By Lucy Caulkett-
Good Morning Britain’s presenters cracked up while discussing Piers Morgan’s National Television Award nomination.
The former GMB host was nominated in the Best Television Presenter category, months after he left the daytime show following his controversial comments about Meghan Markle.
The National Television Awards will be hosted by Joel Dommett and will take place in London on 9 September.
Ofcom received over 41,000 complaints about Morgan’s remarks last March, after the controversial presenter said he did not believe a word of Meghan Markle’s claims during her globalized interview with Oprah Winfrey. The complaints were one of the mot complained about incidents on TV of all time.
Morgan will compete against Ant and Dec, Bradley Walsh and This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Alison Hammond for the prize.
GMB hosts, Charlotte Hawkins and Kate Garraway led the discussion about the nominations, ridiculing Piers, who remains an active critic of Meghan Markle in the British media.
“We should also give a mention to Piers Morgan, who’s been nominated as well,” Hawkins said, eliciting laughter from their guests.
“Who was he?” joked The Daily Mirror editor Kevin Maguire. “It rings a bell, the name. Who is that?”
Fellow guest Amanda Platell then added: “Is that some guy who used to work here?”
Garraway then shared her own anecdote about Morgan, saying: “I remember when Good Morning Britain was nominated, it must have been two years ago… and he didn’t win and he was very cross. So we’ll see if he comes this time and see if he wins.”
Maguire said Morgan was “permanently cross”, prompting more laughter. Dr Hilary Jones said: “It’d be ironic if he wins it when he’s off-air!
”Morgan stepped down from GMB in March as Ofcom confirmed it was investigating comments Morgan made about the Duchess of Sussex – following her tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey – including that he “didn’t believe a word” she said about having suicidal thoughts during her time as a senior royal.