Aimee Walker
Piers Morgan has posted a farewell tweet from his Good Morning Britain office, weeks after he quit his job over the controversial comments he made about Meghan Markle.
The 55-year-old, who worked on the daytime TV show for five years, shared a photo of all of his belongings packed up in boxes and joked that he would be leaving his cardboard cutout of former co-host Susanna Reid behind.
Taking to Twitter, he wrote: “Goodbye, Good Morning Britain!
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“I think I’ll leave the cardboard cut-out, would be a bit creepy to take that home…”
Morgan caused outrage when he told viewers he ‘didn’t believe a word’ of the Duchess of Sussex’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, despite the fact she had opened up about feeling suicidal when she was pregnant with her first child.
He ranted: “I’m sorry, I don’t believe a word she said.
“Who did you go to? What did they say to you? I wouldn’t believe it if she read me a weather report.”
Watch as Piers Morgan storms off the Good Morning Britain set after a row about Meghan Markle…
Ofcom has confirmed that over 41,000 complaints were made about his remarks.
Following the incident, an ITV spokesperson confirmed in a statement that Morgan would not be returning to the show.
It read: “Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain.
“ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add.”
Since leaving the programme, three separate petitions have been launched, urging producers to bring back the TV personality.
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