Piers Morgan Vile comment Meghan Markle sets new record for complaints

Piers Morgan’s unscrupulous ingenuity has now officially broken the record. The UK Communications Office, also known as Ofcom, received a record number of complaints in 2021, Limit line reports — and a third of them were about Morgan’s vile response to Meghan Markle’s Oprah Winfrey interview.

Deadline reports that complaints regarding Morgan have caused this year to spike. Specifically, viewers complained about his comments after Markle revealed to Oprah that she had had suicidal thoughts as she got used to the regal life and faced racism from all sides. . Shortly after the interview aired in March, Morgan appeared on Good morning England, said, “I don’t believe what she says, Meghan Markle. I wouldn’t believe her if she read me a weather bulletin.”

Of the more than 150,000 complaints Ofcom received this year, 54,595 involved Morgan’s comments about Markle – making the episode the most complained about episode of the year. Markle’s original Oprah interview, Deadline notes, is fourth on the list with just under 6,500 complaints.

Morgan’s comments caused a firestorm almost immediately after they aired in March. His colleague, weatherman Alex Beresford, made his incessant phone calls — and the seemingly personal motivations behind them — aired in a The viral episode immediately ended with Morgan causing a storm set during filming and then quit.

Beresford noted Morgan’s assertion that Markle had “ghosted” him years ago after they went out drinking together, shortly before she met Prince Harry.

“I understand that you don’t like Meghan Markle,” Beresford said at the time. “You’ve made that clear so many times on this show. Sometimes. And I understand that you had a personal relationship with Meghan Markle, or had a relationship, and she broke off with you. She has the right to cut you off if she wants to. Has she said anything about you since she cut you off? I don’t think she has, but you keep throwing her away. “

At first, Morgan appeared unconcerned about his newfound unemployment. The day after the game hissed in the air, he tweeted, “On Monday, I said I don’t trust Meghan Markle in her Oprah interview. I’ve had time to think about this idea, and I haven’t yet. If you did, OK. Freedom of speech is the hill I’m glad to die on. Thanks for all the love and hate. I would like to spend more time on my comments. ”

However, in September, Morgan asks her job back after Ofcom ruling that his comment doesn’t break the broadcast code. “While we acknowledge that Mr. Morgan’s questions about the nature of racism are likely to be offensive to some viewers, the conversations about race and racism on the show This provided open debate on the issues raised by the interview,” the office said in the statement. “Despite the strong opinions expressed throughout the show, in Ofcom’s view any potential infringement is justified by context.”

“Restricting such views would, in our view, be an unwarranted and appalling restriction on the freedom of expression of both broadcasters and audiences,” the office added.

Morgan celebrated Ofcom’s decision in a column dedicated to Daily mail, called it “a resounding victory for free speech” in an “awakened age of devastation”. He claims that in the months after he refused to apologize for his comments and instead quit his job, some of Markle’s comments to Oprah were proven false. (Representatives for Markle did not respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment at the time.)

“Only one question remains: does this mean I get my job back?” Morgan wrote.

The answer, obviously, is a resounding “no”. But earlier this month, Morgan found a platform that seemed far more suitable for his particular brand of crypto—he will be hosting a show on Fox News soon. Morgan promises his show will be a “fearless forum for heated debate” that “celebrates everyone’s right to an opinion” — which, in this writer’s opinion, I have had a headache listening.