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Alex Beresford calls out Piers Morgan causing him to storm off set
Piers Morgan stormed off the Good Morning Britain set on Tuesday morning after Alex Beresford said that his behaviour towards the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has been “diabolical”.
Following an interview with Oprah Winfrey in which Prince Harry said racism from the tabloid press that filtered into the rest of society was a “large part” of why he and his wife left the UK, Morgan defended both the media and the royal family.
Beresford, who grew up and still lives in Bristol, said that the royal couple had “had an overwhelming amount of negative press”.
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He said that Morgan “doesn’t like Meghan Markle” which he had “made clear a number of times”.
Morgan said that he used to talk to Meghan before she “dropped him” once she started dating Harry. Beresford told him: “She’s entitled to cut you off if she wants to.”
Morgan then stormed off set as Beresford called his actions “diabolical behaviour”.
Beresford, who is mixed race, said that he is “tired” of having to explain to people the issues raised in the programme.
He revealed that a former colleague once asked him if he was worried about “what shade of cocoa” his son would be, “so I fully understand the hurt that is behind all of that”.
“When you are a lighter shade of black people gain confidence and feel they can say things to you that they wouldn’t say to a black person and that is my experience of all of this.”
He told Morgan he needed to be “aware of the power of your words”.
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