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This week it emerged that television presenter Piers Morgan had stepped down from his role on ITV’s morning news show Good Morning Britain (GMB), following a row over comments he made about Meghan Markle. ITV announced the news after Ofcom stated it would investigate his comments after it received 41,000 complaints from viewers, reported the BBC. It comes after Morgan stated that he “didn’t believe a word” the Duchess of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey regarding her mental health and thoughts of suicide during a televised interview. Mental health charity Mind, who is a partner with ITV on its Britain Get Talking campaign, criticised Morgan for the remarks, stating that the charity was “disappointed”. Similarly, English novelist and journalist Matt Haig questioned ITV over its decision to support a mental health campaign, while also continuing to “employ a man who is spending the entire morning on your channel denying a woman was suicidal”. He wrote on his Instagram page: “This is the epitome of mental health stigma. So please, less of the corporate virtue signalling or actually mean what you say.” Dame Carolyn McCall, ITV’s Chief Executive, expressed that she disagreed with Morgan’s beliefs during ITV’s earnings conference with the media.
