Piers Morgan didn’t hold back as he hit back at a demand made by the woman alleged to be “real” Martha from Baby Reindeer.
The former Good Morning Britain host, 59, interviewed Fiona Harvey for his YouTube Uncensored show, where she made a few bombshell claims about the Netlix series After the interview was released, it was reported that the the lawyer got paid £250 for her appearance.
She has since come out to demand more money for the interview, which has garnered over 11 million views. “I have not signed a contract for the interview and I will be seeking far more than a piddling £250,” she recently said to the Daily Record. “I’d settle for a million.”
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Piers responded to Fiona’s demand during his appearance on Lorraine, telling Lorraine Kelly: “No, she’s not going to get a million pounds. What she wants is an agent. We gave her same amount we give I would say 95% of all our guests. We don’t discuss terms but we paid for her to have a nice haircut and I think we performed our duty of care and we’ve stayed in touch with her since.”
Piers confirmed on Monday (May 13) that he’d be returning to ITV. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, he penned at the time: “UPDATE: I’m returning to ITV mornings! Well, for ten minutes anyway. I’ll be giving my first interview about our @PiersUncensored Baby Reindeer scoop to BAFTA queen @reallorraine tomorrow morning. I may or may not wear a kilt.”
Piers hosted GMB alongside Susanna Reid from 2015 until 2021, when he quit the ITV show following an argument with co-star Alex Beresford. Piers had stormed off the set of Good Morning Britain after being challenged over his comments about Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, having said that he didn’t “believe” she was suicidal during her pregnancy with Prince Archie.
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His comments resulted in Ofcom receiving over 40,000 complaints over the episode and after failing to apologise, he left the show. ITV said in a statement back in March 2021: “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.”
The former newspaper editor went onto join Talk TV, launching his own show Piers Morgan Uncensored with the network. Earlier this year, the show left TalkTV and moved to YouTube after the network became a streaming service. When Good Morning Britain celebrated its 10th anniversary earlier this year, Piers took to X to mark the occasion.
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He wrote: “Happy 10th anniversary to Good Morning Britain. I spent five fun, eventful years there, and loved every minute. “He’s a picture of me on my first (April 13, 2015) and last (March 9, 2021) day… divorce is never easy!” The post included a photo of him storming off the GMB set following his argument with Alex.
Lorraine airs weekdays from 9am on ITV1 and ITVX
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