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Piers Morgan
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- Controversial TV host Piers Morgan reportedly left ITV’s Good Morning Britain breakfast show.
- This after long-standing criticism of Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan, which reached a crescendo after the royal couple’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
- “Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided that now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain,” ITV said in a statement.
Journalist and television host Piers Morgan left ITV on Tuesday following long-standing criticism of Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan, which reached a crescendo after criticism from the royal couple. interview with Oprah Winfrey.
“Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided that now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain,” ITV said in a statement.
ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing more to add ”.
Morgan, a former CNN host, has said the couple had harmed the royal family and sought publicity on their own terms without accepting the responsibility and scrutiny that the job entails.
ITV aired Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan and Harry on Monday night in which they revealed the depth of her unhappiness within the royal family.
Britain’s media regulator launched an investigation into Monday’s episode of Good morning Great Britain after receiving 41,015 complaints about comments made by presenter Morgan.
“We have launched an investigation into the Monday episode of Good morning Great Britain under our rules for damages, “regulator Ofcom said in a statement.
Morgan questioned Meghan’s comments in the interview. When her co-host noted that Meghan had said she had been on the verge of taking her own life, Morgan responded, “She says yes.”
He said Tuesday: “I still have serious concerns about the veracity of much of what he said, but let me put my position on mental illness and suicide on the record.
“They must be taken very seriously and if someone feels this way they should receive the treatment and help they need at all times, and if they belong to an institution like the royal family and are going to seek that help, it is absolutely necessary that it be given to them. “. “, He said.
