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- Piers Morgan has done his first interview since exiting Good Morning Britain.
- In his interview with Fox's Tucker Carlson, the former host again asserted his right to freedom of speech.
- "I was going to be damned if I was gonna apologise for something that I believe," said Piers.
"I don't believe Meghan Markle", claims Piers Morgan in an interview with Fox's Tucker Carlson.
In his first interview since leaving Good Morning Britain, the former host asserted his right to freedom of speech.
Following Meghan and Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey in March, in which they opened up about everything from racism to Meghan's battle with her mental health, the journalist said: 'I'm sorry, I don't believe a word she says, Meghan Markle."
His comments resulted in the highest number of complaints in UK television history, and after an on-air spat with co-host Alex Beresford he resigned from the morning show.
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About leaving the show, the 56-year-old said: "I was told you either got to apologise for effectively disbelieving Meghan Markle's version of events here, or your position is untenable, and you have to leave.
"My gut was I was going to be damned if I was gonna apologise for something that I believe, and I just wasn't going to go down that road."
Elsewhere in the interview, Piers went on to say that "seventeen claims made in the interview were proven to be either completely untrue of massively exaggerated or unprovable", reports Deadline.
"I did't believe Meghan Markle, a huge furor erupted through the day, I was an outrage, I wasn't allowed to have an opinion that I didn’t believe what she was saying even though it was clear to me in real time as I was watching the interview that there were a number of things which just couldn't be true."
After his exit from Good Morning Britain, Piers tweeted: "Freedom of speech is a hill I am happy to die on."
Speaking about the freedom of speech with Tucker, Piers said: "Free speech is about listening to an outrageous opinion, to begin with and being able to accept that somebody else doesn't feel like you. That's what free speech is."
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