'Good Morning Britain' Host Susanna Reid Addresses Piers Morgan's Exit On-Air

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid addressed the departure of her controversial former co-host, Piers Morgan , during an on-air segment of the show on Wednesday.

Reid opened the show by acknowledging Morgans history of making contentious remarks on-air.

Now Piers and I have disagreed on many things, and that dynamic was one of the things that viewers loved about the program, she said. He is, without doubt, an outspoken, challenging, opinionated, disruptive broadcaster. He has many critics and he has many fans.

Reid then referenced Piers latest attacks on Good Morning Britain, in which he dismissed Meghan Markles experience dealing with racism as a member of the royal family and cast doubt on the revelation in her interview with Oprah Winfrey that she had contemplated suicide during her time as a working royal.

You all know that I disagreed with him about Meghans interview, he himself clarified his comments about her mental health on the show yesterday, she said. There are many voices on GMB and everyone has their say. But now Piers has decided to leave the program. Some of you may cheer and others will boo.

'Shows go on and so on we go.'

'He has been a voice for many of you and a voice that many of you have railed against.'@susannareid100 speaks about Piers' resignation from GMB. pic.twitter.com/sVTcKMwx8N

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'Shows go on and so on we go.'

'He has been a voice for many of you and a voice that many of you have railed against.'@susannareid100 speaks about Piers' resignation from GMB. pic.twitter.com/sVTcKMwx8N
Good Morning Britain (@GMB) March 10, 2021

Morgan, who has frequently used his Good Morning Britain position and his Twitter platform to attack the Duchess of Sussex , received widespread backlash earlier this week after he discussed her interview with Winfrey on Monday, saying, Im sorry, I dont believe a word she says ...

I wouldnt believe it if she read me the weather report, he added.

Morgan seemingly attempted to clarify his positions on the show the next day by noting that he believes issues of mental illness and suicide should be taken extremely seriously. But he prefaced that thought by maintaining that he generally didnt believe what Meghan said during her and Prince Harry s sit-down with Winfrey on Sunday night. (He has continued to double down on that position on Twitter.)

The relentless Meghan critic also notably stormed off the set of Good Morning Britain during Tuesdays show after weather presenter Alex Beresford called him out over his treatment of The Duchess.