Piers Morgan's Good Morning Britain colleague Alex Beresford didn't want him to quit: "I did want him to listen"

Los Angeles Times

The Good Morning Britain weather presenter went viral Tuesday when Morgan went off while arguing with him. Morgan quit the show hours later. "Now Beresford has clarified his feelings about Morgan’s departure from “Good Morning Britain,” saying in a statement Thursday via Twitter that it wasn’t the conclusion he was hoping for, and that the two had to “agree to disagree” when it came to the royal family. “Over the last few years, Piers and I have had a lively, cheeky on-air relationship," Beresford wrote. "We both wanted to be on the show Tuesday morning, and from our very public conversations on Twitter, we both knew how strongly our opinions differed on the treatment of Harry and Meghan pre and post the interview that has split the world." Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times' Mary McNamara praised Beresford as "the opposite of boring. He’s the guy who came out of nowhere to say what many were thinking, the Good Morning Britain weather presenter who decided he could not remain silent while a woman was repeatedly getting torn down. Even if speaking out meant facing a senior colleague’s on-air wrath." ALSO: "Bring Back Piers" Twitter campaign hijacked by pictures of actual piers.