When Meghan Markle sat down to drop bombs of truth with Oprah Winfrey, she was targeting the royal family. The fact that the consequences have cost the most relentless and petulant critic his work is welcome collateral damage.
Now, it looks like she may have directly influenced Piers Morgan’s expulsion from the main breakfast show. Good morning Great Britain.
It was reported today by ITV’s real correspondent Chris Ship that Meghan “formally lodged a complaint” to ITV, the network that broadcasts the program, on Monday, after Morgan found Meghan’s allegations false.
Ship said of Meghan’s complaint, in a tweet: “It is thought to have been sent to the broadcaster’s CEO. Meghan raised concerns about how @piersmorgan’s words affect the mental health issue and what it can do to others who are thinking about suicide.
Morgan was fired from the program on Tuesday, hours after a violent airborne argument with the program’s meteorologist, Alex Beresford, who said Morgan’s protests against Meghan were “diabolical”. Morgan later left the set.
However, the timing of Meghan’s complaint suggests that she was opposing Morgan’s remarks on Monday, when he said, “I’m sorry, I don’t believe a word of what she says … I wouldn’t believe if she told me read a weather forecast. “
Defenders and critics of mental health were outraged by his suggestion that Meghan’s experiences of having suicidal thoughts were fabricated.
On Tuesday, Morgan sought to ease the controversy shortly after returning to the set, saying that he believed that mental illness and suicide are topics that should be “taken extremely seriously”. But he said he had “serious concerns about the veracity of much of what [Meghan] said.”
It was reported that more than 40,000 complaints were made about his comments, one of which was submitted on behalf of Meghan.
In a tweet sent while the program was on Wednesday morning, Morgan appeared to confirm that his refusal to retract his comments was behind his departure.
He wrote: “On Monday, I said I didn’t believe Meghan Markle in her interview on Oprah. I had time to reflect on that opinion and I still don’t have it. If you did, OK. Freedom of speech is a hill on which I am happy to die. ”He said he would” spend more time with my opinions “and attached a quote from Winston Churchill on freedom of expression.
Speaking outside his home, he told Sky News that his departure had been “friendly” and said: “I had a good chat with ITV and we agreed to disagree.” He said he would go into “temporary hibernation” and was “always talking to people” about other job opportunities.