Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan: Biography in Details

Who is Piers Morgan?

Piers Morgan is a British journalist, broadcaster, writer, and television personality who is currently working as a co-anchor of the ITV Breakfast program ‘Good Morning Britain’. Moreover, he is a former MailOnline.com.

Who are the parents of Piers Morgan?

Piers Morgan was born on March 30, 1965, in Newick of Sussex, England. His birth name is Piers Stefan O’Meara. He was born to mother Gabrielle Georgina Sybille (née Oliver) and father Vincent Eamonn O’Meara. He has a brother named Pughe-Morgan who is two years older than him. His father was an Irish descent originally from County Offaly.

Unfortunately, his father died when Piers was 11 months old and his mother married Glynne Pughe-Morgan and he took his step-father’s surname.

Piers Morgan holds American citizenship but his ethnicity is a mix of Irish, Scottish, English, and Portuguese.

In which school did Piers Morgan attend?

Between the age of 7 and 13, Piers Morgan was at the independent Cumnor House prep school then Chailey School, a comprehensive secondary school in Chailey. After that, he studied journalism at Harlow College.

Piers Morgan: Professional Life and Career

Piers Morgan started his career as a journalist in the mid-1980s. He began working as a reporter for the newspaper group, Surrey and South London. In 1989, he joined The Sun and worked as n entertainment editor for their gossip column.

Later, he got selected to be the new editor of the weekly tabloid, News of the World, in 1994 by Rupert Murdoch. In addition, he also served as a writer and editor for the Daily Mirror.

Moreover, he worked as one of the original judges on America’s Got Talent along with Brandy Norwood and David Hasselhoff. He served as the judge from 2006 to 2011 and replaced by Howard Stern in 2012.

In addition, he hosted the talk show, ‘Piers Morgan Live’ which replaced Larry King on CNN which ran from 2011 to 2014. Also, he worked for the breakfast program, Good Morning Britain’, and the chat show, ‘Piers Morgan’s Life Stories’.

Piers Morgan became friends with President Donald Trump after winning the US celebrity version of The Apprentice. On January 25, 2018, it was revealed that Piers interviews the President for an exclusive ITV interview. Likewise, he interviewed Lorenzo Gilyard as a part of the Serial Killer with Piers Morgan program on ITV.

Moreover, he appeared on Question Time on June 6, 2019.

Piers Morgan: Awards, Nominations

He was nominated for RTS Television Award in the category Best presenter for ‘Piers Morgan’s Life Stories’ in 2011.

Piers Morgan: Net Worth($30M), Income, Salary(£1.5 million)

He has an estimated net worth of around $30 million as of 2023, and he has earned that sum of money from his professional career. Also, he entered a 2 million pound contract with ITV. Also, he earns £1.5 million per annum from hosting ‘Good Morning Britain’.

Piers Morgan: Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

He was fired from The Mirror in 2004 for authorizing the publication of fake photographs which showed British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners.

How tall is Piers Morgan?

Piers Morgan has a height of 6 ft. 1 inch and weighs 97 kg. Piers has blue eyes and light brown hair. His shoe size, dress size, etc. are not available.

Is Piers Morgan active on social media?

Piers Morgan has around 635k followers on Instagram, about 6.7 million followers on Twitter, and around 212k followers on Facebook.

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