Piers Morgan hits out at 'hypocrite' Frankie Boyle in Good Morning Britain rant

The controversial broadcaster also described the comedian as “a disgusting human being”
Frankie Boyle
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Kimberley Bond29 April 2020

Piers Morgan has slammed Frankie Boyle on Good Morning Britain after the comedian urged people to not buy newspapers.

Former Sun columnist Boyle, 47, told his 2.7 million followers: “Many British newspapers are on the verge of going bust, so there’s never been a more important time to not buy one.”

However, 55-year-old Morgan, who previously served as the editor of British tabloids News of the World and The Mirror, was left less than impressed by Boyle’s jibe.

Speaking to newspaper journalists and editors on GMB, Morgan said: “This is a guy who has taken lots of money from newspapers to write columns, so he’s a flaming hypocrite as well as a disgusting human people who wants to see lots of people lose their jobs.”

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He continued: “I hope that when he comes sniffing for a column in one of the papers, he's done them in The Sun and others,' I hope they say 'No, no thanks.'

“When it really mattered, when we were really suffering as an industry, you actively told two and a half million people not to buy newspapers to put us out of business.

"People shouldn't forget stuff like that.”

Frankie Boyle has written for a number of British newspapers 
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As well as writing for The Sun, Boyle has written columns for The Independent and penned wry observations during the countdown to the 2019 general election for the Guardian.

Morgan’s rant comes just days after he was cleared by Ofcom over his ‘combative’ interview style, following 400 complaints about his rigorous grilling of several MPs.

In a statement, Ofcom said: “His guests were given adequate opportunity to put their points across and counter the presenter's criticisms.

"In Ofcom's view, in line with freedom of expression, it is clearly in the public interest that broadcasters are able to hold those making political decisions to account, particularly during a major national crisis, such as the coronavirus pandemic."

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV

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