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Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan is an English broadcaster, journalist, television personality, and writer. He began his career in 1988 at the tabloid The Sun. In 1994, at the age of 29, he was appointed editor of the News of the World by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest editor of a British national newspaper in more than half a century. From 1995 Morgan edited the Daily Mirror, but was fired…
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Born 30 March 1965 · Q557758
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“s owners, Quantum, with the financial backing of Matthew Freud, the public relations guru and son-in-law of Rupert Murdoch, and the deal is due to be signed next week. Sources have confirmed that Mr Freud is one of the main backers of Mr Morgan”
“completely and grotesquely wrong”
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“treated with dignity, respect and empathy”
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On 18 January 2026, Morgan posted to Instagram that he had fallen in a London restaurant, breaking his femoral neck, which necessitated hip replacement surgery.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “The viral audio clip claims Piers Morgan praised India for its strength against the West, suggesting it is a genuine commentary by him.” False.
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The Quint rated the claim “a viral video features Piers Morgan allegedly saying “the West cannot defeat India, militarily, culturally, ideologically, or economically"” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “In June 2025, English broadcaster Piers Morgan and Scottish singer Susan Boyle were engaged and planning to get married.” False.
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AAP rated the claim “Scott Morrison met with TV presenter Piers Morgan while Brisbane was under water due to flooding.” False. The prime minister met Piers Morgan on February 24, before Brisbane had suffered major flooding..
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Piers Morgan interviewed Dr. Barbara O'Neill about a revolutionary diabetes treatment” AI Voice-Over.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Video shows a “Piers Morgan Uncensored” segment about a remedy that “cures diabetes in two to three weeks.”” False.
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USA Today rated the claim “Piers Morgan said he developed ‘VAIDS’ after receiving COVID-19 vaccine” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Vaccinated Piers Morgan Reveals He Has VAIDS - Blames Non-Vaxxed” He Didn't Say.
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Morgan said the Republican Party needed the "winner" Ron DeSantis, not the "political suicide bomber" Trump after an interview where DeSantis expressed his confidence that he would beat Joe Biden in the general election
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fact checker rated the claim “Manchester Uniteds manager,Erik Ten Hag, responded to the statements made by Cristiano Ronald during his interview with Piers Morgan.” fake.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “In an interview with Piers Morgan, Cristiano Ronaldo expresses regret after leaving Real Madrid.” False.
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“No question. I never thought he was capable of this.”
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With Morgan being the first name signed up
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Snopes rated the claim “In March 2021, Jameela Jamil said "I almost killed myself a year ago" due to the effects of a bitter dispute with Piers Morgan.” Correct Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “British media personality Piers Morgan penned a scathing open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, marking the end of their years-long friendship.” Correct Attribution.
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Morgan described them as being "the two most spoiled brats in history"
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“s state visit to the United Kingdom in June 2019, Morgan once again interviewed Trump, this time at the Churchill War Rooms. In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Morgan wrote a highly critical article of Trump”
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Cleese told Radio Times: "I always thought he was an awful creep [
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Ofcom received 70 complaints in relation to comments made by Morgan during an interview with the Christian magistrate Richard Page about gay marriage, comments that viewers felt "implied Christians were homophobic"
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The former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson labelled Morgan an "incredibly pompous individual"
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Cleese stated that he "truly detested" Morgan and had avoided him in a restaurant
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Morgan was criticised by Ofcom for laughing as a guest repeatedly used the word 'fucking' live on air
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“a British guy debating American cultural issues, including guns, which has been very polarizing, and there is no doubt that there are many in the audience who are tired of me banging on about it.”
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Became the first editor-at-large of the MailOnline website's American operation
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“The Jimmy Savile scandal grows more horrific by the minute [...] I never met him... (Mail on Sunday column October 2012)”
“Kelsey Grammer saw a photo of his ex-wife Camille in the open of our show and legged it.”
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Following the revelation of Jimmy Savile's sexual abuse against children, Morgan said he had "never met" Savile in his lifetime, contradicting a 2009 piece he wrote in The Mail on Sunday's Night & Day magazine saying tha
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Morgan denied having ever hacked a phone and stated that he had not, "to [his] knowledge published any story obtained from the hacking of a phone"
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When Morgan visited Las Vegas in one episode
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Morgan also began hosting Piers Morgan's Life Stories on ITV, with Sharon Osbourne as the subject of the first episode
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Morgan won The Celebrity Apprentice, appearing with the future United States president Donald Trump
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Morgan signed a two-year "golden handcuffs" deal with ITV in May, reportedly worth £2 million per year
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In 2007, Morgan was filmed falling off a Segway, breaking three ribs.
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To raise money for the BBC charity telethon Comic Relief
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Morgan appeared as a judge for the second season of America's Got Talent and also appeared as a judge on Britain's Got Talent on ITV with Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell
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Morgan was filmed falling off a Segway, breaking three ribs
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“[On the fake photos of British troops abusing Iraqi prisoners for which he was fired as editor of the Mirror] I refused to apologize or accept that we had necessarily been duped. I still don’t accept it — I’ve never seen the evidence”
“As I've said before, I’m ashamed of some of the inappropriate language I used in The Sun thirty years ago about gay stars. They were different times, but that’s no excuse – it was offensive, it was wrong, and I apologise for it.”
Cleared Morgan of any charges
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In a Mirror headline after the former US president George W
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Morgan published a story concerning the affair of Sven-Göran Eriksson and Ulrika Jonsson while knowing it to have been obtained by phone hacking
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Eschewing the more trivial stories of show-business and gossip, and appointed Christopher Hitchens as a columnist, but sales declined
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After Suzy Jagger wrote an article for The Daily Telegraph revealing that he had bought £20,000 worth of shares in the computer company Viglen soon before the Mirror's "City Slickers" column tipped Viglen as a good buy
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Shortly after publishing photographs of Catherine Victoria Lockwood, then wife of Charles, Earl Spencer, leaving an addictive disorders clinic in Surrey
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Career landmark: newspaper editor (1995–2004).
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Career landmark: newspaper editor (1994–1995).
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At the age of 29, he was appointed editor of the News of the World by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest editor of a British national newspaper in more than half a century
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At this point dropping his double-barrelled name
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Studied at Harlow College (1981–1985).
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Studied at Chailey School (1978–1981).
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Studied at Priory School (1972–1978).
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Studied at Chailey School (1972).
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Born 1965-03-30.
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