Piers Morgan has once again hit out at Meghan Markle, describing her as “delusional” and accusing her of “exploiting victimhood” following his departure from Good Morning Britain.
The 55-year old left the show after saying on air he didn’t “believe a word” the Duchess of Sussex said, following an interview with Oprah Winfrey in which she opened up about having mental health problems and suicidal thoughts.
Writing in The Mail on Sunday, he suggested he had been forced out his job by an “insidious woke cancel culture” because “questioning Meghan’s fork-tongued ‘truth’ is now a racist hate crime.”
Dismissing accusations of racism, Morgan said he should not be labelled racist simply because he did not believe parts of the interview.
Morgan claimed that his questioning of Meghan’s mental health remarks was “reflective of my general sense of disbelief about the whole interview” and “an honest reaction, not to whether she was feeling suicidal… but to the idea that she was banned from getting treatment.”
He wrote: “We’re supposed to believe Meghan Markle told Palace aides she was suicidal and desperately needed help, but was informed she couldn’t have any because it might be bad for the Royal brand? And if she was suicidal, then why didn’t Harry get her the urgent help she needed?”
Morgan added: “She is just one of many whiny, privileged, hypocritical celebrities who now cynically exploit victimhood to suppress free speech, value their own version of the truth above the actual truth, and seek to cancel anyone that deviates from their woke world view or who dares to challenge the veracity of their inflammatory statements.”
He also claimed that the credibility of the duchess had been eroded by confirmation that she and Harry had not been legally married when they took part in a private ceremony, held three days before their official wedding.
Meghan referred to “getting married” during the secret ceremony in her Oprah interview, though the couple have since clarified it simply was a “private exchange of vows” and not a legal wedding.
Of his exit from GMB, the former Daily Mirror editor recalled: “Kevin Lygo, ITV’s Director of Television, who I’d spoken to several times since yesterday, rang to say we were now ‘on the cliff edge’ and either I apologised, or I would have to leave GMB.”
He added: “I wasn’t going to apologise for disbelieving Meghan Markle, because the truth is that I don’t believe Meghan Markle.”
However, Morgan added that there is “a far bigger issue than one delusional duchess… and that’s everyone’s right to be free to express our honestly held opinions, forcefully and passionately if we feel like it.”
The presenter remained tight-lipped about his future, however, amid reports he is being courted by GB News and Rupert Murdoch’s new conservative TV channel.