Good Morning Britain staff 'threatened to boycott the show' after hearing Piers Morgan was in talks to return as a guest.
A year after storming out live on air over a spat with weather presenter Alex Beresford, 41, over Meghan Markle, 40, the former co-host, 57, was keen to appear to promote his new series.
But when the team heard he was being lined up for a return, some warned they would "down tools".