Piers Morgan has lashed Meghan Markle outside his London home and offered no apology or regret over his resignation, laughing and defiant while labelling her "contemptible".
Since the 55-year-old's controversial exit from Good Morning Britain, Morgan broke his silence in a scathing speech towards Meghan, saying he was willing to "fall on his sword" after "agreeing to disagree" with ITV over apologising for the rant.
Experts and commentators are divided on this issue, with some describing it a "melodrama" while others, like Sharon Osbourne, tweeting: "I am with you. I stand by you."
Piers Morgan, the British TV presenter who has just lost his high-profile breakfast show job over attacks on Meghan, said he still did not believe what she had said during her Oprah Winfrey interview https://t.co/5mYkOYIGDy pic.twitter.com/nx5PSl5I0t— Reuters (@Reuters) March 10, 2021
Questioned as he walked his young daughter, Elise, to school on the first day after his departure, he claimed people were trying to cancel him and boldly confirmed he would "re-emerge".
"I believe in freedom of speech, I believe in the right to be allowed to have an opinion. If people want to believe Meghan Markle, that's entirely their right.
"I don't believe almost anything that comes out of her mouth and I think the damage she's done to the British monarchy and to the Queen at a time when Prince Philip is lying in hospital is enormous and frankly contemptible.
"If I have to fall on my sword for expressing an honestly held opinion about Meghan Markle and that diatribe of bilge that she came out with in that interview, so be it."
His controversial views have been met with mixed response and he claims he is only in "temporary hibernation".
"I think it's fair to say, although the woke crowd will think that they've cancelled me, I think they will be rather disappointed when I re-emerge."
He said of his future that he is "always in talks with people".