Piers Morgan slams Don Lemon for calling him ‘racist’ over comments on Meghan Markle: ‘I thought he was a friend’

Piers Morgan slams Don Lemon for calling him ‘racist’ over comments on Meghan Markle: ‘I thought he was a friend’
Piers Morgan asked Don Lemon to 'be honest with himself,' after the CNN host said the former disbelieving Meghan Markle was an 'act of racism' (Getty Images)

In his recent interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox Nation, Fox News' streaming service, Piers Morgan not just fumed at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, he also lashed out at Don Lemon, who he thought "was a friend". Lemon had branded Morgan a “racist” after he made not-so-pleasant remarks about the Duchess of Sussex after her interview with Oprah Winfrey on March 7.

Commenting on the tell-all interview of the Sussexes, the 56-year-old broadcaster had said he did not believe Meghan’s accusations that she was denied help from the Palace when she suffered depression and felt like killing herself while in the UK. Lemon later reacted to Morgan’s comment in a March 16 broadcast, where he accused him of committing an "act of racism" by refusing to believe the former actress.

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On Monday, April 5, when Carlson asked Morgan about the allegations put against him by the 55-year-old, he said: “I’ve seen Don Lemon at CNN - the guy who sits in my old office, who I thought was a friend - actually say on his show that I’d committed an act of racism. But disbelieving someone, that’s an act of racism?”