Piers Morgan has taken a fresh swipe at Meghan Markle as she gives her first interview since her bombshell chat with Oprah Winfrey.
The former Good Morning Britain presenter discussed the Duchess of Sussex’s interview about her children’s book The Bench on Twitter.
He also made it crystal clear to his followers that ITV didn’t get rid of him after his GMB exit and called Meghan, 39, “Princess Pinocchio”.
Piers said that he left the ITV breakfast show because he refused to apologise for saying he didn’t believe the Duchess’ revelations about her mental health.
The TV presenter quit Good Morning Britain after receiving record levels of complaints for doubting Meghan’s admission during her chat with Oprah Winfrey that she considered suicide at the height of racist abuse.
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Responding to a fan on Twitter, Piers said: “ITV didn’t get rid of me. I left GMB because I declined to apologise for disbelieving Princess Pinocchio.”
Referencing his interview with Dame Joan Collins, the father of four added: “But I still work for ITV, as you’ll see tomorrow when my Life Stories show with @Joancollinsdbe airs at 9pm.”
The response came after a follower wrote: “But you’re not being urged to “be gotten rid of” the guy was referencing when ITV got rid of you… which they did! And you go on about virtue signalling!! Give me strength.”
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Meghan gave the interview before the birth of daughter Lilibet and spoke to Samantha Balaban for the NPR Weekend Edition show, Picture This.
The former Suits actress and husband Prince Harry, 36, welcomed little Lili on June 4 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California.
Just four days later, Meghan’s book The Bench – which has gone on to become a No1 New York Times bestseller – was published on June 8.
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The Bench was inspired by a poem which Meghan wrote for Harry for Father’s Day, and the relationship that Harry has with their son Archie, two.
She told Samantha: “I often find, and especially in this past year, I think so many of us realised how much happens in the quiet.
“It was definitely moments like that, watching them from out of the window and watching [my husband] just, you know, rock him to sleep or carry him or, you know … those lived experiences, from my observation, are the things that I infused in this poem.”
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The book also includes a nod to Prince Harry’s Princess Diana in the form of her favourite flower.
However she also made it clear she wants readers to enjoy the book, despite it having so much of her personal thoughts in there.
She said: “It’s a love story. It’s really just about growing with someone and having this deep connection and this trust so that, be at good times or bad, you know that you had this person.
“I really hope that people can see this as a love story that transcends the story of my family.”
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