Piers Morgan has admitted that he was left bitterly disappointed after switching on the TV the morning following his explosive Good Morning Britain exit.
The former GMB presenter, 55, expressed his surprise over “stony-faced” Susanna Reid’s statement about him, which he branded “frosty”.
He also suggested that his ex-wife Marion Shalloe, who is the mother of his three sons, was more supportive and sent him messages overnight.
Piers quit the ITV news programme just hours after storming off set following a confrontation with weatherman Alex Beresford over Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
After it aired in the US on Sunday, Piers became embroiled in a furious rant at Meghan and said that he was “sickened” by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s two-hour “trash-a-thon”.
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Among the accusations, Meghan accused a member of the royal family expressing “concerns” over Archie’s skin colour and said that a lack of support from the Firm left her feeling suicidal.
However, Piers said that he didn’t believe either of Meghan’s claims – sparking fury online as mental health charity Mind blasted his comments.
Piers has also claimed that his colleague Alex messaged him saying that he needed to better understand Meghan’s racism claims, prompting him to invite the weatherman on to discuss the topic.
And Piers has explained how he felt after seeing Susanna on the show following his comments in his first column since his exit for the Daily Mail.
He said: “At 6.30am, I turned on GMB to see what my ‘TV wife’ Susanna would say about our sudden divorce.
“Stony-faced, she read a short, rather frosty statement: Piers and I have disagreed on many things and that dynamic was one of the things viewers loved about the programme.
“‘He is without doubt an outspoken, challenging, opinionated, disruptive broadcaster.
“‘He has many critics, and he has many fans. You will know that I disagreed with him about Meghan’s interview.
“‘He himself clarified his comments about her mental health on the show yesterday. There are many voices on GMB, and everyone has their say.
“‘But now Piers has decided to leave the programme. Some of you may cheer and others will boo.
“‘He has been my presenting partner for more than five years and during Brexit and the pandemic and other issues he has been a voice for many of you, and a voice that many of you have railed against.
“‘It is certainly going to be very different but shows go on and so on we go.’
“Jeez, even my real ex-wife talks more fondly about me than that (and, in fact, did so overnight in a very supportive message).”
However, Piers said that Susanna rang him later on in the week and says she “apologised for the tone of her chilly goodbye”.
He has also said that he “apologised for leaving her in the lurch so suddenly”.
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The former co-hosts have also also agreed to having lunch to celebrate their five years presenting together.
Piers also spoke more openly about his feud with Alex, who he cattily referred to as “GMB’s occasional stand-in weathermen”.
Remarking about Alex’s lecture to him about Meghan on GMB, Piers said: “I don’t mind outside guests trying to make a name for themselves by whacking me like this, but I wasn’t going to sit there and take it from one of my own team, especially someone who I’ve gone out of my way to help whenever he’s asked me for advice about his career.”
He later added that he has had “nice messages from all the other GMB presenters, apart from Alex Beresford”.
*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/piers-morgans-disappointment-over-susanna-23809313