Thousands of people have signed petitions today demanding Piers Morgan returns to Good Morning Britain.
Three separate online campaigns are urging bosses to offer the journalist his job back in the wake of his dramatic exit last night.
One – called ‘Bring Back Piers Morgan!‘ – accused the channel of treating him ‘appallingly’.
Another, titled ‘Keep Piers Morgan on GMB for his common sense approach to life‘, had more than 75,000 signatures.
And a third, signed by more than 35,000 people, described getting him sacked as ‘an absolute farce’.
There has also been an outpouring of support on social media as viewers lament his loss from the show – and vow to stop watching it from now on.
Mr Morgan is understood to have been ordered to apologise – but he refused and quit, instead saying he had the right to tell viewers his ‘honestly held opinions’ and declaring: ‘Freedom of speech is a hill I’m happy to die on’.
Standing firm today, he told reporters outside his West London home: ‘If I have to fall on my sword for expressing an honestly held opinion about Meghan Markle and that diatribe of bilge that she came out with in that interview, so be it.’
His sentiment was echoed by fans, who hit out at ‘woke extremists…trying to silence any dissent or criticism’.
This comes after it emerged Meghan Markle wrote to ITV’s boss to complain about Piers hours before the GMB co-host quit on the day the show scored its highest ever ratings and beat BBC Breakfast.
Elsewhere in the row:
- GMB wins ratings war with BBC Breakfast on Piers Morgan’s last day: ITV’s morning show beat rival for first time with 2.2M peak audience compared to 1.8M;
- Mr Morgan tells critics leaving GMB is just a ‘temporary hibernation’ amid rumours he will be offered a top job at another broadcaster;
- Mail survey reveals public fury at the Sussexes as majority call for Harry and Meghan to be stripped of titles, believe they said the ‘wrong thing at the wrong time’, do not deserve to be funded and have damaged…
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