AS I sat on my couch watching in awe at the incredible concert Ariana Grande put on to honour the victims of the Manchester terror attacks a week ago, I wasn’t the only one tweeting away.

Former tabloid editor turned professional troll Piers Morgan was tweeting too, and I couldn’t help but chuckle as 23-year-old Grande gave him a right showing up in the most stylish way.

Not long after the terror attack in Manchester, Morgan had decided behind his computer screen that Grande must be taken to task for her apparent failure to bother turning up to visit the victims.

That’s right – middle-aged tabloid sensationalist Morgan had decided that a young performer who was as innocent as those who’d gone to see her show, deserved snipes from the sidelines, in full view of the world, after experiencing one of the most traumatising events an individual could ever face.

Who knows what Grande thought or felt in the aftermath of the attack, but I can only imagine that devastated doesn’t cover it. Young fans died at her show and there was nothing she could do to stop it. Terrorists picked out her concert; they thought about it, they planned it, and that’s a terrifying reality to befall a 23-year-old woman.

But as she tried to digest events, Morgan picked his moment to ride the outrage wave and garner himself some publicity.

After Katy Perry tweeted a tribute to the Queen when she visited victims in hospital, Morgan tweeted: “Agreed. Might have been nice if @ArianaGrande stayed to do the same.”

Morgan has been keen to rebrand himself for Donald Trump’s America in recent times. Carving out a career in the US, his remarks have become increasingly aligned with the alt-right new-wave crusade for free speech, which appears to be little more than mangry white guys shouting at the world in a furious, unending rage.

And so isn’t it incredible that Morgan’s ilk, social media’s faux masculinity brigade, label everyone else a “snowflake” – a term used to describe an over-sensitive millennial generation – when they are the most bitter, angry, spiteful individuals you’ll likely have the misfortune to endure.

Morgan is the definition of a snowflake. It doesn’t take much to threaten his identity, and he enjoys spending time on the internet lashing out at other people – often women.

Back in January, it was a different pop star who’d attracted his ire. After women took to the streets on an unprecedented scale to protest Trump’s inauguration, Morgan tweeted: “Only thing more annoying than feminazis are those pathetic men who cheer everything Madonna etc do to make themselves look ‘women-friendly’.”

Morgan gets angry at men cheering Madonna, but it’s everyone else who’s got a problem with freedom of speech and expression. The man defies logic.

But he’s a clever snowflake, is Morgan. You’d need to be to have the gall to be a white, famous, high-profile media commentator and still carry an air of grievance about your status in society.

Realising that only days after a terror attack, Grande had managed to pull together one of the best pop concerts the UK has ever seen, with the world’s biggest performers, Morgan started backpedalling furiously.

The great Morgan, even in his mighty wisdom, had got it all wrong, apparently. “I misjudged you, @ArianaGrande & I apologise,” he tweeted, adding: “You’re an admirable young woman & this is magnificent night. Respect.”

What a hero. Having slated her character after an unimaginable horror before she went on to stage an incredible tribute, Morgan was suddenly back on-message as the nation engaged in a social media Ariana Grande love-fest.

For me, it was about as genuine, sincere and honest as a tabloid kiss-and-tell.

Grande showed class and dignity in the aftermath of Manchester. She was a young woman inflicted by the horror of terror and who did not back down, and that was symbolic. Many others affected by the attack attended her tribute concert, and it may well turn out to be an intervention for them that could help on their roads to recovery.

Morgan, on the other hand, will shortly be back to tweeting insults in his underpants, from the safety of a smartphone, while everyone else gets on with the real business of defying terrorists by braving daily life despite not having the privilege and protection that money and status can offer.

Piers Morgan represents the real generation snowflake, and as long as he’s live-tweeting his mangry rages about the state of the world, there’s a good chance the rest of us are doing something right.