Piers Morgan leaves role on Good Morning Britain after row over Meghan comments | ITV News

and i understand that you don't like meghan markle you've made it so clear a number of times on this program even by the standards of a show in which confrontation is nothing new this between two of its presenters this morning was extraordinary but yet you continued to trash her okay i'm done with this no no no sorry no actually do you know what that's pretty contrasting maybe not mine no no no no no no no no i'm being sorry absolutely diabolical behavior the clash followed piers morgan's angry on-air reaction yesterday to the interview the duchess of sussex had given to oprah winfrey morgan saying he didn't believe her this is a two-hour trash-a-thon of our royal family of the monarchy of everything the queen has worked so hard for so were you thinking of harming yourself were you having suicidal thoughts yes this was very very clear the fact that she'd spoken about her mental health resulted in a huge backlash against the gmb presenter the mental health charity mind saying it was disappointed and concerned and the watchdog ofcom receiving 41 000 complaints this evening itv issued a statement saying 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 right now it's never been more important that as a nation we keep talking the incident will have been of particular concern to the network after its high-profile launch in 2019 of britain get talking a mental wellness campaign encouraging people to talk openly about their issues i can't comment on what he should or shouldn't do i think it's just a shame that he he didn't think quickly enough to realize just how important it is for the thousands of people out there who are struggling with their mental health pierce morgan was hired to co-host good morning britain six years ago piers morgan is here for a few days no no i'm here permanently it's your ultimate nightmare i'm afraid his outspoken and often controversial views dividing opinion on screen and online in the past week the show has reported its highest ratings ever but one former guest says now the presenter has overstepped the mark if you hire a rottweiler for its ability to bite you can't then be shocked when it actually bites when morgan returned to the set this morning shortly after he'd walked off he attempted to explain his views on mental health mental illness and suicide these are clearly extremely serious things they should be taken extremely seriously and if somebody is feeling that way they should get the treatment and the help that they need but the damage had clearly been done this would be his last appearance on the breakfast show nina nanab news at 10.

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Published: Tue Mar 09 2021