Piers Morgan: ITV 'rule out investigation' after open letter accusing host of 'bullying'
Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan yesterday addressed an open letter by a group of TV freelancers and executives, who publicly denounced all forms of “bullying” after his Twitter spat with a former employee Adeel Amini. The TV producer previously worked on Piers’ show Life Stories and said he had no plans of working with the ITV presenter again.
According to reports, ITV chiefs Kevin Lygo and Carolyn McCall made it clear that there is no room for bullying at the network and additionally said they have no control over their freelance worker’s social media output.
The network is said to have spoken with both parties and “no internal investigation” is to be conducted.
The statement read: “ITV takes any allegations of bullying and harassment in the workplace very seriously indeed, and we are clear there is absolutely no place for it in ITV.
“We have an independent whistleblowing helpline which we communicate through our induction process and which we monitor on an on-going basis, in addition to our internal grievance procedures channels, which are open to both permanent members of staff and freelancers.
