GMB viewers ask ‘where’s Alex Beresford?’ as he ‘goes missing’ from the show after explosive row with Piers Morgan
GOOD Morning Britain viewers have asked “where’s Alex Beresford?” after he ‘went missing’ from the show following his explosive row with Piers Morgan.
Piers, 55, stepped down from GMB on Tuesday following his heated clash with the show’s weatherman Alex over Meghan Markle’s bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview.
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Alex accused Piers of “trashing” the Duchess after he said he didn’t believe the she had suffered suicidal thoughts while a royal.
Since their on-air fallout ITV announced Piers had left the show after six years as anchor but Alex was also notably missing from the GMB line-up on Wednesday and Thursday.
Raising concern over his absence, one viewer asked on Twitter: “Where is Alex Beresford ? #GMB”
One more said: “@GMB if you don’t Bring Back Alex Beresford We’ll have a Riot #GMB”
Another Tweeted: “we want you back to present #GMB please Alex 
”
And one more said: “I hope #GMB don’t put Alex Beresford out to dry, he needs to be supported and kept in the team.”
However, ITV has confirmed to The Sun that Alex wasn’t scheduled to work Wednesday or today.
Alex, who grew up in Bristol, also hosts the weather on ITV West Country.
Since 2005 Alex has been part of the weather team and his responsibilities also stretch across ITV Network Weather and Good Morning Britain.
He’s also presented a number of weather documentaries on Channel 4, and can be seen presenting ITV’s Tonight programme.
On Tuesday’s GMB, Piers pointed out that he had asked for Alex to be on the show due to a “thoughtful text” he’d received from the star.
However, he took issue with Alex making things “personal” in their row – which Alex strongly denied.
Speaking about why he was sticking up for Prince Harry and Meghan on Tuesday Alex said: “They have had an overwhelming amount of negative press.
“I watched the programme yesterday and yes, they had some great press around the wedding but what press is going to trash someone’s special day?
“There was bad press around the engagement, before the engagement, and everything that has followed since has been incredibly damaging, quite clearly to Meghan’s mental health and also to Harry.”
He continued to Piers: “I understand that you don’t like Meghan Markle, you’ve made it so clear a number of times on this programme.
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“I understand you’ve got a personal relationship with Meghan Markle, or had one and she cut you off… She’s entitled to cut you off if she wants to.
“Has she said anything about you since she cut you off? I don’t think she has, but yet you continue to trash her.”
Piers refused to listen, eventually snapping and saying: “I’m not having this” as he stormed off the set.
Alex later liked a tweet about “amateur dramatics” and said on Twitter “I wish. I had the privilege to stay silent“.
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