Broadcaster and journalst Piers Morgan will be leaving Good Morning Britain, ITV announced in a statement on Tuesday.
"Following discussios with ITV," the statement says, "Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain."
BREAKING: ITV announces Pier Morgan to leave GMB after his reaction to #MeghanandHarryonOprah interview draws over 40,000 Ofcom complaints: pic.twitter.com/77HZ75f30i
— Vincent McAviney (@VinnyMcAv) March 9, 2021
"ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add," the statement said.
Earlier Tuesday morning, Morgan walked off the set of Good Morning Britain after co-host Alex Beresford defended Harry and Meghan following their interview with Oprah.
Morgan had been hyper-critical of the couple both on the program and on Twitter.
Piers Morgan just walked off the Good Morning Britain set (!!!) after co-presenter Alex Beresford defended Harry and Meghan and condemned Piers' treatment of them in yesterday's programming pic.twitter.com/mH75J8ND4O
— Chris Rickett (@chrisrickett) March 9, 2021
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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