Piers Morgan mocked as ‘snowflake’ after storming off his own show amid Meghan Markle row (VIDEO)

During Tuesday’s programme, co-presenter Alex Beresford objected to how Morgan “continues to trash” Markle, after the Duchess of Sussex and her husband, Prince Harry, sat for a headline-grabbing interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Markle claimed in the interview that she had been denied help by the British royal family while suffering from suicidal thoughts, and alleged that members of the monarchy had expressed concern about “how dark” her then-unborn son’s skin would be. The comments triggered a series of seething retorts from Morgan, who denounced the Oprah tell-all as “cynical race-baiting propaganda” and declared that he didn’t believe “a word” that Markle said. 

Beresford objected to Morgan’s vicious broadsides, noting that it seemed as if the TV presenter held a personal grudge against the Duchess. 

“I understand you’ve got a personal relationship with Meghan Markle and she cut you off. Has she said anything about you since she cut you off? I don’t think she has but yet you continue to trash her,” he said. 

The remarks appear to have touched a nerve, because Morgan responded by storming off the set, announcing: “OK, I’m done with this, sorry, no, can’t do this.” 

Beresford then lambasted Morgan’s behaviour as “pathetic” and “diabolical.”

The theatrics didn’t go down well with social media users, pundits, and even colleagues. 

ITV’s royal editor Chris Ship seemed unimpressed by Morgan’s performance. 

“Surely Piers knows if you give it, you gotta be able to take it?” he asked. The Good Morning Britain co-host responded: “Sure. I just prefer not to sit there listening to colleagues call me diabolical.” But some social media observers were quick to point out that Beresford made the remarks only after Morgan began walking off camera.  
 

Piers Morgan storms off his own show Oh Jesus Christ ?
pic.twitter.com/PCZ022IJq8

— ARTIST TAXI DRIVER (@chunkymark) March 9, 2021

Others were more pointed with their criticism. Political gossip site Guido Fawkes bashed Morgan as a “snowflake.” To his credit, the television presenter appears to have conceded that he should have been more thick-skinned. 

“Agreed. I was annoyed, went for a little cool-down, and came back to finish the discussion,” he wrote in reply. 

Agreed. I was annoyed, went for a little cool-down, and came back to finish the discussion. https://t.co/UzPWYkdmeE

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 9, 2021

Morgan’s temper tantrum was nothing more than good television, some believed. Journalist Ash Sarkar opined that Morgan’s anger was likely genuine, but the drama seemed made-for-TV. 

“There’s a reason why these outbursts happen on set while the cameras are rolling. Here we are, all talking about it,” she wrote. 

Piers Morgan knows what makes good TV. I think he does genuinely get riled up (believe me, I've seen it first hand), but there's a reason why these outbursts happen on set while the cameras are rolling.

Here we are, all talking about it.

— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) March 9, 2021

What I said on air today with regard to mental illness and suicide.
Cc @MindCharity ?? pic.twitter.com/2tIDQLBeO2

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 9, 2021