Blog posts about ‘Piers Morgan’ »

Piers Morgan challenges X Factor’s Simon Cowell to Twitter war!

Piers Morgan has thrown down the gauntlet to fellow former Britain’s Got Talent host Simon Cowell by challenging him to a twitter follower face-off for charity.

The CNN presenter was inspired to start the challenge after Irish bookie Paddy Power offered him 15/8 that he will have more followers than Simon Cowell by the end of this year. He took the challenge and told Cowell to put his money where his mouth is and take the reverse bet.

Read more & comment »

Piers Morgan quits America’s Got Talent 2012 for CNN show

Piers Morgan has admitted that he will no longer act as a judge on America’s Got Talent.

The former Britain’s Got Talent panel member judged on the US version for six years but claimed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to balance his role on the reality TV series, with his job as host of a CNN chat show.

Piers will not be on the panel when the show returns to NBC in 2012 and told his followers on Twitter:

Read more & comment »

Piers Morgan sent Simon Cowell a picture of Cheryl Cole for his birthday!

Piers Morgan is a good friend, always ready to have a joke with his pals….or take the p*ss out of them it would seem.

The former Britain’s Got Talent judge obviously struggled to buy a gift for Simon Cowell’s birthday – what do you buy the man who has everything? – and so decided to have a laugh at the X Factor boss’s expense instead.

Morgan revealed that for the music mogul’s 52nd birthday recently, he sent him a framed picture of his former protege of Cheryl Cole.

Read more & comment »

X Factor USA: Steve Jones storms off Piers Morgan’ CNN show

Steve Jones reportedly stormed off the set of Piers Morgan’s chat show earlier this week.

The Welsh hunk was being interviewed on the CNN special, about his role as presenter of the new American X Factor series when he claimed that the former Britain’s Got Talent judge questioned him too deeply about his personal life, so he refused to talk anymore.

Jones took to Twitter earlier this week to write:
Read more & comment »

Lydia Bright reveals that Piers Morgan loves The Only Way Is Essex!

Lydia Bright has admitted that she could have been knocked over by a feather, when she discovered that Piers Morgan watches The Only Way Is Essex.

The blonde beauty recently met the America’s Got Talent judge and former newspaper editor and explained to The Sun’s Buzz magazine that she couldn’t believe it when he knew all of it’s cast members.

Lydia laughed:

“He’s [Piers Morgan] a big TOWIE fan…I couldn’t believe he knew the names of everyone in the show.”

Read more & comment »

America’s Got Talent 2011: Piers Morgan brands Team iLuminate ‘best act of the lives shows!’ (VIDEO)

Team iLuminate closed last night’s America’s Got Talent live show and what a performance they put on!

The act is a blend of amazing dancers, choreography and software technology and founder Miral Kotb explained what her troupe do, saying:

Read more & comment »

America’s Got Talent 2011: Piers Morgan buzzes on male pole dancer Steven Retchless – Sharon Osbourne loves his act (VIDEO)

Piers Morgan wasn’t a big fan of Steven Retchless when he performed on America’s Got Talent during the audition rounds and on last night’s quarter finals, the 24 year old hopeful failed again to win his approval.

The New York native, who describes himself as a ‘polefessional’, took to the stage once more on last night’s live show and gave a unique performance, which we have to admit was actually quite impressive.

Read more & comment »

America’s Got Talent: Piers Morgan and Celia Walden expecting their first child

Piers Morgan is going to become a daddy, and he and his wife Celia Walden have announced that they are expecting their first child.

The couple – who tied the knot in Oxfordshire, South East England, last June – will welcome a baby into the world this winter, with journalist Celia being four months pregnant, according to the Mail on Sunday newspaper.

Chat show host Piers – who already has three sons from his 20-year marriage to Marion Shalloe, whom he divorced in 2008 – first met Celia on a photoshoot, claiming she was “way out” of his league.
Read more & comment »

America’s Got Talent 2011: Piers Morgan wants to ‘torture’ Howie Mandel

Piers Morgan has admitted that he often finds it hard to work alongside his fellow America’s Got Talent judge Howie Mandel.

Describing him as “the most annoying man” ever, Morgan admitted on Access Hollywood that their on screen rivalry and jibing is not fake and insists that relations between him and the stand up comedian is “not friendly”.

He added: Read more & comment »

The Only Way Is Essex: Lauren Goodger wants to be interviewed by Piers Morgan

Lauren Goodger has admitted that she is keen to take on former Britain’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan!

The Only Way Is Essex star revealed that she would like to go on Piers’ ITV chat show, but how would she cope against the infamous interviewer? She told The Sun’s Buzz magazine:

Read more & comment »