"I learned that I have a very thick skin," David Letterman says. "It's not about how many punches you can throw, it's how many you can take and get back up." He was for gun control after Sandy Hook but turned on Alex Jones when he said they'd staged the whole thing. CNN didn't renew his contract because of ratings; some say this is what happened.
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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