Piers Morgan | Club Random w/Bill Maher
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What sparked the controversy over Meghan Markle and how did Piers Morgan react?
I am so glad you're here. I have been wanting to uh Fucking shake your hand since you stormed off your show. Yeah. I feel like there is not enough storming. Completely agree with you. I I think there should be an award show for called the stormies, just for people who have the balls to storm off. So what is that show? Yeah. It
was the morning show,
Good Morning Britain. All over Britain. All over Britain. London to Londonderry. Everywhere. Scotland.
Yeah, Scotland. Wales. Ireland, everywhere else. And it was um yeah, I mean the blow up came because I was hired specifically to give forthright opinions. That's why I got the job. And when I gave a very forthright opinion that I didn't believe a word Meghan Markle was saying in her Oprah Wynathon. Uh all hell broke loose and the woke brigade tried to cancel me and I thought, Well they're not gonna cancel me because well my opinions are my opinions but of course it turned out the whole s you actually are not allowed opinion.
Yeah. It's so interesting England, you know. It just becomes more and more Americanized, don't you think?
Completely, yeah.
Like the hypersensitivity thing which you know, I used to think of the British as stiff upper lips. But I remember going to England The first time think it was nineteen eighty four, the Des O'Connor show. You must have grown up on that. Des
is great.
But It was like the T V was like two channels.
Yeah.
Like a documentary on fucking lawns. Yeah. In p what was their prime time, right?
Yes. I mean I grew up when I grew up. That's what you mean. There were three three channels when I grew up. Now there's obviously hundreds and hundreds.
Well we only had a few channels when I was a kid either, but at least they put f entertainment on it. At least it was McHale's Navy. It wasn't like a show about granite or some shit, right? Oh
yeah.
And then when I as over the years I would go back to London, I'd turn on the TV and then it'd be like, Oh, there's the American version of this stupid fucking thing we do, whatever it was, you know, a game show or you know, it just got more gossipy. And I thought this was the crown to that, the the Meghan Markle thing because There was just so much bullshit about it, right? I can't even remember. No, what it was. I watched Sharon
Osborne come on your show after she then got fired for standing up for me. Oh, right. Because she was accused of supporting a racist. And as she rightly said, Okay. What did he actually say that was racist? Because the truth was I hadn't said anything remotely racist. What I had done. was say I didn't believe Megan Markle, who by the way, was lying through her back teeth. And that's what
that's what I mean about like the way England has become Americanized. That y you can't Because she's half black, she couldn't possibly lie. Right. That's not racism.
Who vehemently believed every word she said. I said, Well, why are they allowed to believe her? Why can they exercise their right to a belief when I can't exercise a right to disbelieve her? I don't care if you disagree with me or if you like or if you like her or if you agree or if you agree with her. But I am surely entitled in what used to be a democracy to say, I don't believe. It's better
and Let me preface by saying um the sad thing is the way our country is now, that we will just by having this conversation, we will be perceived and they will try to characterize this right wingers. Right. I'm not a right winger. No. Just no, just because I don't bend the knee to the one true opinion. I call it the OTO. Yeah. That's there's the one. Especially since when it I can see with my eyes this is full of shit. You know what I could see with my eyes? Oprah, it's all coming back to me. This wasn't that long ago. I probably smoked too much pot. Uh Oh, should okay, she sh Megan and Harry, they go on Oprah, which itself, you know, why do you need to do that? Okay, so the royal family is accused of racism.
I'm sure the old bag's gotta be a hundred. I mean, she grew up in Can
you not call her Majesty the old bag? Really? I've I gotta have some limits with my company.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What sparked the controversy over Meghan Markle and how did Piers Morgan react?
0:01–6:16
2
How does the conversation illustrate the growing Americanization of British culture?
6:16–12:56
3
Why do the hosts compare British pubs to the foundations of democracy?
12:56–20:16
4
What insights do they share about the Beatles’ dynamics and Yoko Ono’s role?
20:16–25:56
5
Why do the hosts argue that athletes like Naomi Osaka are celebrated more for quitting than winning?
25:56–33:27
6
How do they connect modern “victim culture” to the weakening of successful civilizations?
33:27–39:43
7
What parallels are drawn between tribal mindsets today and historical tribal conflicts?
39:43–45:45
8
What final thoughts do they leave listeners with about resilience and cultural change?
45:45–52:53