Good Morning Britain loses 300,000 viewers after Piers Morgan quit

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Good Morning Britain loses 300,000 viewers after Piers Morgan quit as petition calling for him to be reinstated on show hits 227,000

By Raven Saunt For Mailonline

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Good Morning Britain has lost 300,000 viewers since Piers Morgan quit the show on Tuesday.

The 55-year-old left the daytime series following backlash over comments he made following Meghan Markle‘s discussion about her mental health during an interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Good Morning Britain had managed to beat BBC Breakfast ratings for the first time in history with 1.89 million people tuning in to watch Piers and co-host Susanna Reid present the news.

But since the controversial host announced his permanent departure the show’s ratings plummeted to 1.7million before falling again to 1.4million. 

Good Morning Britain has lost 300,000 viewers since Piers Morgan quit the show on Tuesday

It comes after ITV’s share price dropped by 3.8 per cent after the controversial host quit, according to The Sun.

Meanwhile, signatures on three petitions calling for Piers to be reinstated on Good Morning Britain have reached more than 227,000. 

More follows 

Bring back Piers! Tens of thousands sign petitions demanding ITV bosses bring back host

  • A petition launched after Piers quit GMB, which can be found by clicking here, said the popular host had been treated ‘appallingly.’  
  • A second petition titled ‘Save Piers Morgan from being sacked from GMB’, said any decision to remove him from the show would be ‘an absolute farce.’ It can be found by clicking here.
  • Another petition was set up to ‘Keep Piers Morgan on GMB for his common sense approach to life’. The petition can be found by clicking here. 

All three have garnered hundreds of thousands of signatures since Piers walked out.