Susanna Reid sent a message to her former Good Morning Britain co-host Piers Morgan.
Piers left the morning talk show in March 2021 after a heated on-air argument with weather presenter Alex Beresford. But now, the 57-year-old is returning to screens with his show Piers Morgan Uncensored, which is launching via TalkTV in the UK on April 25.
While promoting the show last week, the presenter said Susanna, who he previously dubbed his "TV wife", had not yet sent him a congratulatory message. He said: "Has she wished me good luck? I don't think she has actually, but there's still time. I'm sure she will, we stay in touch."
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He added: "It's difficult you know, we had this arranged marriage and it turned out to be very successful. And then we suddenly got divorced one afternoon, that was it...
"So I went from seeing Susanna Reid in her curlers at 4am every day... to not seeing her. So we stay in touch through texting and stuff, but it is a bit you know, it was all a bit dramatic and sad really.
"I think we both feel that, we both felt like we have one of the great kind of on-screen chemistries and it all got ended, in my opinion, in a rather sort of silly way. But their loss is going to be TalkTV's gain. And Piers Morgan Uncensored will fill that terrible void that you've all been feeling in the last year. Don't worry, the wait is nearly over."
Now, Susanna has finally sent a message to Piers. She has wished him good luck in his new role.
Piers shared a picture of a WhatsApp message from Susanna saying "Good Luck". Posting it on Twitter, Piers captioned it with capital letters writing: "BREAKING NEWS."
Susanna and Piers co-presented ITV's flagship morning show together for more than five years and became a popular presenting duo. But their TV partnership ended abruptly after Piers departed the ITV breakfast show last year after he said he did not believe claims made by the Duchess of Sussex during her headline-grabbing interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The broadcast, during which Piers stormed off the ITV set, was the most complained-about TV episode of 2021, prompting more than 50,000 complaints to Ofcom. However, Ofcom later said Good Morning Britain was not in breach of the broadcasting code over Piers' controversial comments.
Alluding to her famous on-screen eye roll when seated next to Piers, Susanna shared an article tweeting: "Huge good luck - and a couple of eye-rolls for old times' sake." Following Piers' ITV departure, no permanent replacement has been announced, with stars like Richard Madeley and others appearing in a rotating cast of guest presenters.
TalkTV will launch with shows from Piers, Sharon Osbourne and Tom Newton Dunn on April 25. The launch schedule will start with The News Desk at 7pm, hosted by Newton Dunn, followed by Morgan's global show Uncensored at 8pm, broadcasting from studio facilities in Ealing, west London, and with The Talk, featuring Osbourne, airing on weeknights at 9pm.
TalkTV will broadcast 24/7 on Sky (526), Virgin Media (627), Freeview (237) and Freesat (217) and will be available via online services such as Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and YouTube.
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