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Piers Morgan 'storms off' ITV show after fiery clash with Lorraine Kelly

Piers Morgan was seen once again "storming off" an ITV set - only this time it was meant to be a joke as he finished his segment with Scottish TV host Lorraine Kelly.

On the ITV show, Lorraine and Piers delved into a range of different topics, including former US president Donald Trump storming off the set of his new talk show, reports the Mirror.

On the sensitive subject of transgender athletes competing in their assigned sections, Lorraine questioned why Piers did not have more guests supporting this standpoint on his show, to which he said that it was "common sense".

READ MORE - 'Lucky' Piers Morgan makes ITV return with just 'one regret' about GMB departure

He declared that: "I know most people agree with me", a bold statement to be made with little evidence.

Piers' appearance on Lorraine was the first ITV segment including him in over a year, since he abruptly stormed off Good Morning Britain.

Piers quit GMB, after co-hosting the show with Susanna Reid since 2015, after bosses called for him to apologise for remarks he made about Meghan Markle.

Lorraine awkwardly grinned during the interview. (ITV)

Following the iconic interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duchess of Sussex had stated that a royal had voiced "concerns" over the colour of Archie's skin tone, and told the host she felt suicidal and was not able to get help.

Piers fiercely denied these claims and stated that Meghan was lying, and lashed out at her back in March 2021.

Discussing this moment on Lorraine's show, Piers said: "I only regret that ITV tried to get me to apologise for something that I believed in... I didn't believe [Meghan] then, I don't believe her now."

Lorraine then attempted to change the topic to the Ofcom complaints, after ITV received a record-number of digs after Piers' remarks.

As she tried to explain that, due to Susanna Reid and others showing balance, they didn't flout the rules.

However, Piers said that he did "not agree with that".

He fumed: "They said it was a chilling infringement to my free speech.

"I didn't want to leave... I was told to apologise."

Lorraine tried to get the segment on track by discussing cancel culture, and claimed that he clearly hadn't been as he had a new talk show.

But he retorted: "I've been cancelled from Good Morning Britain because I wasn't able to stay!"

Lorraine replied: "You're fired up for this! But there's no one going to be by your side tempering you."

Things got heated between himself and Lorraine. (ITV)

After Piers jokingly asked if she wanted to be his TV wife, he insisted that he wanted all types of views on his new show.

"I agree with you on some things and I vehemently disagree with you on other things," Lorraine said. "Isn't it going to be quite a right wing channel you're on?"

Piers insisted it wasn't as he declared: "I won't cancel people for being conservatives."

Lorraine quipped: "How long do you think it's going to be 'til you get the elbow? Because you've been sacked from so many things."

He eventually admitted that he had had a great time with ITV, which included working with Life Stories and Susanna Reid.

However, Lorraine insisted that it was his fault that the good times all came to an end: "It was your fault! You walked out!"

"I didn't," Piers replied.

"You did," Lorraine retorted.

Piers then remarked that he "chose not to stay listening to that idiot", referring to Alex Beresford, and then jokingly walking off Lorraine's set after the interview's end - much to Lorraine's delight.

Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV.

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