swCQQvpxYV
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 16, 2018
They’re only doing it because their wives/girlfriends told them to.. https://t.co/SPyG5a438c
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 16, 2018
He’s not carrying it, that’s my point. He’s using an emasculating papoose.
James Bond would never use a papoose to carry his babies. https://t.co/6aZZSFUEjy— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 15, 2018
Tons of men responded to Morgan’s tweet by sharing (adorable) photos of themselves carrying their own babies.
The child's mother carries the child for 40weeks, sometimes more before it enters this world. We as men should be able to carry them afterwards to show our support. There is nothing wrong with carrying and supporting our children this way pic.twitter.com/mlA5q3pLP4
— David Cashman (@Dapperdavecash) October 16, 2018
— BLACK LIVES MATTER (@hannahcloud) October 16, 2018
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I loved wearing my baby. Fancy a dad enjoying being close to his child! pic.twitter.com/vajH5Flrpw
— Seán Ó Domhnaill 🕊️ (@jnodnl) October 15, 2018
Others just voiced their basic disgust at his comments—including Chris Evans, Sophia Bush, and Dictionary.com’s beloved Twitter account.
You really have to be so uncertain of your own masculinity to concern yourself with how another man carries his child. Any man who wastes time quantifying masculinity is terrified on the inside. https://t.co/9jsHZ3WKRn
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) October 16, 2018
Wow. I wasn’t aware that being a hot AF Dad was a… bad thing??
Seriously, how does one even criticize a man for carrying his kid? And why?? How emasculated are YOU by a guy doing the most normal thing? Can Piers not lift a baby? Does someone need to buy him a gym membership?🤣 https://t.co/Kfx52UeEqE
— Sophia Bush Hughes (@SophiaBush) October 16, 2018
Piers Morgan, we double checked the definition of emasculate. There's nothing about being a load-sharing father to be found there. https://t.co/TH9bzv9qdl https://t.co/nBcmr8fsb8
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) October 15, 2018
Someone even pointed out that many other James Bonds have been seen proudly caring for their children.
All the Bonds do it. pic.twitter.com/4cO2TGBFoB
— Josh Rosenau (@JoshRosenau) October 15, 2018
And others replied with jokes (this is Twitter, after all).
Here is a more manly version of a #papoose for you @piersmorgan pic.twitter.com/pHAMGP7KjZ
— True Blue (@True___Blue) October 16, 2018
fixed it for you, Piers: pic.twitter.com/cxSbWVmrpa
— born miserable (@bornmiserable) October 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/1051939095528820736
Ignorant Piers Morgan comment aside, this whole situation has taught us a very important lesson: fatherhood looks very good on Daniel Craig.