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Jenny Kirkham

Piers Morgan says everyone but Alex Beresford sent him nice messages after he quit GMB

Piers Morgan says everyone at GMB but Alex Beresford sent him nice messages after he quit GMB over Meghan Markle row.

Piers and Alex got into a heated row earlier this month after the Duchess of Sussex's interview with Oprah.

The debate, which led Piers to storm off the ITV set, started when Alex text Piers to discuss his views and asked him to look at them differently.

Alex, the programme's occasional weatherman, reportedly messaged saying that he needed to look at Meghan's racism claims from the perspective of mixed-race people.

Piers claims this is why he asked for Alex to be included on the next day's show.

But when the episode ended in chaos, calls came for Piers to resign and he later quit the show after talks with executive producers.

Alex reportedly didn't text Piers after he quit GMB (pixel8000)

After the news of Piers' departure broke, he says he was inundated with messages from crew at GMB.

Speaking out in his latest Mail Online column, he said: "I've had nice messages from all the other GMB presenters, apart from Alex Beresford, and many of the wonderful production team, from camera operators and producers to make-up artists.

"Some really moved me."

In the article, Piers also accused Alex of using the segment to make a name for himself.

He said: "Alex Beresford seemed equally uptight and launched into a very personal attack.

"I don't mind outside guests trying to make a name for themselves by whacking me like this, but I wasn't going to sit there and take it from one of my own team, especially someone who I've gone out of my way to help whenever he's asked me for advice about his career."

Piers became particularly irate with Alex when he suggested that Piers' views towards Meghan stemmed from her "ghosting" him.

Alex said: "'I understand that you don't like Meghan Markle, you've made it so clear a number of times on this programme.

"I understand you've got a personal relationship with Meghan Markle or had one and she cut you off… she's entitled to cut you off if she wants to.

"Has she said anything about you since she cut you off? I don't think she has, but yet you continue to trash her…"

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