Piers Morgan – who on Monday in his last in a long line of attacks on Meghan Markle rejected his allegations of racist treatment at the hands of the British royal family – broke into the set of his own show, “Good Morning Britain”, on Tuesday fair after being called by colleague Alex Beresford for his relentless criticism of the Duchess of Sussex.
“OK. I’m done with this. Sorry. No. Sorry. You can destroy me, mate, but not on my own show,” Morgan told Beresford as he walked away.
Beresford, commenting on the bombastic revelations of Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey and criticizing Morgan’s subsequent attacks on the couple, noted how the couple had handled “an overwhelming amount of negative news” in the past few years that have been “incredibly damaging. ”For your mental health.
“I heard Piers say that William went through the same thing, but you know what, brothers experience a tragedy in their life and one will be absolutely fine and will ignore it and the other will not be able to deal with it as hard and that is clearly what happened to Prince Harry in this situation, “said the meteorologist” GMB “.
“He walked behind his mother’s coffin at a tender, young age in front of the globe. This will shape a boy for the rest of his life, ”continued Beresford. “So I think we all need to take a step back.”
Beresford then addressed Morgan:
“I understand that you don’t like Meghan Markle. You have made this very clear several times in this program. A number of times. And I understand that you have a personal relationship with Meghan Markle or you had one and she cut it off. She has the right to interrupt you, if she wants to. Has she said anything about you since she interrupted you? I don’t think it does, but you still continue to destroy it. ‘
At that point, Morgan got up and left.
Beresford said he was “pathetic”.
“This is absolutely diabolical behavior,” he continued. “I’m sorry, but Piers is screaming regularly and we all have to sit there and listen. 6:30 am to 7:00 am yesterday was incredibly difficult to watch, incredibly difficult to watch. “
The show was interrupted. Morgan came back later and told Beresford that they needed to “talk to each other in a civilized manner, since we work on the same program and on the same team”.
“Getting into a very personally derogatory monologue about one of your colleagues is probably not one of the best ways to do that,” added Morgan. “As much as I would like to sit here, abusing you for hours on end, this is not going to happen.”
“I’m not trying to get into that program and take you down, destroy you,” replied Beresford. “Just because we are on the same side, does not mean that we should have the same vision.”
“This whole situation is very personal to me and in no way am I accusing you of being racist,” he added. “I have the luxury of meeting you on and off the screen and we have been talking, I know your position and I have great respect for you, Piers.”
“I’m tired of finding a different way to explain not to you, but to so many people why what was said is so wrong,” added Beresford later. “I went into institutions as the only person of color and experienced concealed and open racism on so many occasions and why the interview with Meghan really resonated with me is because a former co-worker – not on this show – asked me if I was worried with the shade of cocoa that my son was going to leave. So, I fully understand the pain that is behind all this. “
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