Good Morning Britain presenter, who is celebrated for his opinionated rants, had been "forced to resign" after refusing to apologise for his comments about Meghan Markle.
However, Piers Morgan stuck to his guns and is now eagerly anticipating his comeback, having apparently "nicked" members of the ITV team for the Rupert Murdoch-backed TalkTV, which is due to launch soon.Piers addressed the issue on Instagram today, posting coverage of the claims that he'd poached the best of the ITV team and responding suavely with sunglasses emojis.Piers, who is fiercely pro-royal and anti-Meghan and Harry, has almost two million followers on Instagram and almost nine million on Twitter, so his message is likely to be spread far and wide on social media today.In fans' eyes, not only could ITV not silence Piers' voice on controversial issues such as MeghanGate, but if he left, the channel would be facing the loss of those on the team who'd supported him too.The Mail On Sunday reported that Piers had appeared "jubilant" while gloating: "We’ve nicked all the best people.”Their source added: "Piers is not a man to cross.“He was forced out of ITV totally unnecessarily and now he has dealt the ultimate revenge by taking their stars.“He has only hired the people who he thinks are the best so this is a really big blow to the channel."Express.co.uk has contacted representatives for Piers and ITV for comment.Responding to the Mail's jokey headline, commenting that he wouldn't be taking the weatherman, Twitter user @davenoisome fired back: "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."@AnthonyRidgeley also responded, quipping: "Only @susannareid100 left for you to take but i hear she is still in contract and wont.
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