Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Piers Morgan finally sacked from GMB [title edited by MNHQ at OP's request]

478 replies

FlyingByTheSeatof · 09/03/2021 18:32

I wonder if the Royal Family stepped in for this to happen

OP posts:
Benjispruce2 · 09/03/2021 22:29

*on them

MercyBooth · 09/03/2021 22:29

Dan Walker from BBC Breakfast taking the piss. Grin

twitter.com/mrdanwalker/status/1369228426444410883?s=20

CloserClarice · 09/03/2021 22:33

@nitsandwormsdodger

The queen does not hire and fire tv personalities you are confusing her with simon cowell
Lol! Grin
dudsville · 09/03/2021 22:34

This is a great outcome.

goingtotown · 09/03/2021 22:38

Watch the ratings go down.

OhWhyNot · 09/03/2021 22:38

Great news

But he would be quiet for long probably get a job on LBC

lynsey91 · 09/03/2021 22:38

I know this makes me sad but I am ridiculously happy that he has been sacked.

Trying to make out it was his decision though. As if we are that stupid

Katjolo · 09/03/2021 22:42

Well done Alex.

HmmmmmmInteresting · 09/03/2021 22:45

@goingtotown

Watch the ratings go down.
Good
Keeping2ChevronsApart · 09/03/2021 22:47

www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/ellievhall/meghan-markle-kate-middleton-double-standards-royal

A lot of the nasty Meghan ones have no name to them, no prizes for guessing who was behind those

HmmmmmmInteresting · 09/03/2021 22:47

@MercyBooth

Whats with the ticking clock gif hes tweeted?
He's deleted it
HmmmmmmInteresting · 09/03/2021 22:47

Arrogant prick

thebabessavedme · 09/03/2021 22:49

staged!, he has another gig and didnt want to work to the end of his contract.

Keeping2ChevronsApart · 09/03/2021 22:50

@MercyBooth

Whats with the ticking clock gif hes tweeted?
Is he still tweeting? If I was his wife I'd be wanting a conversation and he's just sitting there on his phone!
HmmmmmmInteresting · 09/03/2021 22:51

I don't think she's going to be worrying about how they're going to pay the bills

Keeping2ChevronsApart · 09/03/2021 22:53

@HmmmmmmInteresting

I don't think she's going to be worrying about how they're going to pay the bills
Well no. I'm guessing that's why she's with him. Who would tolerate their husband subjecting another woman to that sort of abuse for years?
Isolatedizzy · 09/03/2021 23:04

I'm not a huge fan of Piers Morgan personally but I do feel he was the only person in the media who was holding anyone to account about anything!
He has challenged Govt Ministers on their performance with the pandemic, compared to every other media outlet that's trots out the Govt line, of we've done a great job.

He challenges a lot of the agenda round gender ID and trans women taking part in women's sport for example and around the erasure of the word women from maternity care for example!

If anyone else was questioning this stuff I'd be happy to wave him good bye but while everyone else is churning out the party line I was quite pleased he was pushing back against it!

Tigerzmum · 09/03/2021 23:05

Strategically.... me thinks Hmm

Tigerzmum · 09/03/2021 23:08

@goingtotown unfortunately so... Hmm

AnyFucker · 09/03/2021 23:09

I can agree with his stance on gender ID and still think he is a twat about other things

He has been a twat about Meghan Markle consistently for a very long time. That is not normal.

HarryorHas · 09/03/2021 23:10

@Isolatedizzy Agree! Don’t like him as a person either, but he has been one of only a few not to question things.
His obsession with her was really very over the top though, it’s as if she really hurt him. Even if she had blanked him when she moved onto higher people, as he claims, would you really get that angry? It would possibly be hurtful/piss you off and you’d see that person as having a weak character, but the hate he seemed to display about her was much stronger, like a jilted lover!

Keeping2ChevronsApart · 09/03/2021 23:12

More like the Royal Family said she couldn't be friendly with the likes of him.

longwayoff · 09/03/2021 23:13

Well, that's a public service. Thanks H&M for ridding us of this oaf, intentionally or not.

OhWhyNot · 09/03/2021 23:16

His obsession was disturbing

And it was obsessional. Yesterday he couldn’t hold back he is so angry towards her he was venomous

turquoisewaters · 09/03/2021 23:18

The U.K. television is monitored by Ofcom, payed for with taxpayers money

The problem is that many taxpayers would have wanted this affair to have been handled properly (i.e. suspension pending the completion of the investigation). Otherwise the (alleged) sacking just looks like a knee jerk reaction to an angry 40.000-strong horde.
It doesn't set a good precedent IMO

Swipe left for the next trending thread