Piers Morgan left ITV — “Good Morning Britain” this week after about 41k complaints were brought against him following his damaging comments about Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle.
Amongst the complainants is revealed to be Meghan Markle — the accused party in the conversation. ITV News’ royal editor Chris Ship confirmed a formal complaint had been lodged with the television channel on behalf of the Duchess of Sussex.
It’s thought Meghan “raised concerns about how Morgan’s words affect the issue of mental health and what it might do to others contemplating suicide.”
So … the Duchess of Sussex formally filed a complaint to @ITV on Monday.
It’s thought to have been sent to the broadcaster’s CEO.
Meghan raised concerns about how @piersmorgan’s words affect the issue of mental health and what it might do to others contemplating suicide pic.twitter.com/rA09dOQ4GN— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) March 10, 2021
Piers Morgan was criticized for his comments about Meghan after he said: ” I don’t believe a word she says, Meghan Markle. I wouldn’t believe her if she read me a weather report.”
Morgan tried to defend his stand on the earlier domment:
”When we talked about this yesterday, I said an all-encompassing thing: I don’t believe what Meghan Markle is saying generally in this interview and I have serious concerns about the veracity of a lot of what she said. But let me just state my position on mental illness and on suicide.
“On mental illness and suicide, these are clearly extremely serious things and should be taken extremely seriously and if somebody is feeling that way they should get the treatment and the help that they need every time. And if they belong to an institution like the Royal Family they should seek that help and be given it. It’s not for me to question whether she felt suicidal. I wasn’t in her mind and that is for her to say.”
Mental health charity condemned the inflammatory remarks of Piers Morgan while they stood with Meghan Markle
— Mind (@MindCharity) March 8, 2021
We applaud Meghan Markle for speaking out about her experiences of suicidal thoughts. We know that opening up in this way can be really difficult, but when high profile people talk about these experiences, it helps to break down the stigma around mental health issues. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/XeBLXitIMn
— Mind (@MindCharity) March 9, 2021
