Piers Morgan ‘thrives on the outcry’ of Meghan Markle

Piers Morgan is not embarrassed by the commotion following his public criticism of Meghan Markle, sources confirm to Page Six.

The Briton revealed he was forced to quit his job on ‘Good Morning Britain’ because he would not apologize to Markle for not believing his claims about his sanity, but a source who did Knows told Page Six that he is unconcerned and “thrives on the uproar.”

Morgan, 55, stormed the filming of the UK talk show earlier this week following an on-air clash with colleague Alex Berenson over Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey. UK broadcaster ITV later confirmed that it would not be returning to its hosting concert.

Days later, the controversial journalist posted a lengthy Instagram post in which he revealed he “lost my job” because he “chose not to apologize” to the 39-year-old former actress.

A senior ITV source corroborates Morgan’s claims, saying: “Piers was asked to apologize for disliking Meghan or he would no longer be able to feature ‘GMB’ – and he declined. If he had said sorry, he would still be here.

Markle herself reportedly complained to ITV CEO Dame Carolyn McCall after Morgan nicknamed her “Princess Pinocchio” and said he didn’t believe her account of feeling suicidal during her pregnancy. son, Archie, as she thought the comments might affect the people looking after theirs. mental health problems.

After the initial explosion of her comments, Morgan then said on air, “It’s not for me to wonder if she’s feeling suicidal, I’m not on her mind and it’s for her to do so.” say. My real concern was disbelief, frankly – and I’m willing to be wrong about that, and if I’m wrong, it’s a scandal – that she went to a senior member of the royal household and told them that ‘she was suicidal. , and she was told she couldn’t get help because it would be a bad regard for the family. If this is true, a) that person should be fired and b) the Royal Family have serious questions that need to be answered. “

However, the clarification was not deemed contrite enough and he was asked to apologize again on Wednesday, but refused.

But Morgan is finally happy to have managed – on his last day on “GMB” – to beat his rival “BBC Breakfast” for the first time.

“I had a goal in joining @ GMB – to beat @BBCBreakfast on the leaderboards. On the last day we did it. It was due to the hard work and dedication of the whole team. They don’t all agree with me, some don’t even like me, but we were a team… and we won. Thanks guys. I’ll miss you, ”Morgan tweeted.