The exchange of insults between Richard Madeley and Morrissey has been picked up by several reporters since, such as contactmusic.

In this Saturday’s (29 July) Irish Times newspaper, the incident triggered some extra insights for columnist Shane Hegarty, in a piece called “Blog and be Damned”. He states: “There was a quite delightful celebrity spat this week. One of those rare moments when two stars from either end of the firmament crossed paths and tussled until one tore the other a new black hole.”

Hegarty described what happened since the Oxford comment up to the TrueToYou broadcast. He goes one: “This was a jibe at Richard’s beloved Judy. The age gap between Richard and Judy wouldn’t be commented on so much if it didn’t seem to grow wider every year”..[another indirect taker of Moz’ side?!]… “Anyway, reading his web site posting, it occurred to me that with such wanton cruelty and intemperate whininess”.. [the obligatory knuckle-rap it seems in every Moz story]…, “Morrissey would make an ideal blogger. Certainly, he would make a better blogger than most of his fellow celebrities”.

Hegarty mentions some – MC Hammer, Moby, Thom Yorke, Alec Baldwin – and how their blogs disappoint. He makes an exception for an item about William Shatner’s passed kidney stone being auctioned for $25,000, concluding wryly: “Now that’s a look deep inside a celebrity”.

Which of course is nearly as bad as mentioning tampons… - roll on, round 2!