Piers Morgan says he’ll miss his GMB co-stars and takes final swipe at BBC Breakfast over ratings in emotional tweet
PIERS Morgan has said he will miss his Good Morning Britain co-workers following his sudden departure. In an emotional tweet, the 55-year-old also took one final swipe at BBC Breakfast after beating them in a six-year ratings battle. Piers wrote: “I had one goal when I joined @GMB – beat @BBCBreakfast in the ratings. On […]
PIERS Morgan has said he will miss his Good Morning Britain co-workers following his sudden departure.
In an emotional tweet, the 55-year-old also took one final swipe at BBC Breakfast after beating them in a six-year ratings battle.
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Piers wrote: “I had one goal when I joined @GMB – beat @BBCBreakfast in the ratings. On my last day, we did it.
“That was down to the hard work & dedication of the whole team.
“They don’t all agree with me, some don’t even like me, but we were a team..and we won. Thanks guys. I’ll miss you.”
His final day on Good Morning Britain saw Piers storm off set in a tense argument with the show’s weatherman Alex Beresford over Meghan Markle.
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Piers was slammed as “diabolical” in the clash over his reaction to the ex-actress’ claims she contemplated suicide and was racially abused by the Royal Family.
Alex, 40, hit a nerve when he said that Piers’ issue with Meghan was off the back of his personal grudge after she only met him for one drink before allegedly “cutting him off”.
At the time he insisted he “respected” his co-star and wasn’t accusing Piers of being racist. He later wrote on Twitter to say he couldn’t “sit on the fence” on such sensitive issues as he thanked fans for their support.
Senior execs told Piers to say sorry on air after Meghan made a complaint to ITV.
But Piers said he was not willing to apologise, and walked – bringing an immediate end to his six-year stint on the morning show.
Despite losing his job following his dramatic last day on Good Morning Britain, Piers is celebrating beating BBC Breakfast in the ratings for the first time in history.
The star has had a long-running feud with the rival show, and regularly clashes with host Dan Walker on social media as they compete for ratings.
He had earlier been taunted by Dan, who said: “Sorry to hear the news about your departure from GMB @piersmorgan If you’d like to come on the UK’s number 1 breakfast show to talk about it… we could make some space for you in the morning”
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But proud Piers wrote: “My work is done.”
Piers’ fans now wait with baited breath to find out when he’ll be back on telly.
Yesterday he was “offered a job live on air” by Andrew Neil who says he’d be “huge asset” to GB News “if he’s up for it”.