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| Piers Morgan CANCELED: Good Morning Britain host quits ITV after storming off set during show on Meghan Markle | Piers Morgan CANCELED: Good Morning Britain host quits ITV after storming off set during show on Meghan Markle |
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| Contrarian TV host Piers Morgan will no longer host ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain,’ the network has announced. Morgan’s eight-year stint on the show ended after he trashed Meghan Markle and stormed off the set. | Contrarian TV host Piers Morgan will no longer host ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain,’ the network has announced. Morgan’s eight-year stint on the show ended after he trashed Meghan Markle and stormed off the set. |
| “Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain,” read a statement from ITV on Tuesday. “ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add,” the statement concluded. | “Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain,” read a statement from ITV on Tuesday. “ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add,” the statement concluded. |
| Morgan’s departure comes after he was mocked, derided, and urged to resign by viewers for storming off the set of the show on Tuesday morning, a day after he launched into a tirade against Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry. During Monday’s diatribe, Morgan said that he doesn’t “believe a word” that Markle said about contemplating suicide during an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday, which he described as “contemptible … bilge.” | Morgan’s departure comes after he was mocked, derided, and urged to resign by viewers for storming off the set of the show on Tuesday morning, a day after he launched into a tirade against Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry. During Monday’s diatribe, Morgan said that he doesn’t “believe a word” that Markle said about contemplating suicide during an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday, which he described as “contemptible … bilge.” |
| Co-presenter Alex Beresford objected on Tuesday to how Morgan “continues to trash” Markle, and asked him if he had a personal grudge against her. Morgan stood up, announced “OK, I’m done with this, sorry, no, can’t do this,” and walked off the set. | Co-presenter Alex Beresford objected on Tuesday to how Morgan “continues to trash” Markle, and asked him if he had a personal grudge against her. Morgan stood up, announced “OK, I’m done with this, sorry, no, can’t do this,” and walked off the set. |
| While it is unclear whether ITV bosses put Morgan under pressure to resign, his performance on Monday triggered a public outcry, with British media regulator OFCOM receiving more than 41,000 complaints by Tuesday afternoon. | While it is unclear whether ITV bosses put Morgan under pressure to resign, his performance on Monday triggered a public outcry, with British media regulator OFCOM receiving more than 41,000 complaints by Tuesday afternoon. |
| The watchdog announced that it had launched an investigation into Morgan’s comments. | |
| Morgan is no stranger to controversy, and ‘Good Morning Britain’ was the UK’s most complained-about programme last year, after it came under fire for a segment showing support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Morgan himself has frequently drawn scorn from all sides of the political spectrum. His hardline pro-lockdown comments during the coronavirus pandemic, for example, infuriated the anti-restrictions crowd, and right-wingers were enraged when he apparently ignored his own words and encouraged his son to attend a BLM protest last Summer. | |
| As news of Morgan’s split with ITV broke, commentators and pundits who attacked the contrarian host for his comments celebrated. | |
| Amid the discussion, Morgan’s own long-time Twitter bio offered a fitting epitaph to his career on ‘Good Morning Britain’: “One day you're cock of the walk, the next a feather duster.” | |
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