I was on the Tuesday when our deputy standing weather guy decided to try and take me down on TV. And that's entirely his prerogative. But I did object to it coming from one of my own team in the way that it was delivered. So I thought I'd better go and have a little calm down. Then I came back, finished the show. Actually had a pretty good show that day. We then had record ratings, highest ever ratings for the show for that Monday. Most British people agreed with my opinions. Yet here was a media company telling me I wasn't entitled to have my opinion. It's just you should be allowed to express your opinion.
What’s more toxic: Tabloids or Twitter? Piers Morgan may know – the outsized personality has been an outsized influence in both spheres for decades, since his start as show business editor at Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun.
In this interview, Morgan discusses his rise – and stumbles – and the return to Murdochland, where he now hosts the Fox Nation show, “Piers Morgan Uncensored.” We tackle characters with whom Morgan has beefed — from Donald Trump to Meghan Markle. And Kara asks Morgan, who is famous for stirring up debate, what part of him is authentic and what’s performance. “I think that when expressing my strongly held opinions, there's always a bit of theater to it.”
You can find Kara Swisher and Nayeema Raza on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema.
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