Piers Morgan claimed to have the “universal support” of the British public in his first TV interview since leaving Good Morning Britain.
The former breakfast TV presenter spoke to US conservative news personality Tucker Carlson and stood by his comments made in relation to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, accusing the couple of the “most extraordinarily disingenuous hit job” on the royal family.
And he even thinks he has the backing of the British public, saying: “Old, young, black, white, it didn’t matter. They’ve been coming up to me in their droves all day every day.”
Morgan said people either agree with his comments on Meghan or defended his right to free speech.
“The British people have seen through this,” he told Carlson on the Fox Nation streaming service.
Morgan said he has had a “lot” of job offers since leaving Good Morning Britain and explored the circumstances surrounding his departure.
He briefly walked off the set after a confrontation with weather presenter Alex Beresford.
Morgan described his former colleague as “the stand-in weather guy who does the weather occasionally”.
He added: “He’s not a journalist. But he’s somebody I’ve helped with his career a number of times when he’s asked me to.”
Morgan accused Beresford of a “premeditated attack… on a personal level”.
He said he should not have walked off the set. And Morgan addressed his former Good Morning Britain co-host Susanna Reid’s on-air statement regarding his departure.
He said he “didn’t particularly like it”, but suggested she was “in the grip of fear”.
Morgan added: “I honestly think she was in the grip of fear. I think she was fearful that if she went too far in saying nice things about me, the same thing might happen to her, that there would be a huge Twitter pile on.”
People were quick to react to the interview, with many expressing shock that a “silenced” man is making yet another national TV appearance.
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But it wasn’t until the creator, executive producer, head writer, and show runner for all five seasons of the HBO television series The Wire (2002–2008), David Simon waded in that it go really heated.
Ahead of the interview, Piers Morgan took to Twitter to promote his appearance when Simon, 61, began the war of words…
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Then Simon dropped this…
“You met me once, on a stage at Cannes with Richard Plepler & Aaron Sorkin on a panel I attended at the request of HBO. 1) Didn’t know you from a fart in high wind. 2) Was polite to said fart at Richard’s request as that man was a Medici to me. Now go lick some racist royalty.”
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There were a lot of people who commented on the spat between the two.
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Related: Piers Morgan accuses Meghan of lying – again – in Tucker Carlson tell-all
