Piers Morgan

It was so preposterous. And in fact, worse than what happened to me. was what happened to Sharon Osbourne, if you remember, at The Talk, where Cheryl Underwood, and the show's now been canned, I'm pleased to say, because it really died that day when they did this, because it's a show called The Talk. You're supposed to be allowed to talk. Sharon just supported me.

She didn't even say she agreed with what I said about Meghan Markle, although now, ironically, I'd have been fired for saying the complete opposite. If I said I believed Meghan Markle after the Oprah interview, people would now fire me for believing Pinocchio, right?

She didn't even say she agreed with what I said about Meghan Markle, although now, ironically, I'd have been fired for saying the complete opposite. If I said I believed Meghan Markle after the Oprah interview, people would now fire me for believing Pinocchio, right?

She didn't even say she agreed with what I said about Meghan Markle, although now, ironically, I'd have been fired for saying the complete opposite. If I said I believed Meghan Markle after the Oprah interview, people would now fire me for believing Pinocchio, right?

So at the time, it seemed so contentious and outrageous to disbelieve her or to think a lot of what she was saying couldn't possibly be true. Now it doesn't seem that way. But Sharon, all she did was say, I support Piers. We've been friends for a long time. We worked again on America's Got Talent with Jerry.

So at the time, it seemed so contentious and outrageous to disbelieve her or to think a lot of what she was saying couldn't possibly be true. Now it doesn't seem that way. But Sharon, all she did was say, I support Piers. We've been friends for a long time. We worked again on America's Got Talent with Jerry.

So at the time, it seemed so contentious and outrageous to disbelieve her or to think a lot of what she was saying couldn't possibly be true. Now it doesn't seem that way. But Sharon, all she did was say, I support Piers. We've been friends for a long time. We worked again on America's Got Talent with Jerry.

And she was just showing a bit of loyalty to me without actually getting into what I'd said. And then Sharon was, what, even supporting with these racist things he said, isn't she? Hang on, what racist thing did he say? And it all blew up. She got blindsided.

And she was just showing a bit of loyalty to me without actually getting into what I'd said. And then Sharon was, what, even supporting with these racist things he said, isn't she? Hang on, what racist thing did he say? And it all blew up. She got blindsided.

And she was just showing a bit of loyalty to me without actually getting into what I'd said. And then Sharon was, what, even supporting with these racist things he said, isn't she? Hang on, what racist thing did he say? And it all blew up. She got blindsided.

And she got fired from a talk, a job she loved, for having the audacity to support me even though everyone knew I hadn't said a racist thing. Not one word. Sheryl Underwood couldn't actually say what it was I was supposed to have said that was racist. It was utterly shameful of CBS to do what they did to Sharon that day.

And she got fired from a talk, a job she loved, for having the audacity to support me even though everyone knew I hadn't said a racist thing. Not one word. Sheryl Underwood couldn't actually say what it was I was supposed to have said that was racist. It was utterly shameful of CBS to do what they did to Sharon that day.

And she got fired from a talk, a job she loved, for having the audacity to support me even though everyone knew I hadn't said a racist thing. Not one word. Sheryl Underwood couldn't actually say what it was I was supposed to have said that was racist. It was utterly shameful of CBS to do what they did to Sharon that day.

And the fallout from that whole Oprah interview, if you watch the whole sequence of events... Really a shocking attack on freedom of speech is really what it came down to. You could say something right now. I'm entitled to say I don't believe you. And you're entitled to say, well, I'm right because boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

And the fallout from that whole Oprah interview, if you watch the whole sequence of events... Really a shocking attack on freedom of speech is really what it came down to. You could say something right now. I'm entitled to say I don't believe you. And you're entitled to say, well, I'm right because boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

And the fallout from that whole Oprah interview, if you watch the whole sequence of events... Really a shocking attack on freedom of speech is really what it came down to. You could say something right now. I'm entitled to say I don't believe you. And you're entitled to say, well, I'm right because boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

But the idea that your first reaction is, if you don't believe me, you're racist because I'm not white. Sorry, what? That's the criteria? I'm not allowed to disbelieve you because of your skin color? That's how preposterous it was.

But the idea that your first reaction is, if you don't believe me, you're racist because I'm not white. Sorry, what? That's the criteria? I'm not allowed to disbelieve you because of your skin color? That's how preposterous it was.

But the idea that your first reaction is, if you don't believe me, you're racist because I'm not white. Sorry, what? That's the criteria? I'm not allowed to disbelieve you because of your skin color? That's how preposterous it was.

And it works the other way too. I see it on both sides. But this is where we've got to. And it's the same with the trans debate about trans athletes in women's sport. We may get to that. But I felt very strongly about that, that any attempt to challenge the accepted view that this is fair and rational to allow biological men