Piers Morgan shared insights into a dramatic incident that happened at The British Press Awards in 2004 and how he “enraged” his army colonel brother with his reaction
Piers Morgan has revealed that he “enraged” his army colonel brother with his reaction to Jeremy Clarkson punching him in the head. In a recent interview, the controversial host of Piers Morgan Uncensored was asked if he and Jeremy had truly been in a “feud”.
Piers confirmed it before claiming that a scar on his forehead was from a time when Clarkson “punched” him. It all began when Jeremy, who was then married to his now ex-wife, Frances Cain, allegedly asked Piers (then-editor of the Daily Mirror) not to publish photos of him with another woman. However, Piers reportedly published them anyway.
Piers recounted how the dramatic incident took place at The British Press Awards in 2004, but also claims that he retorted to the Clarkson’s Farm star, taunting that his child hit him “harder than that”.
Speaking to Best magazine, he said: “It was only when he hit me for the third time, I said, ‘Is that it? My three-year-old hits me harder than that’, and he also broke his little finger hitting my head.”
Piers alleged that Jeremy’s finger remains “disfigured and mashed up” as a result of the attack. He also admitted that he didn’t retaliate against the former Top Gear presenter, which left his brother “absolutely enraged”.
He continued: “It was a bit like Colin Firth and Hugh Grant in the fountain scene in Bridget Jones’ Diary. A couple of drunk men slapping each other around, and it was absolutely pathetic. I didn’t hit him back because I was sober.
“My brother was an army colonel, and he was absolutely enraged that I’d just allowed Clarkson to hit me, and I hadn’t hit him back. I told them I didn’t want to get the sack, and then I got fired three weeks later. “.
The pair have since buried the hatchet, according to Piers, following a decade of “abusing each other”. Jeremy previously spoke about the incident in 2022.
Writing in The Times, he said: “‘Why’s your f****** wife looking at me like that?’ he [Piers Morgan] thundered. So I punched him. And then I punched him again.”
Clarkson claimed he didn’t think it would “ever get boring”, so he “punched him again”, but “annoyingly” ended up breaking his finger.
This comes after reports detailing how Piers apologised on This Morning following a live on-air swear word. During a discussion with Ashley James about the patriarchy, he used the term “bulls**t”.
He immediately realised his mistake, covered his mouth and issued an apology. Addressing viewers, he said: “Sorry! I’d like to apologise for what the guest just said live on air.
“We are a live programme, we apologise for Mr Morgan and he won’t be invited back for at least three weeks.”
Source: Mirror
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