Jeremy Clarkson has leapt to the defence of his old rival Piers Morgan in wake of his departure from Good Morning Britain.
He branded Meghan Markle “a silly little cable TV actress” and predicted she will have a spectacular fall from grace, while dubbing Morgan “poor old Piers”.
He wrote in his column in The Sun that Meghan is “much revered by the young and the stupid who believe that her brand of simpering victimhood will one day bring down the monarchy, but it won’t”.
He laughed that given the Royal family’s history of “beheadings, affairs, abdications”, he is “fairly sure it’ll be able to weather the banal musings of a silly little cable TV actress”.
“Trust me on this one. Markle’s toast, and within five years, I suspect she’ll be posing for photographs, on her own outside the Taj Mahal or sitting on the back of a playboy’s yacht in the Med, and poor old Piers will realise that he lost his job over absolutely nothing at all,” he continued.
It comes as fans begged Piers to return to Good Morning Britain – but it looks like ITV star Ben Shephard is set become the show’s new host.
The 55-year-old star sensationally quit the show rather than apologise for saying he didn’t believe Meghan Markle earlier this month.
His departure has seen the number of people tuning in to ITV’s breakfast news programme tumble – sparking a ratings crisis on the show.
Five petitions begging Piers to return have been set up – the most popular of which has been signed by 154,580 people.
But it appears producers have already decided his replacement after Piers ruled out returning to the show.
His seat on the show will be taken by Ben Shephard after ITV bosses went for the “safest option” according to reports yesterday.
Ben has been chosen to take his place according to the Mail on Sunday saying he represents the “safest option”.
A source told the paper: “ITV and GMB bosses were totally unprepared for Piers going.
“Ben, who is adored by the staff and much of the audience, stepped in and the thought is now that he will work long term. He certainly isn’t like-for-like for Piers, but then who is?”
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