UPDATED 3:03 AM : A spat has broken out between Piers Morgan and Donald Trump following their interview for Rupert Murdoch’s soon-to-launch Talk TV channel.
Trump this morning slammed Morgan for being part of the “Fake News Media” and said he had “unlawfully and deceptively edited his long and tedious interview with me.” In his complaint, Trump also reiterated his claim that the U.S. presidential election was stolen from him.
Morgan then hit back at Trump’s allegation, saying: “Sorry you got so annoyed that I don’t believe the 2020 election was rigged or stolen from you, but as I said, where’s your proof? If you have it, show us — or accept the result and move on.”
The storm has surfaced after Morgan released footage from his upcoming interview with Trump for new show Piers Morgan Uncensored (watch it below). The footage seemed to show Trump storming off air in a huff but this since has been called into question by Trump and other media outlets.
While Morgan has trumpeted his first interviewee as a coup — it airs Monday — the reveal hasn’t gone down well with everyone. Caitlyn Jenner announced this morning that she is ditching her planned appearance on the show, citing Trump’s involvement.
Jenner tweeted this morning that her management has canceled her appearance on Uncensored, due Wednesday, because of Morgan’s “pathetic attempt to revive the career of a failed television host.”
The competing narratives around the interview and the media storm it has provoked are making some wonder whether the spat between the publicity-hungry heavyweights could be part of a ruse to gain more attention.
NBC News reported Wednesday night that an audiotape supplied by former President Trump’s spokesman shows he didn’t storm off the set of the Uncensored interview, as some outlets reported at the time.
NBC News reports the audio shows the two men thanked each other and laughed at the conclusion of the interview.
“That was a great interview,” Morgan says on the audio.
Trump agrees with a “Yeah.”
“Thank you very much. I really appreciate it,” Morgan says.
This morning’s exchange between Morgan and Trump is below.
Morning, Mr President!
It was a great interview, thanks for all your time.
Sorry you got so annoyed that I don’t believe the 2020 election was rigged or stolen from you, but as I said, where’s your proof? If you have it, show us – or accept the result and move on. pic.twitter.com/QD4ONenhfZ— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 21, 2022
PREVIOUSLY, Wednesday: Nothing like a past-presidential walkout to plug a new interview series.
Rupert Murdoch’s Talk TV has released a promo for Piers Morgan Uncensored, in which the titular host sits down with former POTUS Donald Trump. But the self-proclaimed “most explosive interview of the year” didn’t go as planned — or did it?
Watch the clip, which is fueled by some oddly intense background music, below.
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“I think I’m a very nice man,” Trump posits. “Much more honest than you, actually.” Oooh, burn.
Cut to Morgan saying, likely with an edit, “It was a free and fair election — you lost.”
“Only a fool would think that,” Trump says.
“You think I’m a fool?” the host asks.
“I do now, yeah.”
Trump then gets blustery in the promo, as he is known to do when an interviewer veers into spotlight-stealing. The clip ends with the ex-president mumbling, “Very dishonest,” as he saunters off the set.
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Billed as “a fearless forum for lively, intelligent debate and agenda-setting interview,” Piers Morgan Uncensored debuts Monday. In a first-of-a-kind move, the 60-minute show will be streamed live across Murdoch’s platforms including Fox Nation in the U.S. and Sky News Australia, along with the soon-to-launch British channel that is being positioned as a competitor to BBC News, Sky News and GB News.
Morgan is a former CNN host and anti-woke warrior who quit his job on Good Morning Britain amid a controversy over on-air comments he made about Meghan Markle. Trump is the former host of NBC’s The Apprentice.
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