Piers Morgan says dramatic GMB exit was ‘personification of cancel culture’ & blasts wokeism as ‘cancer on society’
PIERS Morgan today slammed his Good Morning Britain exit as the "personification of cancel culture" - and railed against wokeism as a "cancer on society".
Hours before tonight's prime-time launch of TalkTV, the presenter vowed to fight back against cancel culture goons with his new show.
Piers Morgan took aim at those mounting a terrifying "assault on our free speech" by gagging people they don't like - saying enough is enough.
And he promised that Piers Morgan Uncensored would give the world a refreshing dose of "vigorous lively debate".
In his crosshairs are the "woke brigade", who Piers blasted for hijacking a 1960s social and racial injustice movement to silence anyone they disagree with.
Piers told Times Radio: "What has happened, and I think this is indisputable and why I think it is such a malevolent sort of cancer on society now, what has happened is this woke brigade - I call them that for one of a better phrase - but these are the ultra woke elements, who seem to dominate the debate dominate social media."
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"And they have decided that it's down to them to decide how the rest of us are allowed to think, how we can talk, what we can find funny, what comedians are acceptable, what statues we can revere, what parts of history we have to be ashamed about and so on and so on."
"It's relentless. It's an assault on our senses, and is fundamental and assault on our free speech.
"And I'm simply saying with this show - enough of this. I think the vast majority of people in this country, certainly in Britain, certainly in America, I think, do not buy into this mindset.
"They want to have fun again, they want to go back to the way things were not because they want the right to be disgustingly racist. They want the right to be able to express themselves without somebody going, you're gonna get fired for that."
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Piers reflected on how he left GMB after refusing to apologise for saying he did not believe claims made by Meghan Markle.
The Duchess of Sussex memorably phoned the boss of ITV to personally complain about him.
He said he was put in a position where "either I apologise for a genuinely held opinion - that I didn't believe what she was telling Oprah Winfrey - or I had to leave.
"Now that to me is the personification of cancelled culture."
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But Piers said she would not get very far if she tried the same tactic with Piers Morgan Uncensored.
Piers Morgan Uncensored launches tonight on TalkTV at 8pm
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