Piers Morgan admits to ‘playing up to’ a persona on Good Morning Britain

OHMYGOSSIP — Piers Morgan has admitted he “plays up to” a persona on television.
The ‘Good Morning Britain’ presenter has admitted he puts on a “performance” of sorts on the ITV breakfast show – on which he co-hosts alongside Susanna Reid, and has been taking politicians to task over the coronavirus pandemic – to get viewers “going” in the mornings.
Speaking on ‘The Mid.Point Podcast with Gabby Logan’, he said: “There’s a persona that I certainly play up to. I think all television is performance in a way, and I certainly think there’s a sort of theatrical element to it as well.
“I certainly play up to that I don’t chase around trying to be beloved, it would be a fairly lonely journey if I did.
“So, I prefer to be divisive and polarising and get everybody going and wake everybody up in the morning. It’s the title of my book, you know, ‘Wake Up’.”
Once he is away from the camera, Piers settles down with his family “in a sea of serenity”.
He said: “However, when I do get home and shut the door I’m like everybody else and I get a nice bottle of wine out, have a chat with the kids, talk to my mum and dad, watch a bit of telly … and I’m a sea of serenity.”
What’s more, the 55-year-old TV presenter doesn’t want to feel too relaxed in his life, because he feels the need to be constantly challenged.
He added: “I don’t want to be in peace with myself. I don’t want to feel peace. I think that way, early death is imminent. If you suddenly feel like you’ve really cracked life, you’re totally at peace. Well, what’s left? You know, I want to be constantly challenged. I think the way to gain longevity, if you’re lucky with your health, is to constantly test your mind and challenge yourself.
“And all the people that I know, Dame Joan Collins, Rupert Murdoch, Warren Buffett, whoever they are, the people that I know [….] all achieve in their own way is because they constantly drive themselves.
“They’ve never said ‘I’m at peace’. They’ve never said, ‘Oh, I can relax. Now let me retire. Let me sit in the garden’.
“The stat that within five years of retirement most people die. Because they give up and they think, ‘Oh yeah, I’m pretty happy with my lot.’ I want to be constantly dissatisfied with my lot.”
‘The Mid.Point Podcast with Gabby Logan’ is available on all major podcast platforms.

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