Piers Morgan set to leave 'Good Morning Britain' following Meghan Markle backlash
Morgan has announced that he will be leaving his morning show, hours after his comments about Meghan Markles mental health went viral.
Television network, ITV made the announcement moments ago, stating that they have accepted the decision to leave the breakfast show by Piers.
In the statement, ITV shared in part the following:
Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain. ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add.
Ofcom which is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom launched an investigation into Piers' comments.
The comments were in relation to those he made on his show with regards to Meghan and Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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Ofcom, shared that they had received more than 41, 000 complaints from the public. Piers had made disparaging remarks on his 'Good Morning Britain' show about Meghan’s claims during a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired in the US on Sunday night to have had issues with her mental health.
During the bombshell interview, Meghan Markle opened up to Oprah and shared the following:
I just didn’t want to be alive any more. That was a clear, real, frightening and constant thought
Piers Morgan has been relentless in his criticism of Markle and Harry, once again questioned Markle's sincerity in her interview with Oprah.
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I’m sorry, I don’t believe a word she said, Meghan Markle. I wouldn’t believe it if she read me a weather report. 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
On Tuesday mornings show, Piers stormed off his own show after another heated discussion about Meghan. This time the altercation was with his colleague, Alex Beresford.
Watch the video below:
Ouch!
— Mark Bartlam (@MarkBartlam) March 9, 2021
Piers Morgan gets called out on-air for his creepy, obsessive and bullying behaviour. He doesn’t like it one bit and storms off. #PiersMorganIsABully #Snowflake pic.twitter.com/1Lb9FjM7QW
You can read the full statement issued by ITV of Morgan's exit here.
Main image courtesy of screenshot from 'Good Morning Britain' video on Twitter.