‘Good Morning Britain’ host Susanna Reid addresses Piers Morgan live

“Good Morning Britain” presenter Susanna Reid on Wednesday addressed the departure of her controversial former co-host, Piers Morgan.

Reid opened the show by acknowledging Morgan’s story of making controversial comments on the air.

“Now, Piers and I disagree on a lot of things, and that dynamic was one of the things viewers loved about the show,” he said. “He is, without a doubt, a frank, challenging, opinionated and disturbing broadcaster. He has a lot of critics and a lot of fans. “

Reid referred to Piers’ latest attacks on “Good Morning Britain”, in which he dismissed Meghan Markle’s experience dealing with racism as a member of the royal family and questioned the revelation in her interview with Oprah Winfrey. who had contemplated suicide during her time as a royal worker.

“You all know I didn’t agree with him about Meghan’s interview, he himself clarified his comments about his mental health on the show yesterday,” she said. “There are a lot of voices on ‘GMB’ and everyone has their say. But now Piers has decided to leave the show. Some of you will be able to cheer and others will boo.”

Morgan, who has frequently used his “Good Morning Britain” position and his Twitter platform to attack the Duchess of Sussex, received widespread reaction earlier this week after discussing his interview with Winfrey on Monday. saying, “I’m sorry, no. Don’t believe me a word that says …”

“I wouldn’t believe it if you read me the weather report,” he added.

Apparently, Morgan tried to clarify his positions on the program the next day by noting that he believes mental illness and suicide problems should “be taken extremely seriously.“But he prefaced that thought by saying that he ‘generally’ didn’t believe what Meghan said during Prince Harry’s session with Winfrey on Sunday night. ‘ Double down in this position on Twitter.)

Meghan’s relentless critic also attacked the “Good Morning Britain” show during Tuesday’s show after weather presenter Alex Beresford called him to be the duchess.

British television channel ITV announced Morgan’s departure later on Tuesday, claiming that Ofcom, the UK’s telecommunications watchdog, had received more than 41,000 complaints about Morgan’s comments about Meghan.

On Wednesday, several media outlets reported that someone on behalf of the duchess had formally complained to ITV that Morgan’s comments could affect viewers facing mental health struggles.

Later in Wednesday’s “Good Morning Britain” segment, Reid noted that she had worked as a presenter alongside Morgan for more than five years.

“It will definitely be very different,” he said. “But the shows go on, and so on.”