‘I never dipped to his level of insults’ Dan Walker has reflected on his daytime rivalry with Piers Morgan and claimed the broadcaster ‘overstepped’ a boundary during his stint on Good Morning Britain.
Naturally, it didn’t take long for them to start comparing their ratings – and for them to battle it out on Twitter.
Walker – who started his new position at Channel 5 on June 6 – revealed that he wouldn’t ‘want to portray a persona like Piers,’ ‘because I would feel very fake.’ Reminiscing on the moment Morgan smashed a cup with the BBC Breakfast logo on it in 2017, Walker explained to : ‘I’ve never dipped to his level of insults. I think he overstepped the mark when he smashed a mug with my face on it.’Piers Morgan quit Good Morning Britain last year March ‘When I first started at BBC Breakfast, I met him at a function and he said, “You’re going to be terrible. We’re going to annihilate you.” But my attitude was to remain quietly confident.
Walker left BBC Breakfast last month after six years to join Channel 5 to become the lead anchor on 5 News.