During a pre-taped Today appearance last week, Lady Gaga revealed that she suffers from PTSD. The news comes two years after the musician told the public that she’d been raped at 19, and though her PTSD is triggered by multiple traumas, that incident in her teens contributes to the condition. She tweeted the following after the Today segment aired:

It wasn't just sexual assault that led to my complex PTSD. I have prolonged repetitive traumas over the course of my career. #ShareKindness pic.twitter.com/rXSKMg9n51

— xoxo, Joanne (@ladygaga) December 6, 2016

When Madonna took the stage to accept her award for Woman Of The Year at Billboard’s Women In Music event, she took the opportunity to discuss the assault she penned an essay about back in 2013. Like Lady Gaga, Madonna was also 19-years-old when she was raped at knifepoint. Lady Gaga tweeted a message of support to Madonna thanking her for frank speech yesterday:

@Madonna your speech at the Billboard Music Awards was inspiring. You're so brave & strong. Thanks for being that for us girls we need that.

— xoxo, Joanne (@ladygaga) December 12, 2016

What does Piers Morgan have to do with this, you ask? Well, in the grand tradition of Big Mighty Men having an opinion on things they need not have an opinion on, Morgan decided to tweet a critique of Lady Gaga and Madonna’s lived experience. Here is what he had to say:

I come from a big military family.
It angers me when celebrities start claiming 'PTSD' about everything to promote themselves. https://t.co/IeSiGQkOjb

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 10, 2016

No.
Lady Gaga & Madonna have both made ALLEGATIONS of rape many years after the event.
No police complaint, no charges, no court case. https://t.co/N8oWjcMKAC

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 10, 2016

I don't think all claims of rape should be necessarily accepted as fact without proper criminal investigation, do you? https://t.co/ogFjSUmgTU

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 10, 2016

I wouldn't automatically believe anything either Madonna or Lady Gaga claimed about their lives. https://t.co/4JJcP17cjp

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 12, 2016

Unsurprisingly, Lady Gaga went in. She replied to Morgan’s tweets with a series of polite but firm criticisms of his, er, “skepticism.”

@piersmorgan I've work w/ our VP Joe Biden on helping educate people about why women don't report, would love to share it w/ you some time.

— xoxo, Joanne (@ladygaga) December 13, 2016

Morgan replied to Lady Gaga’s tweet and invited her to do an interview on the subject:

OK, you're on.
Let's do an interview about this & you can tell me why I'm wrong to be sceptical. https://t.co/CFLOL06Emq

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 13, 2016

@piersmorgan would also love to talk with you about PTSD, that it's not just a "military" disorder. There is a mental health youth epidemic.

— xoxo, Joanne (@ladygaga) December 13, 2016

@piersmorgan if anyone in your family suffers from it, I pray they have more good days than bad. It has affected me & my whole family.????

— xoxo, Joanne (@ladygaga) December 13, 2016

I know numerous soldiers with PTSD, it's a very serious thing.
I also know people who claim to have it but clearly don't.
Let's talk… https://t.co/ZTk5mSZLBt

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 13, 2016

@piersmorgan Let's do that & yes Mr. Morgan, I can handle u. Suprised you would question that. Was that the 1st question of our interview?

— xoxo, Joanne (@ladygaga) December 13, 2016

Yes!
OK @ladygaga, we have a deal.
I'll get my people to contact your people.
It's an important debate. https://t.co/WY2mmVZDFT

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 13, 2016

@piersmorgan if you continue to shame me in the process of kindly agreeing to interview w/ u I'll happily do the interview with someone else

— xoxo, Joanne (@ladygaga) December 13, 2016

OK.
If you're big enough to do this, I'm big enough to play fair too. https://t.co/L4CT1qtn4N

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 13, 2016

So it’s settled: One of the most notable musicians in the world will now have to defend her struggles with mental health and sexual assault to a “controversial” (read: shit-stirrer) columnist and troll.