Piers Morgan was trending on Twitter Tuesday for acting like a child over being called out for acting like a douchebag in his Monday coverage of Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah that ran over the weekend.
But his bumpy week just hit a sink hole — Morgan will leave Good Morning Britain for good following an investigation into his conduct by broadcasting regulator Ofcom.
Ofcom received over 41,000 complains about Morgan’s commentary, in which he cast doubt on Markle’s claim that she contemplated suicide after marrying into the royal family.
After the interview aired, Morgan said: “I’m sorry, I don’t believe a word she says. I wouldn’t believe her if she read me a weather report.”
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On Tuesday, he backpedaled and said:
“When we talked about this yesterday, I said as an all-encompassing thing I don’t believe what Meghan Markle is saying generally in this interview, and I still have serious concerns about the veracity of a lot of what she said.
“But let me just state on the record my position about mental illness and on suicide. These are clearly extremely serious things that should be taken extremely seriously, and if someone is feeling that way they should get the treatment and help they need every time.”
That was before he stormed off the set.
Piers Morgan just walked off the Good Morning Britain set (!!!) after co-presenter Alex Beresford defended Harry and Meghan and condemned Piers' treatment of them in yesterday's programming pic.twitter.com/mH75J8ND4O
— Chris Rickett (@chrisrickett) March 9, 2021
But the damage was done and Morgan “decided” to leave the program.
“Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain,” the network said in a statement.
“ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add.”
Catholicslutbox
At least he’s not pretending to be an Uber eats driver to get the vaccine.
Josh447
Pierce sounded like a psychotic baboon when referring to Maghan as a class A liar. I’ve always liked Pierce but that show of inhumane treatment was inexcusable. No wonder she tossed him to the curb previously.
Fname Optional Lname
You’ve always like Pierce? Just wondering if that is because he’s been so kind to the trans community?
Cam
If you looked at his Twiiter feed, it was obsessive and creepy, tweet after tweet after tweet attacking Markle. It was so over the top.
Then, after attacking her for years, he throws a fit when subjected to 1 minute of the mildest criticism and walks off set.
SaintRock
He can dish it out but can’t take it. Sort of like GOP.
Josh447
Bingo. Total recalcitrant babies.
Fname Optional Lname
This!
Mack
He’s a big Trump supporter so there is no surprise there.
missvamp
he’s always been a useless dirtbag.
whatsaywhat
Ironic to see their most furious critic throw a hissy fit and quit the moment he gets any criticism from the media.
Utterly pathetic to see a grown-up man carry on like a hysterical high-school mean girl. but this is Piers Morgan – his career has basically been a series of one-sided feuds with women who wont give him the time of day (Chelsea Handler, Madonna, Meghan Markle).
Evji108
He was a big fat Trump supporter until Trump started his losing streak, then he pretended he never was.
Mr. Stadnick
Twat
controversial2019
I’ve never liked Piers; his interviewing technique (if you can call what he does “interviewing”) is to ask a question but then never let his guest actually answer it; the second they start, he interrupts with a further question or attacks the 3 words that have just been said rather than listening to the entire answer before asking a follow up. It’s not conducive to good presenting or interviews.
That said, I (like him) did not believe a word Meghan said in the interview. When one watches it, you see she is choosing her words very carefully. As someone who wants to “speak her truth”, there are only two reasons to do this. The first is to ensure she says nothing too disparaging of the Royal Family, the second is to ensure she definitely comes across as the victim. Given the entire point of the interview was to assassinate the character and behaviour of the Royal Family, it’s illogical for it to have been for the former reason and therefore it must have been for the latter. Thus it’s easy to not believe her, and all he expressed was that he didn’t believe her. Not believing her isn’t the same as shrugging off the severity of genuine mental health problems and/or those of suicidal thoughts; which is what he clarified the following day.
That said, his Marmite-like persona is exactly what he brought the programmes he’s been associated with (including Good Morning Britain) higher viewing figures, and so he will be fine. There’s a new TV channel coming to the UK and it is looking to be quite right-leaning and I imagine he will get a job on there.
Cam
Wow, the right wing roll account broke out one of it’s older screenames to attack the black woman and defend the racist monarchy.
It always tries the “I don’t like so and so, BUT” Before agreeing with everything they said.
Nice try.
Jay002
A Black person goes to the doctor and complain of having pain they are told to take an aspirin instead of giving a stronger pain medication. A Black person complains of being followed in a store they are told that they are imagining this and it did not happen. Meghan Markle says she was suicidal and was experiencing racism and she is being told it is not true and there is nothing we can do. Then people complain about why Black people act they way that seems to upset people. I can’t seem to figure out why.
James (controversial2019)
@Cam
I’m not entirely sure you know what a Troll is?
Your definition seems to be “He who expresses an opinion contrary to Cam is a Troll”. Sorry to have to educate you, but that’s not what makes a Troll.
It might be difficult for you to comprehend but gay people are able to disagree with you.
Of the two of us, you are the most Troll-like because all you do is aggressively attack and name call people who post something you disagree with. I, on the other hand, often write lengthy posts fulling justifying my thoughts/opinions. In my experience, Trolls just post short, blunt, aggressive messages (as, funnily, you do), rather than taking the time to express themselves with reasoning (whether you agree with it or not).
You clearly didn’t read my comment properly because what I did was criticise him, express MY view on Meghan (which, just because it doesn’t fit with your view doesn’t making it Trolling), and then say that he will easily find another job (which he will; if you read any opinion piece in the news today, as well as historic articles, his Marmite-like demeanour dramatically increased viewership on GMB).
So how about you act like an adult, accept that people can have different opinions, and that any opposing view doesn’t equate to Troll. Heck, I even decided that I want to be more prominent on the site, so added my name BUT intentionally did so to include my username so that you (I legitimately thought of you!) wouldn’t think I had created a NEW account; I wanted the transparency that James is not new.
Cam
@James (controversial2019)
OMG, I pointed out that “Controversial” was a troll screename from somebody with multiple screenames, you what did you do? You actually came on, UNDER ANOTHER SCREENAME and admitted that it was another screename, then you pasted the same comment you’ve said to me under 5 other screenames.
I mean, I don’t even know how to respond to that, are you taking crazy pills or did your manager at the troll farm forget to proofread your post before you clicked “Submit”?? Wow, I get you’re here to try to attack the black woman because that’s what right wing trolls do, but I’m seriously amazed at just how pathetic the Republican trolls have gotten.
Please go back to postings from a few years ago when the Mormons were trolling this site to defend Prop 8 in Ca. They weren’t great, but they were way way WAY better at trolling than you.
The big sky
The UK has at least one new right wing Fox type news channel lined up and its pretty clear he has already got a spot on that, so his tirade and storming out is most likely a publicity stunt he will use to say he has a non censored snowflake free show to tell us what he’s all about. Opportunist scum bag.
Cam
Except, unlike the US, the UK has laws against lying on air. Fox News was already kicked off the air in Britain for doing that.
tjay7
Can we all agree that Piers Morgan is a proctologist’s area of expertise?
BoomerMyles
He didn’t even last on CNN.
Mack
He took over Larry King’s job and failed miserably.
BaltoSteve
Awww… I would ask him to point out where on the doll the mean woman of color hurt him, but there is no place on there for his toxic caucasian male ego.
Fname Optional Lname
LOL~! I put her face on pause after it was over and for the rest of the day her face was frozen on my tele and whenever I would walk by I would just hold my hand up, point at her and scream “YAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!”
What she did that morning needed to be done for a very long time
jonasalden
his tantrums are exhausting, although I personally believe Harry AND Meghan Markle is on the make. Let’s not focus solely on her. They could’ve just renounced their titles and gone rogue with Netflix, but no. It had to be a grand drama. Enter Oprah! And for the record WHO’S shocked that someone in that family is concerned about the baby’s skin tone? Regular are people are just like them.
OhHellNo
“It was easy for ITV to accept the decision, since we were the ones who made it.”
Cam
Snap!
Fahd
He went on and on being mediocre and bad being mediocre and bad on CNN. It seemed like forever before he got canceled. How did he ever get the gig on ITV? He seems like a particular type of British pain in the as*, almost a stereotype. I think he will reemerge. His disparagement of Megan probably crossed the line, but how else can he get this kind of attention? I remember he was famous for not liking Madonna too. He’ll be back, but I hope its in the UK or another country where I don’t reside.
SkylarkDavid
Piers Morgan, who criticized Meghan Markle for walking away from a highly toxic situation that she endured for years, stomps off the set because he couldn’t take being criticized by a colleague for two minutes. Why does anyone listen to Piers Morgan? He is no longer on TV and the world is a better place for it.
wooly101
Yet another martyr gets the boot for having a difference of opinion. Whatever Ms M is or feels or whatever her reality is; the interview was simply tastelessly done. All the usual charges were hurled no surprises there since Oprah was doing the interview. In short, millionaires telling a billionaire how they were mistreated and oppressed. One can only shake their head.
inbama
I wonder what they’ll do for money when the wold is bored with their palace-trashing.
Cam
The typical response when people point out racism.
They are accused of seeking attention, or being tacky etc…
Funny, they said the exact same thing about the woman who wanted to bring a girlfriend to her prom in Mississippi.
James (controversial2019)
@Cam
Your latest post is proof that you do not read (or rather, you read the parts you want to read). My original post was in my username (controversial2019), my follow up was the SAME username alongside my name AND I even explained that due to wanting to post more, I’ve added my name but included my username so the likes of you could see I’m the same person. So both posts; same username. What don’t you get?
Why do you think you know everything when you don’t? Sorry to burst your bubble but I’m happy enough with the justifications and reasons I provide with my opinions to not need other usernames. Since I joined in 2019, my one and only username has remained constant.
You REALLY need to accept that more than one person has opinions that don’t align with you. It’s more of a reflection on you and your naivety to assume that ALL persons who have opinions contrary to yours, are the same person using different screen names.
You might have the time to log on and Troll other users (which is exactly what you do. You Troll users whilst accusing them of Trolling articles; which makes zero sense!) but other, real world people, don’t.
Grow up.
Cam
Translation:
Right wing troll account gets called out, so continues to try to deflect off the topic and onto it’s continuing obsession with me.