Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> responded in an interview that aired Thursday evening to two recent salacious media stories that claimed he ate pudding with his bare hands and that he authorized force feeding of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-book-tour-looks-like-amateur-hour?ref=scroll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last week that an anonymous source claimed that DeSantis once &#8220;enjoyed a chocolate pudding dessert&#8221; on a private jet &#8220;by eating it with three of his fingers.&#8221;
DeSantis made the remarks during an interview on Fox Nation with Piers Morgan, who mocked the report as being ridiculous.
&#8220;It was a very serious allegation,&#8221; Morgan said sarcastically. “In fact, I congratulated the journalist who broke it on the new &#8216;Watergate.’ But I have to put it to you, Governor. Have you ever eaten a chocolate pudding with three fingers?&#8221;
After laughing at the story, DeSantis responded, &#8220;I don&#8217;t remember ever doing that. I&#8217;m telling you. Maybe when I was a kid.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, there&#8217;s a lot of people when they go at you, sometimes they have like really good ammunition, like you&#8217;re a crook, you did this, you did that,&#8221; DeSantis continued. &#8220;For me, they&#8217;re talking about pudding like, is that really the best you got? Okay, bring it on.&#8221;
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&quot;Maybe when I was a kid [&#8230;] Sometimes they have really good ammunitation [&#8230;] For me, they&#39;re talking about pudding? Like, is that really the best you got? Ok, bring it on!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/2wU5h9APrk">pic.twitter.com/2wU5h9APrk</a>
&mdash; Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FLVoiceNews/status/1639012213032894466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis responded to a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/19/ron-desantis-guantanamo-bay-force-feeding/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Washington Post that suggested he had some kind of a role in force feeding detainees at Guantanamo Bay by saying that the report was false.
&#8220;One of the things they said was that you authorized the use of force feeding [for detainees who were on hunger strike],&#8221; Morgan responded.
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&#8220;That&#8217;s not true,&#8221; DeSantis immediately fired back. &#8220;So I was a junior officer, I didn&#8217;t have authority to authorize anything. There may have been a commander that would have done feeding if someone was going to die. But that was not something that I would have even had authority to do.&#8221;
When asked again if the report was wrong, DeSantis responded: &#8220;Yeah, absolutely.&#8221;
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&quot;That&#39;s not true. Yeah, that&#39;s not true [&#8230;] I was a junior officer. I didn&#39;t have the authority to authorize anything. <a href="https://t.co/aKOC8SyjFM">pic.twitter.com/aKOC8SyjFM</a>
&mdash; Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FLVoiceNews/status/1638999899969826816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis Responds To Salacious Reports About Pudding And Force Feeding Detainees At GITMO: ‘Bring It On’

DeSantis Responds To Salacious Reports About Pudding And Force Feeding Detainees At GITMO: 'Bring It On'

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Ron DeSantis

Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> laughed off criticisms in an interview this week from a few critics aligned with some of his political rivals who claim that he does not have enough of a personality to be the next President of the United States.
DeSantis made the remarks during an interview that aired Thursday evening with Piers Morgan on Fox Nation.
&#8220;One of the other criticisms that is used against you about your personality, probably because some people don&#8217;t know you very well, because those who do, who I&#8217;ve spoken to, tell a different story,&#8221; Morgan said. &#8220;But you&#8217;re being depicted in some of the national media as very intense, quite boring, charisma devoid.&#8221;
Morgan said that one critic who reviewed DeSantis&#8217; book said that DeSantis &#8220;would launch any charm offensive unarmed.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I appreciate the knocks on the book, it&#8217;s the number one book in America far and away,&#8221; DeSantis responded after chuckling. &#8220;I&#8217;ve sold more than any non-president in the history of the country in terms of the first week, so we&#8217;ve been doing pretty good, a lot of people like it.&#8221;
DeSantis then addressed the criticisms from some of the political opposition, saying that they are mad that he does not focus on being part of the social clubs that political elites operate in as he instead focuses on doing his job and then going home and being with his family.
&#8220;So here&#8217;s the thing, I think these are people who are in the political class, journalist class, politicians in, like, D.C. in particular, they get mad I don&#8217;t do the cocktail parties,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t like rubbing elbows with other people. I like doing my job and then spending time with my family. That&#8217;s just what I do.&#8221;
&#8220;A lot of the people that are criticizing, you know, they would say, &#8216;Oh, he doesn&#8217;t do well with donors. He doesn&#8217;t glad hand with them,’” he said. &#8220;And yet I raise more money than any non-presidential candidate in the history of America! Are you kidding me?&#8221;
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&#8220;So we tend to do well, but I do think that, you know, I deal better with regular people than I do with some of the people in the political class, and I think that has been true for the entire time I&#8217;ve been around,&#8221; he added.
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RON DESANTIS: &quot;They would say, &#39;Oh, he doesn&#39;t do well with donors.&#39; [&#8230;] And yet I raise more money than any nonpresidential candidate in the history of America. Are you kidding me? [&#8230;] I deal better with regular people.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/VoPegI9aYR">pic.twitter.com/VoPegI9aYR</a>
&mdash; Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FLVoiceNews/status/1638996671731494912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis Responds To Opponents Who Claim He Doesn’t Have Enough ‘Personality’ To Be President

DeSantis Responds To Opponents Who Claim He Doesn't Have Enough 'Personality' To Be President

Florida

Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-fried" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Fried</a> took aim at Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) after he sat down for an interview with British television host Piers Morgan for his show, &#8220;Piers Morgan Uncensored.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-turn-on-desantis-challenger-for-daring-to-celebrate-mask-free-flight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fried</a> lost the 2022 Democratic nomination to ex-Republican Charlie Crist — who then lost the gubernatorial race to DeSantis in a blowout — but she took a moment on Tuesday to mock DeSantis for doing the interview in the first place, suggesting that he had only done it to resuscitate a flagging campaign.
&#8220;Ron DeSantis retreated to a flipping @piersmorgan interview to try to save his failing campaign,&#8221; Fried tweeted. &#8220;Bahahahahahahaa. Hahahahahahahaa. Bahahahahahahah.&#8221;
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Ron DeSantis retreated to a flipping <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@piersmorgan</a> interview to try to save his failing campaign.
Bahahahahahahaa. Hahahahahahahaa. Bahahahahahahah.
&mdash; Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiFried/status/1638296691584430082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Morgan fired right back at Fried, pointing out the fact that the state party she chairs had just lost — and lost big — to the man she was attempting to ridicule.
&#8220;No disrespect but if I were a Florida Democrat, I&#8217;d probably avoid talking about failing campaigns when it comes to a guy who just flatlined you &#8230;&#8221; Morgan tweeted in response.
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No disrespect but if I were a Florida Democrat, I’d probably avoid talking about failing campaigns when it comes to a guy who just flatlined you…. <a href="https://t.co/2TBZqxYI9P">https://t.co/2TBZqxYI9P</a>
&mdash; Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1638302822193143809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis has not even officially declared his intention to seek the 2024 Republican Presidential nomination — although a number of sources have indicated that he is likely to do so — but he hinted during the interview that he might be <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/ron-desantis-i-have-what-it-takes-to-be-president-and-i-can-beat-biden-i-wouldve-fired-fauci/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ready to run</a> and win against President Joe Biden.
&#8220;If I were to run, I’m running against Biden, Like we [he and Trump] are competing for the Republican [nomination], potentially, I get that, but ultimately, you know, the guy I’m gonna focus on is Biden because I think he’s failed the country. I think the country wants a change. I think they want a fresh start and a new direction and so we’ll be very vocal about that. I spent a lot of time in Florida fighting back,&#8221; DeSantis told Morgan.
DeSantis also made it clear that he believed he&#8217;d be able to defeat Biden in a presidential race.
Morgan previewed the interview in an <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/21/ron-desantis-opens-fire-on-trumps-character-chaotic-style/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a>, saying it was &#8220;clear that the governor has had enough of Trump’s constant baiting and felt ready to take him on.&#8221;
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.

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Nikki Fried Takes Aim At Ron DeSantis. Piers Morgan Levels Her.

'No Disrespect ...': Nikki Fried Takes Aim At Ron DeSantis — And Piers Morgan Levels Her

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Editor&#8217;s Note: This article has been updated after the New York Post removed from its story certain quotes that it erroneously attributed to DeSantis.
Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> punched back at former President Donald Trump after enduring months of attacks from the man he appears increasingly likely to challenge for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
DeSantis made the remarks in an interview with Piers Morgan on Fox Nation’s “Piers Morgan Uncensored” that is set to air later this week.
The remarks from DeSantis come after the former president has launched multiple attacks on the governor since the midterm elections ended, including trying to brand the governor with derogatory names, promoting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-promotes-claim-that-desantis-was-grooming-high-school-girls-with-alcohol-as-a-teacher">baseless</a> claims that DeSantis is a groomer, and <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-amplifies-false-rumor-george-soros-endorsed-ron-desantis-1782887" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> that Democrat billionaire George Soros endorsed DeSantis.
DeSantis was slammed by the former president on Monday after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-responds-to-rumored-trump-indictment-by-soros-funded-prosecutor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke out</a> against the prosecution of Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s Office investigation, calling it &#8220;an example of pursuing a political agenda and weaponizing the office.&#8221; DeSantis took a swipe at Trump while making the remarks, saying, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair. I just I can&#8217;t speak to that.&#8221;
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-attacks-desantis-after-gov-slammed-soros-funded-d-a-cited-hush-money-minors-or-a-man-might-accuse-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> on social media by writing: “Ron DeSanctimonious will probably find out about FALSE ACCUSATIONS &amp; FAKE STORIES sometime in the future, as he gets older, wiser, and better known, when he’s unfairly and illegally attacked by a woman, even classmates that are ‘underage’ (or possibly a man!).”
While talking to Morgan at the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee, DeSantis gave his strongest indication yet that he intends to enter the race for president.
“If I were to run, I’m running against Biden, Like we [he and Trump] are competing for the Republican [nomination], potentially, I get that, but ultimately, you know, the guy I’m gonna focus on is Biden because I think he’s failed the country,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;I think the country wants a change. I think they want a fresh start and a new direction and so we’ll be very vocal about that. I spent a lot of time in Florida fighting back.”
When asked if he thinks he can beat Biden in a presidential race, DeSantis responded, “I think so.”
Morgan <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/21/ron-desantis-opens-fire-on-trumps-character-chaotic-style/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in an op-ed describing the upcoming interview that it was &#8220;clear that the governor has had enough of Trump’s constant baiting and felt ready to take him on.&#8221;
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When asked about differences between himself and Trump, DeSantis said that there were several.
&#8220;The approach to COVID was different. I would have fired somebody like Fauci,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;I think he got way too big for his britches, and I think he did a lot of damage.&#8221;
“I also think just in terms of my approach to leadership, I get personnel in the government who have the agenda of the people and share our agenda,&#8221; he <a href="https://flvoicenews.com/desantis-i-have-what-it-takes-to-be-president-and-i-wouldve-fired-fauci/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continued</a>. &#8220;You bring your own agenda in you’re gone. We’re just not gonna have that. So, the way we run the government, I think, is no daily drama, focus on the big picture, and put points on the board, and I think that’s something that’s very important.&#8221;
DeSantis laughed off Trump&#8217;s derogatory nicknames, saying: “I don’t know how to spell the sanctimonious one.&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t really know what it means, but I kinda like it, it’s long, it’s got a lot of vowels,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We’ll go with that, that’s fine. I mean you can call me whatever you want, just as long as you also call me a winner because that’s what we’ve been able to do in Florida, is put a lot of points on the board and really take this state to the next level.”
“To me, it’s just background noise,” he said. “It’s not important for me to be fighting with people on social media. It’s not accomplishing anything for the people I represent. So, we really just focus on knocking out victories, day after day, and if I got involved in all the undertow, I would not be able to be an effective governor. So, I don’t think it’s something that makes sense for me.”
DeSantis said that he had a good relationship with Trump, which started because he repeatedly defended the president over false allegations that his campaign colluded with Russia in 2016.
&#8220;I would go on TV, and I would defend him when it wasn’t popular and when it was kinda politically risky, but I just thought it was the right thing to do, and then I thought that he had good ideas for the country,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And then when I became governor, his last two years as president, we worked very well together. He had a place in Florida and worked well with us to serve our state.”
DeSantis said that Trump&#8217;s tune changed dramatically after he dominated in the midterm elections while the anticipated red wave really did not materialize across the country the way many thought it would.
“My view though is we should want the country to do well,” DeSantis said. “I want other Republicans to do well. I want them to eclipse me. We’re setting a great standard in Florida, have everyone up their game.”
DeSantis said that as a leader, it was important to look at America&#8217;s Founding Fathers for the type of character that is needed to be president.
&#8220;It’s not saying that you don’t ever make a mistake in your personal life, but I think what type of character are you bringing?&#8221; he said. &#8220;So, somebody who really set the standard is George Washington because he always put the Republic over his own personal interest. When we won the American Revolution, Washington surrendered his sword. King George III said he’s the greatest man in the world if he gives up power. I think the person is more about how you handle your public duties and the kind of character you bring to that endeavor.”
“Let’s put the country first rather than worry about any personalities or any type of individual … at the end of the day, I’m a vessel for the aspirations of the people I represent,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It’s not about me, as Ronald Reagan said, ‘there’s no limit to what you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit.’”
DeSantis said that he has not made a final decision about whether he will run for president during this cycle.
“We’re gonna put a lot of points on the board. And then we’ll see how the dust settles after that, but I can tell you a lot of people realize the country is not going in the right direction and believe that what we’ve been able to do in Florida, if we can apply that nationally, we can get America back on track and back on our foundations,” he said. “And so, I take that very seriously. It’s humbling that people have come to me and asked me to do it or urged me to do it. So, stay tuned.”

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Ron DeSantis: I Can Beat Biden In A Presidential Race; I Would’ve Fired Fauci

Ron DeSantis: 'I Have What It Takes To Be President And I Can Beat Biden'; I Would’ve Fired Fauci

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British evolutionary biologist <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/famed-atheist-richard-dawkins-has-humanist-of-the-year-award-revoked-for-questioning-transgenderism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Richard Dawkins</a> confirmed that, according to his decades of study on the subject, there were only two biological sexes — and decried activists who attacked author J.K. Rowling for saying so as &#8220;bullies.&#8221;
Dawkins joined host Piers Morgan on his show &#8220;Uncensored,&#8221; and the conversation turned to concerted efforts by activists within the LGBTQ community to erase sex and gender from language.
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&quot;As a biologist, there are two sexes and that&#39;s all there is to it.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RichardDawkins</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@piersmorgan</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jk_rowling</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/Docstockk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Docstockk</a> <a href="https://t.co/jAV1WoGoPj">pic.twitter.com/jAV1WoGoPj</a>
&mdash; Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href="https://twitter.com/PiersUncensored/status/1637914407106650115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;What is troubling to me is that they want to — what they call &#8216;de-gender&#8217; and neutralize language,&#8221; Morgan prompted, adding, &#8220;But they&#8217;re doing it from a completely false pretense, that you can somehow pretend biology doesn&#8217;t exist.&#8221;
Morgan went on to point out the fact that, despite being at odds with &#8220;incontrovertible&#8221; biological realities, those activists still appeared to be enjoying some measure of success — at least temporarily.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen the way J.K. Rowling has been bullied, the way Kathleen Stock has been bullied,&#8221; Dawkins agreed. &#8220;They&#8217;ve stood up to it. But it&#8217;s very upsetting, the way this tiny minority of people has managed to capture the discourse and to really talk errant nonsense.&#8221;
&#8220;What&#8217;s the answer to it?&#8221; Morgan asked.
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&#8220;Science,&#8221; was Dawkins&#8217; matter-of-fact reply. &#8220;There are two sexes. You can talk about gender if you wish, and that&#8217;s &#8230; I&#8217;m not interested in that. As a biologist, there are two sexes and that&#8217;s all there is to it.&#8221;
Morgan then noted that Dawkins was stripped of a humanist award in 2021 for his comments on such issues — namely a tweet he shared on April 10, 2021: &#8220;In 2015, Rachel Dolezal, a white chapter president of NAACP, was vilified for identifying as Black. Some men choose to identify as women, and some women choose to identify as men. You will be vilified if you deny that they literally are what they identify as. Discuss.&#8221;
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In 2015, Rachel Dolezal, a white chapter president of NAACP, was vilified for identifying as Black. Some men choose to identify as women, and some women choose to identify as men. You will be vilified if you deny that they literally are what they identify as.
Discuss.
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Dawkins had <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/richard-dawkins-declares-only-two-sexes-matter-science-thats-all" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously responded</a> to attempts to change language around the demands of activists, promising to defy the new rules and saying that the only reasonable response to such attempts was &#8220;ridicule.&#8221;
&#8220;The only possible response is contemptuous ridicule. I shall continue to use every one of the prohibited words. I am a professional user of the English language. It is my native language,&#8221; he said.

Professor Richard Dawkins Promotes His New Book “Appetite For Wonder: The Making Of A Scientist”

‘That’s All There Is To It’: Famed Biologist Confirms ‘There Are Two Sexes,’ Defends J.K. Rowling

Famed Biologist Richard Dawkins Confirms 'There Are Two Sexes,' Defends J.K. Rowling

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Journalist and commentator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/piers-morgan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Piers Morgan</a> explained the fall of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meghan-markle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan Markle</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prince-harry-tells-trauma-expert-he-doesnt-see-himself-as-a-victim-after-getting-mocked-on-south-park" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prince Harry</a> culminated after a &#8220;weird series of events,&#8221; including the exposure of the couple&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate alarmism</a> hypocrisy. 
Morgan sat down with Daily Wire editor emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> for this week&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/sunday-special" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunday Special</a>. The pair once <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=258VfiGUh1c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memorably battled it out</a> over the Second Amendment before becoming friends.
&#8220;I knew her a bit before she met Harry, and she seemed perfectly normal, albeit like most L.A. actresses I&#8217;ve met,&#8221; Morgan told Shapiro. &#8220;But she seemed fine and I believe, normal.&#8221;
Then came &#8220;a weird series of events.&#8221;
&#8220;One was the wedding, where she suddenly fell out spectacularly with her father, who we now know had brought her up on his own for quite a few years,&#8221; Morgan continued. &#8220;It all seemed a bit sort of brutal and weird because he was just a guy out of his depth — couldn&#8217;t handle the media, he was being bothered by paparazzi.&#8221;
Morgan noted that the British people initially loved the couple, emphasizing the size and taxpayer-funded expense of their wedding.
&#8220;But then over the next few months, there&#8217;s a series of what you could call the missteps, or you could call them classic examples of brazen woke hypocrisy, two people wanting to position themselves, for example, as eco-warriors.&#8221;
While the pair preached to the people about minimizing their eco-footprint, Meghan and Harry seemed unable to follow their own rules.
&#8220;&#8216;We want you to all watch your carbon footprint&#8217; — they would say this in speeches, and then they catch Elton John&#8217;s private plane like a taxi service, or she would preach about poverty in a tweet from their royal Twitter account on the same day she had a half a million dollar baby shower in New York, here, with a bunch of celebrities and flew back on Amal Clooney&#8217;s plane,&#8221; Morgan outlined. 
&#8220;And so this went on and it was one after another,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And because of the hypocrisy element, the British media in particular were very critical, very scathing, saying, hang on a second, you don&#8217;t get all the palaces and the servants and the privileged life for this, you have to toe the line. You have to do the job, which involves, often, quite dreary duties as a member of the royal family.&#8221;
Meghan in particular didn&#8217;t &#8220;seem to understand this,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She thought that actually being a member of their family was wearing a tiara, getting a fabulous wedding, and then doing what the hell you like. So they began to just do a lot of stuff which annoyed people.&#8221;
When the pair earned what Morgan framed as &#8220;thoroughly deserved&#8221; criticism, they pinned it on the media and played victim. Harry&#8217;s hatred of the media, stemming back to the loss of his mother, and his likely resentment of his older brother as heir, ultimately fueled the victim narrative.
&#8220;That all began to blow up again, as did his resentment of his family and the fact that William, his older brother, is the heir to the throne and he isn&#8217;t,&#8221; Morgan said. &#8220;So William will be king. Harry won&#8217;t. And then you put it all together, and then you get &#8216;Megxit,&#8217; where they leave the country, they leave the royal family.&#8221; 
Shapiro noted that Morgan early on saw the troubles ahead, and though he was ridiculed for it, his take &#8220;aged like fine wine.&#8221;
&#8220;If you remember my exact phrase that apparently was so &#8216;problematic&#8217; was, I wouldn&#8217;t believe Meghan Markle if she read me a weather report,&#8221; Morgan recalled. &#8220;And that has really stood the test of time.&#8221; 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-ben-shapiro-goes-uncensored-with-piers-morgan-on-politics-culture" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: Ben Shapiro Goes ‘Uncensored’ With Piers Morgan On Politics, Culture</a>

‘I Knew Her A Bit Before She Met Harry’: Piers Morgan Explains The Fall Of Meghan And Harry In The U.K.

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Daily Wire editor emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> sat down with his old nemesis turned friend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/piers-morgan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Piers Morgan</a> on Wednesday as the two commentators covered a wide range of issues from wokeism to gay marriage to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2024</a> presidential race.
Shapiro joined Morgan for Wednesday’s episode of “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” at times discussing, debating, and joking with each other a decade after their first contentious meeting on television. That 2013 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=258VfiGUh1c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> was an important moment in both men’s lives, with Morgan leaving his show on CNN shortly after and Shapiro’s national profile exploding.
The men spoke deprecatingly Wednesday about their first meeting; Shapiro, now 39 and sporting a beard, joked he “hit puberty” since then, while Morgan, 57, said Shapiro back then was “a hell of a lot smarter than you appeared” and got the better of Morgan in that meeting.
The show quickly turned to more serious subjects, with Morgan and Shapiro discussing a tweet pinned to the top of Shapiro’s Twitter page, a 2016 post that says: “Facts don&#8217;t care about your feelings.” Shapiro said that a radical sense of individualism has taken the place of objective reality, resulting in what conservatives have denounced as woke cancel culture.
“The moment that you start to identify ‘your truth’ with ‘the truth,’ then anybody attacking your truth is attacking you as a human being,” Shapiro said, identifying the shift as unique in human history. “Where we&#8217;ve gone is this movement away from we’re having a political debate, but we can go out and have a drink afterward … to my politics are who I am, or my feelings about who I am, or my feelings about the world, that’s the thing that matters more than anything else.”
The conversation drifted through the falsehoods told by politicians and into the tribal attitude that dominates much of politics in the United States, which Shapiro attributed to an attitude of “emotivism” in which people base their political beliefs on their emotions rather than on evidence.
Morgan, who identifies as center-left politically, said that he has shifted in relation to the general culture because of how dominant leftist ideology has become.
“I’d never identified as a conservative, but the further lunatic that the Left woke go, the more the pendulum swings. And eventually we all get sucked into thinking, well, okay, actually by comparison to this, I probably am getting a bit conservative because I think they’re lunatics,” Morgan said.
The men agreed that most people are “craving any sense of normality,” as Shapiro put it.
The most disagreement during the interview came during a discussion on gay marriage.
“Why shouldn’t two men who are gay actually be able to bring a child up? Why shouldn’t, if they want to, get married? How is it equal or fair for them to be excluded?” Morgan asked his guest.
Shapiro broke the questions of gay marriage and gay parenting up, addressing the former first. On gay marriage, Shapiro argued that as a matter of public policy, the government should protect the definition of marriage in its traditional form.
“The question is which relationships society chooses to sanctify, so I’m not in favor of, for example, laws that criminalize homosexual activity or two men living together or two men making a lifelong commitment to one another in whatever context they wish to do that,” Shapiro said. “What I&#8217;m objecting to is the idea that marriage as a term is equally applicable to relationships that are designed to produce the future generation and then raise them as opposed to two people who love each other.”
“As far as gay parenting,” Shapiro continued, “there are sort of hierarchies of options, meaning that the ideal is man, woman, child. And then, you know, if you can&#8217;t fulfill that ideal, then there&#8217;s obviously gradations. I would rather that two gay men are raising a child than have that child be in an orphanage, for example.”
Morgan then asked if gay people should be allowed to “have the same rights in law [as] straight couples?”
Shapiro drew a distinction between rights and benefits, defining the former as a “government non-intervention with particular activity,” in effect saying that heterosexual marriage does not preclude a gay man from having a relationship with the person of his choice.
Morgan argued that he has seen good and bad examples of parenting from both straight and gay couples. “I don’t really see any particular distinction about what combination you have as your parents,” he said.
“I do,” Shapiro answered. “The reason I do is because, again, I think there is a fundamental distinction between woman and man, and what that means is that mothers and fathers are both necessary. And so the idea that two men can simply supplant a man and a woman on a generic, average level, I don’t think it’s true.”
The conversation later moved to the 2024 race for president, with Morgan getting Shapiro’s thoughts on the state of the race so far. Shapiro predicted that the eventual matchup would be between President Joe Biden and Republican Ron DeSantis, favoring the Florida governor to top former President Donald Trump in the GOP primary.
“When [Republicans] look at the board, the person who’s putting the most Ws on the board right now is DeSantis in Florida,” Shapiro said.
The interview ended on a high note, with Morgan asking Shapiro what he sees that gives him optimism about the future.
“My good news is twofold. One is that the era of Anglo-American dominance is not yet over. What we&#8217;re seeing in Ukraine is actually rather heartening because it suggests that the post-World War II system is not yet dead, so that&#8217;s a good thing. The other thing that I think is good is that I root for reality. Reality always wins. And so all of these kinds of forces that we&#8217;ve unleashed, they are running up directly against the rocks of reality and there will be consequences to that,” Shapiro said.
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If Rep. George Santos (R-NY) were Pinocchio, his nose would be 100 feet long.
Santos, the 34-year-old Republican who surprisingly won New York&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District in the 2022 midterms, lies about everything. And this week he made the mistake of sitting down with Piers Morgan, who doesn&#8217;t mince words.
&#8220;&#8216;I was a Wall Street superstar, I was this, my family were this,&#8217; and it was all untrue,&#8221; Morgan said to Santos in an interview that <a href="https://twitter.com/PiersUncensored/status/1627742941824573441">aired</a> on &#8220;Piers Morgan Uncensored&#8221; Monday night. &#8220;I don’t categorize those as mistakes. I think they’re part of your process of, cathartic process of redemption if you’d like. It’s gotta start from ‘I’ve been a terrible liar,’ I mean, would you be prepared to say that?&#8221;
“Sure, like I said,” Santos started before Morgan interrupted, saying, &#8220;go on then.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I’ve been a terrible liar on those subjects,&#8221; Santos said.
&#8220;What I tried to convey to the American people is I made mistakes of allowing the pressures of what I thought needed to be done in order to — this, this wasn’t about tricking anybody, this wasn’t about, it’s —&#8221; Santos said.
Morgan interrupted again, saying: &#8220;Yes, it was.&#8221;
&#8220;No, no, no, let me finish,&#8221; Santos said.
&#8220;The whole thing was about tricking people,&#8221; Morgan said.
&#8220;Let me finish,&#8221; Santos said. &#8220;It wasn’t about tricking the people. This was about getting accepted by the party here locally.&#8221;
Santos has been caught lying about everything from being Jewish to (for some reason) leading the Baruch College volleyball team to wins over Harvard and Yale.
Here are some of his other claims:
<ul>
<li>He earned degrees from NYU and Baruch College, another New York City-based school. He didn&#8217;t. Not only did he not graduate from either school, officials at both say he never even attended.</li>
<li>He worked at Citigroup or Goldman Sachs. Then he said he worked for the two banks through a third company. Then he admitted he didn&#8217;t even do that, but somehow an investment firm he founded in May 2021 made millions.</li>
<li>He founded a charity group called Friends of Pets United, which he said saved thousands of dogs and cats. But there&#8217;s no IRS record of the group and Santos later said he only campaigned for the group, whatever that means.</li>
<li>He is Jewish and his grandparents fled the Holocaust. He later said that he had not lied and was in fact only referring to himself as “Jew-ish.&#8221;</li>
<li>His mother had died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York. He later said his mother died on December 23, 2016.</li>
<li>He was involved in the production of the Broadway flop &#8220;Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.&#8221; But the show’s actual producers <a href="https://ew.com/theater/george-santos-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark-broadway-web-of-lies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Entertainment Weekly in a funny statement: &#8220;Of all the tribulations the producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark had to endure, we are very pleased, proud and relieved to report working with George Santos was not one of them.&#8221;</li>
</ul>
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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An independent bookstore in England has reacted to going viral after the shop&#8217;s window display showed copies of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/silence-is-betrayal-prince-harry-sits-down-with-60-minutes-ahead-of-memoir-release">Prince Harry&#8217;s</a> new tell-all memoir next to a novel called &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Your-Family-Bella-Mackie/dp/0008365911">How To Kill Your Family</a>.&#8221;
The owner of Bert&#8217;s Books in Swindon, Alex Call, shared that staff thought the idea of showing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/adam-carolla-posts-bookstores-window-display-that-torches-prince-harrys-new-book">Duke of Sussex&#8217;s</a> book &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spare-Prince-Harry-Duke-Sussex/dp/0593593804/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=aOKmf&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.f05f10a7-d30f-4cc9-9521-a1dfe37686ab&amp;pf_rd_p=f05f10a7-d30f-4cc9-9521-a1dfe37686ab&amp;pf_rd_r=HY87QR33WKSQXD4JHQ4V&amp;pd_rd_wg=nYPOF&amp;pd_rd_r=bbf9c86b-1329-410f-a50a-32c8944f2384&amp;ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mi">Spare</a>&#8221; next to Bella Mackie&#8217;s publication would be &#8220;quite light-hearted and make a few people smile,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-64227200">BBC</a> reported. Mackie&#8217;s fictional book is about a girl who decides to enact revenge on her entire family and kill every one of them.
&#8220;It&#8217;s been interesting today how people have projected some very different meanings onto this picture,&#8221; a <a href="https://twitter.com/bertsbooks/status/1612843834668367874?s=20&amp;t=LTd3UV8gJcQ6nF7KgfipNw">tweet</a> from Bert&#8217;s Book&#8217;s read.
&#8220;Some have thought I&#8217;m supporting Harry, others think I&#8217;m doing the opposite,&#8221; it added. &#8220;I don&#8217;t really have strong opinions either way, tbh.&#8221;
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It&#39;s been interesting today how people have projected some very different meanings onto this picture.
Some have thought I&#39;m supporting Harry, others think I&#39;m doing the opposite. 
I don&#39;t really have strong opinions either way, tbh. <a href="https://t.co/hrUzbUYZIv">https://t.co/hrUzbUYZIv</a>
&mdash; Bert’s Books (@bertsbooks) <a href="https://twitter.com/bertsbooks/status/1612843834668367874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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One person who works in the shop, Michael Ritchie, said despite the book being in all the headlines, its high price (more than $34 U.S. dollars) would discourage people from buying it, the outlet noted.
&#8220;The price is £28 which I think is quite steep for a book,&#8221; Ritchie shared. &#8220;People will go &#8216;actually I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m going to pay for that or (I&#8217;ll) wait for the paperback.'&#8221;
He also told the outlet he predicts the book&#8217;s sales would &#8220;last for a week or two and then just fade.&#8221;
The comments from the shop come after people like Piers Morgan and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/adam-carolla">Adam Carolla</a> praised the bookstore&#8217;s display and shared it on social media.
&#8220;This bookstore clerk has a great sense of humor,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/adam-carolla-hits-back-over-article-claiming-he-falsely-suggested-its-the-old-or-sick-or-both-dying-of-covid">Carolla</a> tweeted to his hundreds of thousands of followers.
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This bookstore clerk has a great sense of humor <a href="https://t.co/XlrJYhOZNt">pic.twitter.com/XlrJYhOZNt</a>
&mdash; Adam Carolla (@adamcarolla) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamcarolla/status/1612878930100514822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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His tweet included an image of the bookstore&#8217;s display.
Morgan also shared the image and wrote &#8220;Brilliant&#8221; with clapping hand emojis.
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Brilliant. <a href="https://twitter.com/bertsbooks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bertsbooks</a> 👏👏 <a href="https://t.co/AMUDuOWNbB">pic.twitter.com/AMUDuOWNbB</a>
&mdash; Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1613114076535861249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Later, Mackie reacted to the display on social media, captioning a post on Instagram: &#8220;Thank you to the 8000 people who&#8217;ve sent me this today. And thank you @bertsbooks, what an honor.&#8221;

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Bookstore Reacts To Going Viral Over Display Of Prince Harry’s New Book Next To Novel Called ‘How To Kill Your Family’

Bookstore Reacts To Going Viral Over Display Of Prince Harry’s New Book Next To Novel Called 'How To Kill Your Family'

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Piers Morgan delivered a scathing review of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/ex-pat-prince-harrys-memoir-oozes-unresolved-sibling-rivalry-he-blames-william-for-almost-everything/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prince Harry&#8217;s</a> tell-all book &#8220;Spare&#8221; — which is due out on Tuesday — saying that the ex-pat prince and his wife, &#8220;Suits&#8221; alum Meghan Markle, should be stripped of all titles and barred from King Charles III&#8217;s coronation.
&#8220;Hypocrite Harry must now lie in his treacherous bed, just like he lies about everything else,&#8221; Morgan headlined <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/09/hypocrite-harry-must-now-lie-in-his-treacherous-bed-just-like-he-lies-about-everything-else/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his article</a>, which was published Monday in The New York Post. He then went into detail about a number of the things he believed <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/prince-harry-declares-his-stepmother-camilla-a-villain-while-promoting-his-tell-all-memoir/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harry</a> was lying about.
Having read the book himself, Morgan said that the &#8220;first laugh-out-loud lie&#8221; actually came from Harry&#8217;s interview with ITV when the prince told interviewer Tom Bradby, &#8220;Nothing of what I’ve done in this book or otherwise has ever been with any intention to harm them or hurt them.&#8221;
Comparing that to former President Bill Clinton&#8217;s claim regarding former intern Monica Lewinsky — &#8220;I did not have sexual relations with that woman&#8221; — Morgan said that Harry&#8217;s statement was effectively &#8220;a denial of something everyone, including him, knew to be 100% true.&#8221;
Morgan went on to argue that the destruction of the royals had very clearly been Harry&#8217;s goal since he and Markle first began to step away from their official duties in 2020 — and the book, he said, only served to further that goal.
&#8220;Far from seeking the privacy he pretends to crave, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/08/prince-harrys-60-minutes-interview-best-moments/">he’s coughed his confessional guts up</a> to anyone prepared to give him a massive fee to trash his family, from Oprah and Netflix to Spotify and now Penguin Random House,&#8221; Morgan continued, noting that the book began with the revelation of a private conversation Harry had with his father immediately after the loss of Prince Philip.
&#8220;Can you imagine a more despicably intrusive thing for a family member to put into the public domain?&#8221; Morgan asked.
Morgan noted personal and sometimes vicious attacks leveled at King Charles, his Queen Consort Camilla, and, repeatedly, at Prince William and Princess Kate.
&#8220;He even reveals, without any permission, that <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/01/05/prince-harry-reveals-whether-hes-circumcised-in-bombshell-spare-memoir/?_ga=2.55018091.1582590978.1673268976-1558653040.1657028904&amp;_gl=1*d3ux0k*_ga*MTU1ODY1MzA0MC4xNjU3MDI4OTA0*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3MzI3OTA5OS4yOTcuMS4xNjczMjg2MjgyLjAuMC4w">William is circumcised</a>,&#8221; Morgan noted. &#8220;Yes, a guy who hates press intrusion tells the world in a media interview that his brother had the tip of his foreskin severed.&#8221;
Some of Harry&#8217;s revelations, Morgan continued, could even be dangerous — like the claim that he killed 25 Taliban, which may not sit well with the current government in Afghanistan. Noting that Harry&#8217;s claims could anger Muslims around the world, Morgan suggested that such comments could ultimately provoke attacks against him: &#8220;It makes an absolute mockery of his claim that he quit Britain to protect his family.&#8221;
Comparing the insults and attacks in the book with Harry&#8217;s charitable foundation — which boasts to &#8220;lead the way with compassion,&#8221; Morgan added, &#8220;Harry is to compassion what Madonna is to growing old gracefully.&#8221;
&#8220;What disingenuous tripe,&#8221; Morgan concluded, calling for the prince and his wife to lose their titles, their standing, and their invitations to the upcoming coronation.
&#8220;As I have said many times, and reiterate now, Harry and Meghan must be stripped of all their remaining titles immediately. And they shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the coronation in May,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They’ve made their treacherous bed, and they can lie in it, just as they lie about everything else.&#8221;

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‘What Disingenuous Tripe’: Piers Morgan Unloads On Prince Harry In Scathing Book Review

Piers Morgan Unloads On Prince Harry In Scathing Book Review

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British television host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/less-friendly-than-fox-piers-morgan-suggests-anderson-cooper-backstabbed-him-while-at-cnn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Piers Morgan</a> became the apparent victim of hackers on Monday, when his personal Twitter account suddenly began spewing racial slurs and insulting people like singer Ed Sheehan and the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/media/piers-morgan-twitter-hacked/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hackers</a> removed Morgan&#8217;s profile photo and changed the way his name appeared several times — making it read &#8220;lol&#8221; for a time — and someone shared a &#8220;selfie&#8221; from Somalia. One tweet falsely claimed that world champion kickboxer Andrew Tate had been shot to death in Dubai, prompting several responses from Tate himself.
&#8220;Hard to kill,&#8221; Tate replied to the initial tweet.
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Hard to kill. <a href="https://t.co/RWGzVpsPrB">https://t.co/RWGzVpsPrB</a>
&mdash; Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cobratate/status/1607612284205170688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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He followed that with a message he claimed to have received from his mother, tweeting, &#8220;Mum: &#8216;Hi Andrew Piers Morgan said you were shot dead. Hope you&#8217;re ok? Love you.'&#8221;
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Mum: &quot;Hi Andrew Piers morgan said you were shot and dead. Hope youre ok? Love you&quot;
😂
&mdash; Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cobratate/status/1607797270090780672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Other tweets attacked the late Queen of England, which was certainly out of character for Morgan, before the account disappeared entirely for some web users. The mobile app still shows a number of racially and sexually explicit comments under Morgan&#8217;s account.
The &#8220;Piers Morgan Uncensored&#8221; host then used his official show Twitter account to draw attention to the problem, tagging Twitter&#8217;s new owner and CEO Elon Musk and asking whether it would be possible to regain control of his account — and his 8.3 million followers.
&#8220;In case you&#8217;re wondering, @piersmorgan has been hacked,&#8221; @PiersUncensored tweeted. &#8220;Any chance of getting him back, @elonmusk?&#8221;
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In case you were wondering, <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@piersmorgan</a> has been hacked. 
Any chance of getting him back, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>? <a href="https://t.co/GEItdqZopI">pic.twitter.com/GEItdqZopI</a>
&mdash; Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href="https://twitter.com/PiersUncensored/status/1607695601684123649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-wouldnt-believe-it-if-she-read-me-the-weather-report-piers-morgan-furiously-rips-meghan-markle-after-oprah-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Morgan</a> has made a number of headlines in recent months, in part because he very publicly sided with the Royal Family and has been very critical of Meghan Markle — particularly since she and her husband, royal ex-pat Prince Harry began their media tour accusing the royals of bullying and racist behavior.
Following the now-infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey, Morgan delivered an angry column via The Daily Mail and lashed out on &#8220;Good Morning Britain&#8221; as well.
&#8220;I could see the way it is already playing in America and around the world. This is a caricature, a portrait of our monarchy and Royal Family which I think is contemptible. … Okay. Let’s have the names. Who did she go to? What did they say to you? I’m sorry; I don’t believe a word she says, Meghan Markle. I wouldn’t believe it if she read me the weather report,&#8221; he said.

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Piers Morgan Locked Out After Hacker Takes Over His Twitter, Posts Private Messages And Racial Slurs

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TV host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/piers-morgan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Piers Morgan</a> said this week that he was backstabbed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anderson-cooper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anderson Cooper</a> during his tenure at CNN, adding that the network is &#8220;a lot less friendly&#8221; than Fox News.
“I gotta say, and this, you know, people can believe this or not, but I find it a very friendly collegiate place to work,&#8221; Morgan <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/piers-morgan-alleges-anderson-cooper-backstabbed-him-during-his-time-at-cnn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of Fox News during Monday&#8217;s <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/piers-morgan-on-murdoch-musk-and-yes-meghan-markle/id1643307527?i=1000590605096" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode</a> of &#8220;On Air with Kara Swisher.&#8221; &#8220;Everyone’s very nice.&#8221;
&#8220;When I was at CNN, it could be a lot less friendly than Fox,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;A lot more back biting, a lot more backstabbing, actually, in some cases — don’t wanna mention names, but Anderson Cooper knows where he is. And I found that Fox — I found that Fox is a different atmosphere by contrast.&#8221;
Morgan didn&#8217;t elaborate on the ordeal but went on to comment on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;fascinating&#8221; changes.
“The way — if you look at how networks have changed, what happened at CNN in the last few years was fascinating,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You know, they went from being a completely nonpartisan, impartial, non-political network to an outright open Trump bashing entity.&#8221;
CNN&#8217;s anti-Trump refrains did not seem to pay off for the network, which has been through numerous shakeups in the last year.
Most notably, the network&#8217;s streaming platform CNN+ lasted only about a month before it was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warner-bros-discovery-is-shutting-down-cnn-after-new-streaming-service-struggled-to-attract-viewers-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dissolved</a> in April of this year.
A CNBC <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnns-new-subscription-streaming-service-craters-after-launch-big-cuts-coming-reports">report</a> said the service was garnering fewer than 10,000 viewers on a daily basis and was only able to capture around 150,000 subscribers — a far cry from the two million subscribers CNN hoped to snag.
CNN CEO Chris Licht has also let go of high-profile journalists, columnists, and contributors such as Brian Stelter, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-white-house-correspondent-john-harwood-out-at-network" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Harwood</a>, Jeffrey Toobin, and Chris Cillizza, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uninformed-vitriol-cnn-boss-chris-licht-swings-at-the-left-over-stunning-reaction-to-his-reforms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
The network&#8217;s boss shuffled CNN’s lineup, too. He moved host Don Lemon out of a prime-time slot and into a morning show with two other co-hosts. Licht attempted to move host Jake Tapper into former host Chris Cuomo’s prime-time slot, but Tapper’s tenure there proved to be short-lived. Cuomo had been let go by the network months earlier after an internal investigation reportedly concluded that the host had inappropriately attempted to help his brother, Andrew Cuomo, as the former New York governor was mired in scandal.
Stephen Gutowski, Second Amendment expert and founder of firearms reporting site The Reload, has been brought on as a contributor under Licht&#8217;s tenure.
Tim Pearce contributed to this report 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uninformed-vitriol-cnn-boss-chris-licht-swings-at-the-left-over-stunning-reaction-to-his-reforms">‘Uninformed Vitriol’: CNN Boss Chris Licht Swings At ‘The Left’ Over ‘Stunning’ Reaction To His Reforms</a>

‘Less Friendly Than Fox’: Piers Morgan Suggests Anderson Cooper ‘Backstabbed’ Him While At CNN

Piers Morgan Suggests Anderson Cooper 'Backstabbed' Him While At CNN

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