Piers Morgan
| Piers Morgan | |
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Morgan at the PaleyFest 2013 panel for The Newsroom
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| Born |
Piers Stefan O'Meara 30 March 1965 Newick, Sussex, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Chailey School |
| Alma mater | Harlow College |
| Occupation | Television presenter, Writer, Journalist, Talk show host, Columnist |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Employer |
South London News (1985–88) The Sun (1989–94) News of the World (1994–95) Daily Mirror (1995–2004) |
| Known for | Editing the News of the World, and the Daily Mirror Host of Piers Morgan Live |
| Television |
Britain's Got Talent America's Got Talent Winner of The Celebrity Apprentice The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan Piers Morgan On... Piers Morgan's Life Stories Piers Morgan Live Good Morning Britain |
| Spouse(s) |
Marion Shalloe (m. 1991–2008) (divorced) Celia Walden (m. 2010) |
| Children | Spencer, Stanley, Albert, Elise |
| Parent(s) | Vincent Eamonn O'Meara (deceased) Gabrielle Georgina Sybille (née Oliver) |
Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born Piers Stefan O'Meara, 30 March 1965), known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television personality currently working as the US editor-at-large for Mail Online and as a presenter on British breakfast show Good Morning Britain.
Morgan is the editorial director of First News, a national newspaper for children published in the UK. He hosted Piers Morgan Live on CNN from 2011 to 2014, replacing Larry King Live in the timeslot following King's retirement. Morgan is a former judge on America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent. In 2008 in the United States, he won Celebrity Apprentice. In the UK, he presents Piers Morgan's Life Stories (2009–present) and Good Morning Britain (2015–present).
Morgan began his career in Fleet Street as a writer and editor for several British tabloids, including The Sun, News of the World and the Daily Mirror. In 1994, aged 29, he was appointed editor of the News of the World by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest editor of a national UK newspaper in more than half a century. In November 2012, he was heavily criticised in the official findings of the Leveson Inquiry, when Lord Leveson stated that comments made in Morgan's testimony about phone hacking were "utterly unpersuasive" and "clearly prove ... that he was aware that it was taking place in the press as a whole and that he was sufficiently unembarrassed by what was criminal behaviour that he was prepared to joke about it". Morgan has written eight books, including four volumes of memoirs.
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