Piers Morgan joins in as Russell Brand’s awkward clip goes viral

Piers Morgan has leaned into the internet’s reaction after a tense and awkward moment from his interview with Russell Brand turned into meme material.

The clip in question shows Brand flipping through a Bible during the interview after Morgan asked him to read specific passages. What followed was an extended silence that quickly caught viewers’ attention — not for what was said, but for what wasn’t.

The moment, uncomfortable and oddly drawn out, spread rapidly across social media, with users adding their own captions and interpretations. Soon after, Morgan himself began sharing these memes on his Instagram Stories, effectively joining the joke around his own show.

The interview came shortly after Brand made controversial remarks in another appearance, where he spoke about past relationships and acknowledged aspects of his previous behaviour. He has also been facing ongoing legal challenges, having denied multiple allegations of sexual assault in a London court earlier this year.

Despite the serious backdrop, it was the silence-filled Bible moment that took over online discourse — turning a tense exchange into an unexpected internet punchline, now being amplified by Morgan himself.