Piers Morgan Is Controversial—but Hear Him Out

Let’s begin with what we all know: Piers Morgan has an obsession with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry that is a lot. “I wouldn’t believe her if she read me a weather report,” he declared on The Skinny Confidential: Him & Her podcast, recounting how his skepticism about the royal couple led to his public departure from Good Morning Britain. 

But while his antipathy for the most popular royal couple makes him a pariah in certain circles, Piers Morgan’s thought processes are full of solid points when the wheat is separated from the chaff. Yes, he’s exhausting. Yes, his obsession with Markle borders on pathological. And yet. 

Warren Buffett inspired Piers Morgan’s digital pivot

One of the most interesting parts of the episode was Morgan explaining how he pivoted into digital relevance while his peers were still figuring out how to tweet. “I was doing a legacy version of my show… That ended quite quickly,” he admitted. “But at the same time, we were doing a YouTube version, which was going completely gangbusters.” The result? Millions of views on interviews with high-profile figures like Cristiano Ronaldo and Donald Trump—often outperforming CNN and MSNBC.

He credits Warren Buffett for this epiphany. “What are people doing?” Morgan asked. “My kids weren’t watching television. They were watching YouTube. Even my 13-year-old daughter.” That insight—to follow audience behavior, not just broadcast habits—is something any content creator or entrepreneur in 2025 would do well to remember.

Calling out hypocrisy

When Morgan is on his soapbox about “cancel culture” or what he calls “my truth” culture, he’s not just being provocative for the sake of it. “You can’t have your own version of the truth,” he said. “There’s the truth, which is fact-based, and then that’s it.” That’s not a radical idea—it’s Journalism 101—but it sounds almost revolutionary in today’s culture of personal narratives and filter bubbles.

He’s particularly sharp when it comes to media manipulation. “Ten percent of people are making 80 percent of the noise,” he explained. “And they tend to skew to the extremes.” This echoes what many media literacy experts have said for years—that the loudest voices aren’t necessarily the most representative.

The ups and downs of Piers Morgan

Call it tenacity, luck, or just plain craziness, but Piers has survived more cancellations and comebacks than most. “It was a really weird thing because I was entitled to not believe either of them,” he said, referring to Meghan and Harry. When he refused to apologize, he walked—and soon after, Rupert Murdoch offered him a new show.

That kind of rebound isn’t just luck. It’s resilience. And that kind of stamina is worth observing for women navigating career pivots, public backlash, or even an identity crisis in the social media age—even if you don’t agree with everything he says.

Conversation vs. cancellation

Love or loathe him, Piers makes a valid case for talking, especially with people you disagree with. “Imagine if you only hung out with people that you agree with… that would be so dull,” he said. “Yet that’s what people do on social media.” It’s a point that podcast hosts Lauryn and Michael echoed, emphasizing how their guests span from Chelsea Clinton to Ivanka Trump.

That doesn’t mean endorsing harmful ideas or giving platforms to hate speech. But it does mean we’ve got to be willing to engage with viewpoints that challenge our own. That’s not just intellectual curiosity—it’s emotional intelligence.

Is he still controversial? Absolutely.

“I always get introduced as the controversial Piers Morgan,” he noted. “I express myself in a forthright manner, and I have a lot of opinions.” But he’s also surprisingly self-aware. “Although I might appear controversial… I actually think my opinions are shared by 80 percent of the public,” he said.

Is that stat inflated? Maybe. But the bigger truth is this: Piers Morgan is who he says he is—loud, opinionated, and completely unwilling to play by the rules of modern media etiquette. And in a world of carefully curated image control, that might be his most radical trait.

So yes, he’s still talking about Meghan. But he’s also talking about YouTube analytics, media silos, gun culture, and the dangers of AI-generated misinformation. You don’t have to love the messenger to appreciate the message. And in an age where many public figures waffle, pivot, and backpedal, Piers Morgan is still standing firm for better or worse.