Piers Morgan's tirade against Meghan Markle on Good Morning Britain on March 8 — a one-man rant that would see him step down from the breakfast news show the next day amid widespread condemnation — has officially now received the most complaints to U.K.
regulator Ofcom in its history. On March 9, Ofcom revealed that 41,000 people had complained about Morgan, adding that it had launched an investigation under its harm and offence rules.In its weekly complaints bulletin on March 17, Ofcom revealed that this figure has now reached 57,121.
The previous Ofcom record was set by Celebrity Big Brother in 2007, over a racism row that erupted involving contestants Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty, which drew 44,500 complaints.
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