Piers Morgan explodes at Ivy League student who said he refuses to work for a Jew

An Ivy League student who refused to 'work for a Jew' was eviscerated by Piers Morgan after he doubled down on his bigoted views during an interview. Austin Franco, 19, a student at Cornell University, sparked fury last month when he turned down an interview for an internship at a startup because of its Jewish owners. Amid outrage over his remarks, Franco has refused to apologize or walk back his stance, leading to a hostile encounter on Morgan's Uncensored show this week. Morgan was unflinching in his assessment of Franco, labeling the unrepentant student 'thick' during their interview on Tuesday.'To not understand the enormity of what you’re saying and have no sense of remorse, no sense of shame, no sense of guilt,' Morgan fumed. 'I just find it incredibly depressing that a young man given the privilege that you’ve had, to go to a top university, could be this thick or worse, not care about what you’re saying.' Morgan opened the segment by questioning whether a young person should be targeted by 'cancel culture' over their political views or given a second chance. But the broadcaster quickly berated Franco when the student doubled down on his anti-Semitism. Austin Franco, 19, an Ivy League student who refused to 'work for a Jew' was eviscerated by Piers Morgan as he doubled down on his bigoted views Franco laughed as he likened his anti-Semitic views to disliking midgets, a remark that led Morgan to rebuke the teenHe said he didn't want to work for a Jewish person because he 'has had bad experiences with Jews,' including disagreeing with his fellow students over the Middle East conflict. Morgan said he was confounded by Franco's hatred of Jews because of his interactions with a few people, saying: 'There are 15 million Jews around the world. Why would you blame all of them?' 'So, I've had good experiences with Jews as well, but I've had enough bad experiences to where I don't want to be around them,' Franco replied. 'I don't think there is anything wrong with that.'The student went on to compare his anti-Semitism with people who had issues with 'Asians or midgets,' an analogy that led Morgan to admonish the 19-year-old.Morgan said: 'What you've just said is ridiculous. What on earth has this got to do with midgets?' Franco continued with the analogy, saying: 'If I were to say something about the midget community, like I don't like midgets or want to work with them, nobody would be like, oh my god this is crazy. They'd be like, oh this guy is just an a**hole.'As Franco said he felt the reaction to his refusal to work with a Jewish person was overblown, Morgan said: 'It seems to me that you are genuinely anti-Semitic.'Franco denied that 'not wanting to be around them' makes him anti-Semitic, and said he couldn't hate Jewish people because one of his ex-girlfriends was half-Jewish. Franco, a student at Cornell University, sparked fury last month when he turned down an interview for an internship at a startup because of its Jewish owners Franco was branded 'thick' by Morgan in the hostile interview as the 19-year-old defended his anti-Semitic remarks 'The problem, Austin, it’s not that you said something immature or stupid or anything like that because had you then said: "I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said it. I don’t mean the way it came across," but it’s the opposite with you,' Morgan told the teen. 'You do mean it. You don’t want to be around any Jewish people, that’s 15 million Jewish people, so therefore, you are de facto anti-Semitic.' 'How have you been so poorly educated? Honestly, what’s happened to your parents here, your family, your friends?' Morgan fired back at the student.'And what’s allowed you to develop this mindset where you’re prepared to just come on a camera like this in an interview watched by millions of people and just brazenly say, "I don’t want to be anywhere near Jewish people."'To not understand the enormity of what you’re saying and have no sense of remorse, no sense of shame, no sense of guilt.' Morgan capped off the hostile interview by branding Franco 'thick'. 'I just find it incredibly depressing that a young man given the privilege that you’ve had, to go to a top university, could be this thick or worse, not care about what you’re saying and the consequences to a huge number of people around the world who see a young arrogant kid who wants to brazenly espouse antisemitism in interviews like this,' he said. 'You’re an antisemite and you’re a hypocrite. And you know what? Future employers can watch this interview and they can decide if you have the values that they wish to have in their company. Good luck with that.'