Piers Morgan savages ‘money-grabbing’ Meghan Markle in rant over Netflix cancellation

TV host Piers Morgan has weighed in on the dumping of Meghan Markle’s Netflix series, saying it’s a “whole new level of humiliation” for the Duchess.

Controversial UK TV presenter Piers Morgan has savaged Meghan Markle after her animated series was dumped by Netflix. Pictures: AFP/Getty Images

Piers Morgan has savaged “money-grabbing” Meghan Markle in a rant about her animated series being cancelled by Netflix.

The TalkTV presenter said the Duchess of Sussex had suffered a “new level of humiliation” after the cancellation.

The 40-year-old’s upcoming animated series Pearl was quietly dumped by Netflix amid a string of show cancellations by the streaming giant, The Sun reports.

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry signed the major deal with Netflix in September 2020. Picture: AFP

The show, created by the Duchess of Sussex through Archewell Productions, was in the development stage.

A long-running critic of Meghan’s, Morgan, 57, didn’t hold back on his new TV show Uncensored.

“I don’t believe in cancel culture so I was obviously distraught to learn that the woman who cancelled me has now been cancelled herself,” he said.

“Netflix has shelved the production of Pearl, an animated series developed by Meghan Markle and Sir Elton John’s husband David Furnish.

Meghan Markle’s series was shelved amid a flurry of shows being dumped by Netflix. Picture: AFP

Piers Morgan has long been a vocal critic of Meghan Markle. Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

“It was about a 12-year-old girl inspired by influential women. Apparently it was based on her own very inspiring rags to royal riches story. Sadly, nobody at Netflix shared my inspiration.”

He went on: “Concern is now mounting that their whole [$140 million] deal might be in jeopardy.

“None of this brings me any pleasure. Especially after the failure of her nauseatingly patronising children’s book, The Bench.

“They may be subtly discovering that maybe the rest of the world isn’t quite as excited by their self-righteous brand of pious, hypocritical, money-grabbing, virtue-signalling, royal-bashing, as they are.

“Let’s face it, when the world’s wokeist production company axes the world’s wokeist project by the world’s wokeist celebrity, that’s a whole new level of humiliation.

“I wish Meghan, sincerely, all the very best at this difficult time.”

Pearl was set to be the streaming giant’s first animated series.

It was one of many shows shelved by Netflix as part of cutbacks amid a collapse in subscriber numbers, Deadline reported.

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