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Donald Trump criticized Piers Morgan for the way he lost his job in British TV last year, according to audio of their controversial interview obtained by DailyMail.com, saying he should not have clashed with a weatherman during an on-air row about Meghan Markle.
A 30-second trailer for Morgan’s new program shows Trump apparently storming out of the interview. But the former president’s aides say it was deceptively edited to create the impression that their good natured meeting ended on a sour note. And an audio clip from their exchange even shows Trump saying he thought Morgan should have handled things differently when he came under fire for publicly criticizing Markle.
The new show is entitled Piers Morgan Uncensored. ‘I chose the title because I last my lost job, at the Good Morning Britain show,’ said Morgan in the exchange.’ Trump answered: ‘I thought you overreacted by the way.’ Morgan responds: ‘Well, I’ll tell you what happened,’ but Trump cuts him off, accusing him of punching down. ‘The guy was a stiff.’
Morgan stormed off the set of Good Morning Britain last year after a dispute in which he said he did not ‘believe a word’ of Meghan’s claims about the Royal Family in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Weatherman Alex Beresford attracted his anger after saying: ‘I understand you’ve got a personal relationship with Meghan Markle, or had one, and she cut you off. She’s entitled to cut you off if she wants to.’
Continuing to criticize Piers and suggesting he ‘wouldn’t have attacked the weatherman’ the way the British journalist did, Trump also noted that he had never been a fan of Markle. ‘I think poor Harry is being led around by his nose,’ he said. ‘And I think he’s an embarrassment. And I think when she spoke badly of the royal family – particularly the queen – you know I met the Queen?’ He then describes how he was meant to meet the Queen for 20 minutes.
‘For this young woman to go out and criticize her, and really knock the hell out of her … I thought that was so disrespectful.’ Morgan responded: ‘I felt genuinely furious.’ ‘Well I thought you were right about these things,’ said Trump. ‘I just didn’t like the way you handled it. Is that OK?’ Pictured: Trump with the Queen in 2019.
A source close to Trump said the former president was unimpressed with his latest meeting with Morgan. ‘Piers Morgan used an interview with President Trump to whine about being fired, and then Trump mocked him for it,’ said the source. ‘The show’s called “Piers Morgan Uncensored” according to Piers, but it obviously isn’t unedited.’
Audio obtained by DailyMail.com reveals that rather than storming off set, the two men ended their interview in cordial style after more than an hour. ‘That was a great interview,’ said Morgan. ‘Thank you very much.’
His full interview with Trump will air on the premiere episode of ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ on April 25 and will be played on Fox Nation in the US, Talk TV in the UK, and Sky News Australia.
Source: DailyMail
