Piers Morgan on Burying the Hatchet With Trump, Being ‘Bored’ by Harry and Meghan and the ‘Gamble’ of Leaving Murdoch’s Empire to Bet It All on YouTube

variety.com:

Piers Morgan, one of the most recognizable and controversial figures in British media. Morgan has big plans for his YouTube show, “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” currently run out of the so-called “News Building”— the 17-story office block near The Shard skyscraper that houses Rupert Murdoch’s U.K.

empire (including The Sun and The Times).Most notably, Morgan hopes “Uncensored” will be the forum for an interview pairing Donald Trump with Elon Musk, the billionaire turned presidential wingman. “Maybe interviewing Trump and Elon together at the White House would be good,” Morgan says from his dressing room ahead of the recordings featuring Oshana and Uygur (two of three debate segments filmed that afternoon).

Trump and Musk have agreed, in principle, to come on “Uncensored,” he claims, although “no dates have been set.” Trump has been interviewed by Morgan before, most recently in early 2022 as the first guest on “Uncensored.” At the time, the show was a major part of the launch of TalkTV, Murdoch’s attempt to bring a Fox News-style network to the U.K.

and was widely promoted as a big get. However, the interview didn’t go well, as Trump walked off when pressed about losing the 2020 election.