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Piers Morgan's life - childhood tragedy, 'horrendous' divorce and public rows with son
Piers Morgan famously walked out, live on air, from ITV daytime programme Good Morning Britain.Piers, 56, quit his Good Morning Britain job in March last year after dramatically storming off during an argument about Harry and Meghan's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.Since then he has announced plans to make a TV comeback with a new programme on TalkTV, which will soon launch on Sky News Australia.He has since stated that the programme will launch in the next few weeks, and that it will celebrate "the right of everyone to have an opinion."Ahead of the show's launch and one year on since his dramatic Good Morning Britain exit, Daily Star takes a look at Piers Morgans' life away from the cameras - which has been just as interesting.Piers was born on March 30, 1965 to his parents Gabrielle O' Meara, and Vincent O' Meara, who was an Irish dentist.However, his happy childhood was turned upside down when his father sadly died when Piers was 11 months old.His mother Gabrielle later went on to marry Glynne Pughe-Morgan, with Piers taking on his now famous surname and calling Glynne dad.Piers has a close bond with his parents, and his mother has often gushed about her journalist son during interviews.She also defended him when Lord Sugar made a scathing online comment about Piers in 2016, following an interview where Piers revealed that his mum is often asked if she would like to apologise for her son.In a tweet, Lord Sugar said: "Traditionally at birth doctors slap a babies bum. When @piersmorgan was born doctor took one look and slapped his mum."However, Piers' mum Gabrielle soon came to her son's defense, replying to Lord Sugar: "I am the proudest Mum in the world.