Piers Morgan Comments On Meghan Markle Suicide Claims Drive Record Year For Ofcom Complaints

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Complaints about UK TV shows to regulator Ofcom increased by 124% last year, driven by Piers Morgan’s comments about Meghan Markle’s suicide claims on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.There were more than 150,000 complaints to the regulator in 2021, Ofcom said today, more than one-third of which (54,595) came after Morgan’s rejection of Markle’s suicide claims during her interview with Oprah Winfrey, when he stated: “I wouldn’t believe her if she read me a weather report.”The affair caused Morgan to storm off set the following day and very soon after he left the program.

Ofcom cleared ITV of any wrongdoing over his comments in September after taking “full account of freedom of expression.”The Oprah interview, which also aired on ITV, attracted