As if you needed another reason to get behind Europe for the Ryder Cup – Britain’s biggest motormouth Piers Morgan has revealed that he’s backing America, in a video released by Paddy Power. That’s right, Morgan loves America, and America loves him – or so he says.

With Ryder Cup fever sweeping across Europe, the nation’s most polarising public figures is supporting the States in golf’s showpiece event – thanks to the UK’s decision to leave the E.U. in this summer’s referendum. Bemoaning the Brexit vote, he says: “I voted Remain this summer, but 17 million of you inexplicably didn’t. Now we’re supposed to pretend that never happened and we’re one big happy, European family again at the Ryder Cup?”

The bookie is confident that Piers Morgan coming out swinging for America will help give punters another reason to support Europe ahead of the Ryder Cup, which starts on Friday.Piers Morgan claims:

“I owe some of my fondest memories to the mighty U S of A – judging America’s Got Talent, winning Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice, having my own prime time chat show, and even being publicly reviled for questioning their gun laws. And it makes no sense, if Britain doesn’t want to be a part of the EU, why should it support Team Europe? They’ve been Trump-ed by America. I’m shooting for the USA all the way. And, hey, if my old mentor Donald Trump gets into power, maybe I’ll be back-in their living rooms every night, too.”

Paddy Power say:

“If the annoying, over-the-top cries of ‘get in the hole’ from our friends across the pond wasn’t a good enough reason to support Europe, we thought exposing Morgan as Team USA’s biggest fan would be the perfect deterrent – and help drum up more support for Team Europe.”