PIERS Morgan returned to Good Morning Britain today as the breakfast show promoted his Life Stories series.
The 56-year-old presenter’s bombshell chat with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will air on ITV this evening, and his old stomping ground were happy to plug the episode.
Today’s hosts, Adil Ray and Ranvir Singh, discussed the show alongside their news experts, and even showed a preview clip.
Introducing the video, Adil told viewers: “Yesterday we talked about how politicians need to have a bit more personality, open up a little bit.
“Keir Starmer has done something pretty extraordinary, unprecedented in many ways, he’s spoken to Piers Morgan in Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.
“Piers does this very well, and we know he’s had some great moments with some very interesting guests – let’s watch a clip from the show.”
The panel then debated the benefits of Keir speaking out so publicly about his personal life as they encouraged viewers to tune in tonight.
It comes after Piers exclusively told The Celeb Report that producers are desperate for him to return to the breakfast show due to its plummeting ratings.
Piers sensationally quit Good Morning Britain back in March after refusing to apologise for comments made about Meghan Markle.
And just minutes before the Life Stories plug, Adil appeared to take a thinly-veiled swipe at his former co-star.
Discussing Naomi Osaka’s decision to withdraw from press conferences because of the toll they take on her mental health, Adil said: “The debate has come once again [because of] our attitude to mental health.
“And I just find it despicable how some people can just trash somebody when they say they have mental health issues.”
The breakfast show then cut to a local news report.
Piers was among Naomi’s critics yesterday, branding her “an arrogant spoiled brat” as he called into question the validity of her mental health issues.
He also accused the Duchess of Sussex of lying about being suicidal during her and Prince Harry’s bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview in March.
And at the weekend, Piers told The Celeb Report that young people need to toughen up and stop claiming they have mental health issues in an exclusive interview.
He insisted that while he is incredibly sympathetic to those genuinely suffering, many people feign mental illness over things that are “just life”.
Piers ranted at the time: “I strongly believe those who need help should get help. What I don’t believe is that 37 million people in this country are mentally ill, which is what reports are saying.
“We are encouraging a generation of young people to think that normal life stuff is actually mental illness.
“That grief, which everyone has to go through, or anxiety – which everyone gets at some stage over exams or boyfriends or girlfriends, or taking your driving test – this is normal life stuff.”
Piers went on: “Kids need to be more mentally strong and resilient about normal life stuff. And this will allow more time and money to go into helping people with genuine mental illness.
“I have a real issue with the way the mental health issue is being conducted – the numbers go up every year. Nearly every young person has been led to believe they’ve got a mental illness.
“The more we talk about it, the more mental health cases we get. And I certainly don’t like it as an excuse to make people lose their jobs because someone has been telling porky pies…”
