Piers Morgan booking
Born in England in 1965, Piers Morgan started out as a newspaper reporter. He landed the job of
editor of the News of the World in 1994 and moved over to The Mirror the following year. Morgan
became one of Britain’s best-known media figures during his time with The Mirror. Fired in 2004, he
moved on to other types of media projects. Morgan became a judge on America’s Got Talent in 2006.
In early 2011, he debuted his American talk show Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN.
Born on March 30, 1965, in Newick, East Sussex, England, television personality Piers Morgan has
become an international celebrity as the host of his own interview program Piers Morgan Tonight. He
lost his father, Vincent O’Meara, when he was still an infant. His mother remarried, and he took his
stepfather’s last name, becoming Piers Pughe-Morgan. Morgan grew up in Sussex, where his mother
and stepfather ran a local pub. Both he and his family were politically conservative and strong backers
of Margaret Thatcher. At first, Morgan was educated at a private school, but the family eventually ran
out of money for his school fees. He had to go to a local comprehensive school where he had a tough
time fitting in. Morgan was bullied and beat up by his new classmates.
Morgan turned to journalism as a career in the 1980s. He started out as a reporter for newspapers in
Surrey and South London. In 1989, Morgan joined The Sun as entertainment editor. There he wrote
and edited a gossip column. Morgan himself was often featured alongside celebrities in his column.
His career in media, however, really took off in 1994 when Rupert Murdoch selected him to be the new
editor of the weekly tabloid News of the World. At only 28 years old, Morgan became one of the
youngest editors to run a national British newspaper. After a brief stint at News of the World, Morgan
took the reins of The Mirror in 1995. He developed a reputation as an aggressive and sometimes
controversial editor. Through his newspaper, Morgan ran inside stories on the royal family, including
Princess Diana’s harassment of a married art dealer. He opposed Britain’s involvement in the Iraqi war
and published articles criticizing the British government, including Prime Minister Tony Blair. The
desire to get the scoop at any cost got The Mirror in trouble on a number of occasions. Model Naomi
Campbell won her case against the paper for invasion of privacy. Morgan lost the top post at The
Mirror over different story in 2004. He ran photographs that reportedly showed British soldiers abusing
Iraqi prisoners, but the images later proved to be false. Rather than slinking away in a cloud of
scandal, Morgan took his firing as a chance to recreate himself as a media personality. After his
unpleasant exit from The Mirror, the always opinionated Morgan moved to the small screen as the cohost of a political chat show. He also chronicled his many experiences as one of Britain’s most famous
media personalities in his popular 2005 memoir The Insider and conducted numerous celebrity
interviews for British edition of GQ.
In 2006, Morgan gave the United States a taste of his sharply critical self as a judge on America’s Got
Talent with David Hasselhoff. He later worked alongside Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel on the
popular show. Morgan got involved another reality television program, becoming one of the most
loathed competitors on The Celebrity Apprentice in 2008. Despite the lack of public support, he
emerged victorious in Donald Trump’s series of battles to determine who had the greatest business
acumen. Morgan raised eyebrows two years later when he was named as the successor to talk show
host Larry King. Morgan debuted his new CNN show Piers Morgan Tonight in early 2011 and featured
Howard Stern, George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey among his first guests. Never one to hold back, he has
become an outspoken figure in the American gun control debate. Morgan has devoted numerous
episodes of his show to this issue and showed himself to adamantly pro-gun control. He has called for
a ban on assault weapons and for Americans to stand up to the powerful gun lobby. As Morgan once
tweeted, “Here’s the one unassailable, inarguable fact about gun control: You can’t shoot anyone
without a gun.” For his hard-line stance on gun control, Morgan has been criticized by the likes of such
conservatives as Rush Limbaugh. He has inspired his opponents to campaign to have him deported
and more than 100,000 people have signed a petition on the White House’s “We the People” site. Still
Morgan does still have his supporters. His old boss, Rupert Murdoch tweeted, “Let’s have petition to
keep Piers Morgan in the U.S. We need him, as does CNN.”
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