Piers Morgan marks anniversary of sudden ITV Good Morning Britain walk-out before teasing 'uncensored' new TV show
09.03.2022 - 16:20
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Piers Morgan has marked a year since he stormed off ITV Good Morning Britain before leaving the programme permanently.
The TV presenter and journalist received a huge backlash to comments he made about the Duchess of Sussex following her interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Then on the following day's episode back in March 2021, Piers became embroiled in a heated debate after he refused to believe claims from Meghan Markle's during her tell-all interview with Oprah alongside husband Prince Harry.
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The show's weatherman Alex Beresford confronted Piers over his comments about the Duchess of Sussex when he dismissed her claims that she suffered suicidal thoughts and struggled with her mental health after joining the royal family.
The row, in which Alex told Piers his behaviour towards Meghan was 'absolutely diabolical', caused Piers to storm off the set and hours later, his exit from the ITV news programme was announced.
His swift exit came after his rant about Meghan's comments on the ITV news programme received the most complaints to Ofcom in a decade - with more than 57,000 people lodging a complaint.
However, six months after the episode in question, Ofcom said that GMB was not in breach of the broadcasting code over Piers' comments about the Duchess of Sussex’s interview with the US chat show host.
Taking to social media early on Wednesday morning (March 9), Piers shared a snap of the moment he walked out of the studios and said: "A year ago today, I went for a little stroll… and in the words of Edith Piaf, je ne regrette rien! #LongWalkToFreedomOfSpeech."
Piers' son was among the firs to comment on the Instagram post, writing: