PIERS Morgan has hit out at his old bosses at ITV – joking that a passage in his book where he spoke about how strong they were had aged badly.
The 55-year-old star had praised them as “strong-minded employers who refuse to bow to the mob”.
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He posted a highlighted passage from Wake Up saying: “This entry from my book aged like a bottle of corked Liebfraumilch..
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It read: “Cancel culture is not about whether obvious racists should be given platforms.
“It’s about potentially seeing your life and career turned upside down for expressing opinions that the woke brigade won’t like, about anything.
“I’m lucky in that that although there have been repeated attempts to ‘cancel’ me, including petitions to have me sacked, I’ve survived because I have strong-minded employers who refuse to bow to the mob.”
He added that he also has “a powerful TV, newspaper column and social media platform to fight fire with fire”.
Piers dramatically quit Good Morning Britain last week rather than apologise for his remarks about Meghan Markle.
It came after a clash with co-star Alex Beresford live on air that resulted in Piers marching off the set of the ITV show.
The 40-year-old had accused him of “trashing” Meghan Markle after he said he didn’t believe the she had suffered suicidal thoughts while a royal.
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