{"id":6099,"date":"2021-10-22T11:45:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T09:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1395759"},"modified":"2021-10-22T12:25:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T10:25:13","slug":"piers-morgan-quits-itvs-life-stories-as-he-names-replacement","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/piers-morgan-quits-itvs-life-stories-as-he-names-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan quits ITV\u2019s Life Stories as he names replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 22 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Piers Morgan has resigned from ITV series Piers Morgan\u2019s Life Stories, with his final guest Kate Garraway set to take over as host.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan, who previously <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/current-affairs\/piers-morgan-quits-good-morning-britain\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">quit Good Morning Britain<\/a>, will be leaving ITV to host a new \u201cglobal daily show\u201d\u00a0on new NewsUK channel TalkTV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;&quot;\">\u201cI\u2019m quitting Life Stories after 12 years and 100 shows,\u201d the presenter posted on Twitter on Thursday night, before introducing Garraway as his successor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;&quot;\">\u201cMy final one will be with \u2066my fabulous friend @kategarraway \u2069 and she will then present the remaining three planned shows of the next series as I leave ITV to host my new global daily show. It\u2019s been a blast!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">BREAKING NEWS: I\u2019m quitting Life Stories after 12 years and 100 shows. My final one will be with \u2066my fabulous friend <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/kategarraway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@kategarraway<\/a>\u2069 and she will then present the remaining 3 planned shows of the next series as I leave ITV to host my new global daily show. It\u2019s been a blast! <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/TN34uEZAdQ&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/TN34uEZAdQ<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/piersmorgan\/status\/1451296412201848837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 21, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Speaking to <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/16498782\/piers-morgan-quits-life-stories-kate-garraway\/&quot;\">The Sun<\/a>, Morgan said of his exit: \u201cI can\u2019t think of anyone who I\u2019d rather finish my run with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;&quot;\">\u201cKate was a wonderfully loyal colleague during my five years on Good Morning Britain and is one of my favourite people in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also praised Garraway for how she\u2019s \u201chandled the devastating situation\u201d with her husband, Derek Draper, who is still ill after contracting COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;&quot;\">\u201cHow she\u2019s handled the devastating situation with Derek sums her up. She\u2019ll be as brilliant at Life Stories as she is at everything else,\u201d Morgan concluded.<\/p> <p>In the same article, Garraway said: \u201cI\u2019d never try to be Piers. But he did say you\u2019ll be gripping and wonderful in your own right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morgan\u2019s new\u00a0deal with Rupert Murdoch\u2019s News Corp and FOX News Media, announced in September, will also see him write weekly online columns for the New York Post and The Sun and host a new series of true crime documentaries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something else to watch? Check out our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Flora Carr Published: Friday, 22 October 2021 at 12:00 am Piers Morgan has resigned from ITV series Piers Morgan\u2019s Life Stories, with his final guest Kate Garraway set to take over as host. 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