Piers Morgan Quits ‘Good Morning Britain’ After Meghan Markle Backlash, ‘’That’s A Wrap’
After walking off the set of “Good Morning Britain” after an argument with Alex Beresford and the comments he made about Meghan Markle, Piers Morgan has officially left the show behind him, ITV confirmed in a statement.
Morgan, who has been a very vocal opponent to Markle for years, initially ran into trouble after commenting on Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, stating he didn’t believe the Duchess when she said the situation she faced during her time as a royal led her to suicidal thoughts, which led to 41,000 complaints about him and an investigation by Ofcom, Variety reported. After he then also stormed off the set when co-host Beresford defended Markle and berated Morgan for “diabolical” behavior which involved trashing her consistently, it appears he decided to leave the show completely.
“ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add,” a statement by the company read, per Insider.
Morgan has not spoken out about his decision to leave yet, though he did take to Twitter with a meme of a clock shortly before the announcement. It is unclear if he made the post to warn of the coming news or something else.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 9, 2021
Still, news of his departure seemed well-received by many, with several others taking to Twitter to praise the news, admitting that they never liked him and felt that his leaving the show—whether he was fired or not—was the right move.
Piers Morgan is many things that are repugnant in our world & I’m glad to hear he’s leaving Good Morning Britain. That was way too big a platform for such a toxic & clearly screwed up individual to be influencing millions of people. Children were watching that crap before school.
— Sonia Poulton (@SoniaPoulton) March 9, 2021
Piers Morgan. That’s a wrap.
— Denise Welch (@RealDeniseWelch) March 9, 2021
Here's where someone defended Meghan Markle in a very reasonable way and the bully Piers Morgan walked off the set of his own show. Hosts can never ever walk off the set of their own show. It's beyond unacceptable. He's a professional talker. Find something to say and move on. https://t.co/f8S6ko4OMV
— Touré (@Toure) March 9, 2021
The best part of Piers Morgan getting axed is that this is the last image you will see of him.
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) March 9, 2021
Just another bully running away when stood up to. pic.twitter.com/hJARrD7c5b
Others also joked that as the news broke, Markle and Winfrey were both likely sitting back and enjoying what happened to Morgan.
Piers Morgan got sacked.
— M (@mobzw) March 9, 2021
This is the tweet. pic.twitter.com/dSvAGiJfkH
Meghan Markle and Oprah eating up all the racists this week. Latest lunch? Piers Morgan. Keep going.
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) March 9, 2021
Good riddance Piers Morgan pic.twitter.com/XwSAxrxsss
— 💜☔ Ava Sussex 🛡🏹 (@AvsRoyalSussex) March 9, 2021
Piers Morgan sacked?? You love to see it🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/F2vxvoPE7f
— . (@tashaaa2000) March 9, 2021
Morgan has often been a controversial figure on television, especially with his incendiary comments about Markle, whom he began to attack after admitting that they had previously been friends, but she then cut him out of her life. He continued his comments about her prior to the interview’s airing, referring to her as the “Duchess of Disingenuousness.”
At the same time that news broke of Morgan’s departure from the show, Queen Elizabeth II also released a statement regarding the couple’s allegations about racism, stating that they were concerning, but also indicating that they may not be remembered correctly.

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