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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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Sparklingbrook · 09/03/2021 12:30

@GetOffYourHighHorse

He is such a ridiculous man. Imagine if any of the guests he rants at did the same 🙄. Why doesn't he develop his debating skills?! it seems they aim for the Jeremy Kyle style shouty audience.
I think that's what the audience wants. It reminds me of AIBU, everyone reading then complaining about all the meanies on here it but still reading it...
HmmmmmmInteresting · 09/03/2021 12:33

@GetOffYourHighHorse

He is such a ridiculous man. Imagine if any of the guests he rants at did the same 🙄. Why doesn't he develop his debating skills?! it seems they aim for the Jeremy Kyle style shouty audience.
A guest did yesterday:

twitter.com/AprilDRyan/status/1369115770668646406

Enjoy!

iMatter · 09/03/2021 12:33

One would hope this was the beginning of the end of Morgan but as it's all about ratings then I guess not.

Agree with a pp about Reid.

She really needs to stop simpering over him and getting faux angry with him. He needs calling out by everyone in that team.

She's part of the team.

HmmmmmmInteresting · 09/03/2021 12:38

@iMatter

One would hope this was the beginning of the end of Morgan but as it's all about ratings then I guess not.

Agree with a pp about Reid.

She really needs to stop simpering over him and getting faux angry with him. He needs calling out by everyone in that team.

She's part of the team.

WRT Reid, somebody said this on another thread and it is so true that it needs to be repeated:

I've seen her push back with more oomf when Piers was having his tirades about vegan sausage rolls than her feeble non-attempts today to save face.

Susanna is the colleague that watches you treated unjustly while silently watching then tries to hug you in the break room at lunch saying useless platitudes like "we aren't all like that" and "just ignore him"

Roussette · 09/03/2021 12:43

HmmmmmmInteresting

Thank you for that link to what April Ryan said. She is a star and I'm a huge fan of hers.

As for 'the Sussex woman* comment. How insulting. And it means that anything you say is put in the context of derogatory shite if you can't even call someone by their name.

Roussette · 09/03/2021 12:45

Susannah Reid is complicit. She just smiles and nods.

It is heaven to see Morgan getting a right drubbing on Twitter. Enjoy Piers!

GetOffYourHighHorse · 09/03/2021 12:49

'Agree with a pp about Reid. She really needs to stop simpering over him and getting faux angry with him. He needs calling out by everyone in that team.'

I am astonished that Reid colludes in it. Guests can be challenged and questioned without the mocking and ridicule.

KarensChoppyBob · 09/03/2021 13:08

Why can't he be "cancelled" on Twitter? Far better people have been.

Even if it was a stunt I do believe it will end up biting him on the arse.

Sparklingbrook · 09/03/2021 13:12

@KarensChoppyBob

Why can't he be "cancelled" on Twitter? Far better people have been.

Even if it was a stunt I do believe it will end up biting him on the arse.

Wouldn't you have to break Twitter rules to get deleted from Twitter?

Disclaimer-never had or intend to have Twitter so bit clueless, don't know what the rules are even.

KarensChoppyBob · 09/03/2021 13:12

Ha ha no clue sparkling and I'm on there so should know better.

Sparklingbrook · 09/03/2021 13:14

@KarensChoppyBob

Ha ha no clue sparkling and I'm on there so should know better.
Grin We'll never know.
Judashascomeintosomemoney · 09/03/2021 13:16

Jesus Christ, I accidentally turned this on this morning as I was getting ready. Why is everyone so bloody shouty? Morgan shouts so I guess the others all have to shout to be heard over him. I switched off after about a minute. I have to be eased gently in to the morning. Don’t know how anyone can watch it.

Lampzade · 09/03/2021 13:20

@Sparklingbrook

He thought he'd be on the inside with the latest in their lives and couldn't handle it when that didn't happen

But when he first met MM she wasn't with PH, that's the bit I don't get. I don't know what he would have gained from befriending an American actress that not many people in the UK had heard of. They didn't have contact after she met PH.

Simple answer- he fancied her.
Sparklingbrook · 09/03/2021 13:23

Simple answer- he fancied her.

That would be the logical thought but he got married in 2010 and didn't meet MM until 2016. I mean, ok he might have wanted an affair with her and leave his wife for her. But surely if that was the case he wouldn't be still going on about it 5 years later. Confused

SpiceRat · 09/03/2021 13:27

Between his bile towards MM and the abhorrent comments he made towards Charlotte Hawkins and her dress this morning I would really hope ITV would see sense and sack the misogynistic, sexist, racist, arrogant fat prick.

Lampzade · 09/03/2021 13:28

@Sparklingbrook

Simple answer- he fancied her.

That would be the logical thought but he got married in 2010 and didn't meet MM until 2016. I mean, ok he might have wanted an affair with her and leave his wife for her. But surely if that was the case he wouldn't be still going on about it 5 years later. Confused

I know that he is married..,,
Sparklingbrook · 09/03/2021 13:29

I know that he is married..,,

Not sure what you mean.

Janegrey333 · 09/03/2021 13:29

Piers often speaks the truth. Annoyingly. Credit where it’s due.

The weather person had no business to pipe up; he should stick to forecasting the weather accurately - if possible.

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Sparklingbrook · 09/03/2021 13:33

Aye because no man has ever gone on a personal tirade because they've been rejected have they?

You've misunderstood what I was trying to say by the sound of it so no need for the Hmm. All I meant was that he's still married to CW-more looking at it from her point of view maybe. If he tried it on and MM rejected him etc

Mooda · 09/03/2021 13:34

Why does ITV exist? To make money. How do they do that? By selling advertising. How do they maximise that? Number of viewers. How do they increase viewers? In the case of GMB, faux news and bullshit controversy. If you watch, you're complicit. By all means feed the beast, but when you give them your eyes you're part of the problem.

Roussette · 09/03/2021 13:35

This tells you all you need to know... Piers talks about meeting MM. And her ghosting him.
Hardly surprising as he's as leaky as a colander

He felt thwarted. So then spends years obsessively stalking her.

Lampzade · 09/03/2021 13:36

@Sparklingbrook

I know that he is married..,,

Not sure what you mean.

Lol He was probably flattered that a young, beautiful actress gave him the time of day. He was a fan of Suits and they were in touch on Twitter When she came to London they met up at a pub and had a drink. She started dating Harry. Piers was praising her on GMB saying that Meghan was beautiful, intelligent and would be a great addition to the Royal Family. Piers presumably believed that he and Meghan were ‘besties’ and he would have access to her. When she cut him off ( presumably because she was advised to) Piers got in his feelings and has spent years trying to destroy her
SmallPrawnEnergy · 09/03/2021 13:38

@Janegrey333

Piers often speaks the truth. Annoyingly. Credit where it’s due.

The weather person had no business to pipe up; he should stick to forecasting the weather accurately - if possible.

Pipe up? They were all airing their views, it's not like he burst onto the set and demanded air time to speak on the subject. Alex expressed his views in an articulate manner and astutely pulled PM up on his disgusting behaviour. Instead of using what little brain cells he has to form a reasoned argument back, he threw a toddler tantrum. If PM can't hold his ground against a lowly 'weatherman' then maybe he should find a new career.

But his MO isn't reasoned debate, it's bully boy tactics, shouting and looking like he's about to burst a blood vessel.

Sparklingbrook · 09/03/2021 13:39

Oh right @Lampzade, so he may not have fancied her after all. Just wanted to be friends?
I think she got the last laugh, and he needs to let it go. Grin

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