Piers Morgan says he is the last victim of the cancellation culture after his departure from ‘Good Morning Britain’ because he said he did not believe Meghan Markle.
“Those who know me well enough know that, despite my many mistakes, I am always willing to stand up for my husband for the things that I think are most important,” he wrote in a long social media comment on Friday. and added that his opposition to the war in Iraq and his views on U.S. gun laws have led to previous terminations by the Daily Mirror and CNN.
“And now I lost my job at Good Morning Britain because I chose not to apologize because I did not believe Meghan Markle’s allegations in her interview with Oprah Winfrey,” he added.
Morgan, who has a well-documented thorny relationship with the Duchess of Sussex, doubles his comments about his disbelief over Markle’s allegations of racism and suicidal thoughts, a day after he left the ITV show. Although he referred to himself as a ‘victim’, he maintained that he was not.
“So I have become the latest ‘victim’ of the cancellation culture that pervades our country, every minute, every hour, every day,” he wrote. “Even though, of course, I do not consider myself a victim, or a fact that I have been canceled.”
Morgan, 55, emphasized the importance of freedom of speech and called it the most important issue of his career and British society. Such a freedom enabled him to twist his message to promote his book “Wake Up” on Amazon.
“As I said when I left GMB, the right to freedom of speech is a hill worth dying for,” he concluded. “… It is not merely an act of defiance, but a commitment to our collective future.”