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Good Morning Britain

238 replies

GlendaSugarbeanIsJudgingYou · 09/03/2021 06:53

So Piers Morgan has huffed off.

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HeartsAndClubs · 09/03/2021 08:03

I don’t watch GMB because there are not enough words to describe how much I despise him.

I can only hope though that him essentially publicly dismissing someone’s mental health issues will cost him his career.

I read somewhere that Ofcom receive a minimum of 300 complaints about him every day because of the way he shouts down people, why he hasn’t been brought to account for that by now I shall never know.

Liquorishtoffee · 09/03/2021 08:05

@TinySongstress

He won't have gone far, he's interviewing Thomas Markle tomorrow.
This can’t be a good idea
Roselilly36 · 09/03/2021 08:06

About time someone stood up to PM, it’s getting beyond a joke the way he goes on & on about MM, so personal, and unwarranted. Time to get over it PM.

I haven’t watched GMB in ages, as I have had enough of PM and SR to be honest.

User26272829 · 09/03/2021 08:09

Meghan lives rent free in PM’s mind. He’s obsessed with her!

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KaptainKaveman · 09/03/2021 08:12

They used to be pals and he decided he wanted to date her. She knocked him back and he was outraged that she dared to rebuff him. He is so egotistic that he couldn't accept that she wasn't desperate to shag him.

He's an envious, conceited little bully. Any woman who rejects him is, in his view, a loon.

he's pathetic and should be sacked for his vile campaign of sustained bullying.

longwayoff · 09/03/2021 08:18

I dont indulge myself in the pleasure of watching the repellent Morgan but if ITV bins him he'll become the new Jeremy Kyle. There's an audience out there just waiting for him to shout and bawl at hapless folk who've been misguided enough to believe he understands them. He, like Meghan, would definitely benefit from sitting down in a darkened room with a therapist. Vile creature.

Orcadianrythyms · 09/03/2021 08:18

I occasionally slipped and watched as he had some interesting things to say on Covid but now back on a strict no watch regime. I think he is awful and if enough people don't watch he's denied his oxygen. It's a shame as there are other great presenters but my only action is not to watch. Cannot understand how ITV can keep him.

GlendaSugarbeanIsJudgingYou · 09/03/2021 08:19

Thomas Markle didn't seem to have a clue that Philip was unwell.

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derxa · 09/03/2021 08:22

I believe Thomas and I've always believed him. He shouldn't be constantly talking about Meghan and Harry but that doesn't mean he isn't telling the truth.

PicsInRed · 09/03/2021 08:33

If they weren't famous, the police would be round his house telling him to leave her alone, she would probably already have a non molestation order and Piers would be sailing close to a stalking charge.

I think when you sweep away the fact that they're famous, it's obvious he is obsessed and enraged enough to be a real physical threat to Meghan and possibly even her kids.

His network need to have a hard word with him or send him out to pasture before his megalomania is encouraged so far he either hurts her (and the kids) himself or actively incites someone else to do so.

StoneofDestiny · 09/03/2021 08:43

Alex Beresford showed up Morgan for what he is - an unbalanced tabloid journalist, capable only of shouting at, shouting down and berating guests. Only Morgan's views matter to Morgan.

Alex was invited on to give his views - as soon as he began to speak Morgan stomped off! Alex was right to point out that Morgan, as ever, had been giving a highly personalised view of Meghan Markle based on his own limited experience of her. Morgan has articulated that view in print and in TV. When it was presented back to him by Alex, he flipped and stormed off - refusing to allow the subject to be discussed further.

Well done Alex - respect! To see the mighty Morgan sulk and throw his toys out his prom was great to watch. Despite that, Alex was quietly spoken, balanced in the presentation of his views and unshaken by the Morgan tantrum.

Great stuff.

Sparklingbrook · 09/03/2021 08:47

@derxa

Complete set up
I agree. Sure fire ratings winner-everyone's talking about it.
userxx · 09/03/2021 08:51

@User26272829

Piers is acting like some deranged stalker. The hatred he shows for Meghan is scary. She rejected him, so he’s going to try and take her down any way he can. This is not healthy

This completely. I really can't believe ITV have allowed it to continue.

Liquorishtoffee · 09/03/2021 08:52

It’s all a pantomime though isn’t it?

willibald · 09/03/2021 08:52

So turn it off and move on.

StoneofDestiny · 09/03/2021 08:52

Alex is not ‘spot on

He was totally spot on in telling Morgan he has been leading a sustained assault on Meghan Markle for many months, based on Meghan 'dropping' him from her list of contacts. A highly personalised basis for a 'journalist' to form a view.

Alex faced him with that, and it was that that made Morgan storm off! Faced with his own often expressed views, Morgan couldn't deal with it.
Alex was totally spot on. Morgan needs to get more of that played back to him on TV - except he shouts over anybody who challenges him.

willibald · 09/03/2021 08:53

This completely. I really can't believe ITV have allowed it to continue.

Ratings and money. Same reason why they bought the interview to run and have hard sold it.

Sparklingbrook · 09/03/2021 08:53

@Liquorishtoffee

It’s all a pantomime though isn’t it?
Absolutely. He's the GMB panto villain that everyone wants to see and complain about.
Liquorishtoffee · 09/03/2021 08:54

I often wonder if there is any collaboration between people like him and their ‘targets’ (or their PR people).

StoneofDestiny · 09/03/2021 08:56

Morgan's face looks like a slapped arse now 😂 Two days of people holding a mirror up to his trashy style of 'journalism'. If he's to stay on the programme he needs a better co presenter who can challenge and confront his opinions.

MummieNiamh · 09/03/2021 08:57

Piers is only peeved off as he was friends with Megan and she now is no longer in contact with him.

Sparklingbrook · 09/03/2021 08:59

Is it now time for LK? Talk about one extreme to another she fawns over everyone. I have no idea why she still has this show.

Disclaimer-I have loads of housework to so but zero motivation.

JemimaTab · 09/03/2021 09:05

I do find it very uncomfortable to watch when he lays into Meghan. He’s lost all perspective and is practically frothing at the mouth. It’s incredibly unpleasant.

Quartz2208 · 09/03/2021 09:08

The problem GMB have is they have two (Piers Morgan and then Thomas Markle) privileged white men saying that it couldnt possibly be a racist comment. Piers Morgan actually took Thomas Markle saying that as being further support for his opinion

How on earth would they know - they have absolutely no idea what it is like to what in others peoples shoes.

He has gone too far - he has been obsessed with her for awhile but this has clearly brought it all to the fore.

Fuckadoodledoooo · 09/03/2021 09:10

I don't really know who that other chap is (only have it on in the background usually), but good on him.

Probably fucked his TV career though.