Piers Morgan speaks out on debate with Emily Maitlis amid ‘pathetic’ BBC backlash
Despite being pals, Piers Morgan, 57, and Emily Maitlis, 50, aren’t afraid to tell each other exactly how they feel during fun and feisty debates about national and international affairs. After defending her against her employers at BBC who reprimanded her for sharing one of his tweets that condemned the Conservative Government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the former Good Morning Britain host admitted she would never “repeat what she says” during her rants with him, in public.
In his latest Daily Mail column, Piers shared an insight into his relationship with the Newsnight presenter, with the pair occasionally “locking horns” over their differences of opinion.
“I spent Saturday night shouting at Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis,” he began.
“To be fair, she spent most of it shouting at me too, over a delightfully fun and feisty dinner party at her West London home, in which we gleefully locked horns like rutting stags over everything from transgender athletes to wokeism and Laurence Fox.
“The only difference between us is that while I wouldn’t hesitate to repeat what I said then in public, however job-ruining that may be (!), Emily wouldn’t repeat what she said,” he explained.
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