Former CNN Host Piers Morgan Slams Jen Aniston's Essay With His Own Open Letter

Jennifer Aniston's takedown of tabloid culture is winning support among fellow celebrities but with criticism from at least one tabloid journalist - Piers Morgan.

(Missed Aniston's letter? See it here).

If you look across the internet, you'll see Aniston has the support of people such as Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman and Margaret Cho:

This kicks ass.
Jennifer Aniston: "For the record, I am not pregnant. What I am is fed up." https://t.co/PYlpuFwXrA via @HuffPostWomen

— Jason Bateman (@batemanjason) July 13, 2016

Good for her! #JenniferAniston https://t.co/FS5teZjJd5

— Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) July 13, 2016

However, tabloid journalist and former CNN host Piers Morgan has responded with a column in Britain's Daily Mail in which he calls out Aniston's stance as hypocritical.

Morgan writes that he sympathises some with Aniston's complaints about nonstop scrutiny of her physical appearance, but adds his belief that the former Friends star helped create the attention by posing for dozens of magazine covers over the years that he says have been airbrushed to improve her looks.

"I do think the least stars like Jennifer Aniston can do in return for the massive financial and career boost these fake covers bring them is to stop pretending it's all everyone else's fault that impressionable young girls struggle with their own beauty and body images as a result of seeing perfect photos of Jennifer Aniston," Morgan writes.

He said paparazzi photographers were "setting the record straight" by showing Aniston without airbrushing.

Morgan worked as the editor of several British tabloids before turning to television. CNN cancelled Piers Morgan Live in 2014.

Read the full essay here.