Piers Morgan opens up on ‘most extraordinary’ moment of his career: ‘I feel very proud’

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Piers Morgan, 55, is best known for being a presenter on Good Morning Britain and during the height of the pandemic, he became a champion for Captain Sir Tom Moore, 100. The centurion captured the hearts of the nation with his extraordinary fundraising efforts to commend the frontline workers battling COVID-19. The former soldier has appeared on the ITV news show several times, with the outspoken host kickstarting the petition to have him knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Ahead of sitting down with the veteran for his Life Stories series, the journalist has opened up on how reporting on the pensioner’s story became one of the greatest moments of his professional career.

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The journalist said: “I’m very proud, yes. He’s such a remarkable man who nobody had ever heard of six months ago, and now he is one of the most famous people in the world.

“He has been knighted, he has been promoted to Colonel, he’s received a Pride of Britain Award, he’s had the world’s great and good ring him up and write to him.

“And he has done it by walking 100 laps of his garden up to his 100 birthday, and in the process raising over £30million pounds.

“It’s one of the most extraordinary stories I’ve ever encountered in my journalistic career,” Piers confessed.

Since interviewing the pensioner throughout the pandemic, the host admitted he is now “proud” to call the war veteran a friend.

“He rings me up and we have chats and it’s great. He is just a really funny, warm, smart Yorkshire man and he can’t believe what’s happened to him.

“He wants to ride the wave of it and do as much as he can to raise money and awareness for causes and it’s fantastic.

“He said he can’t believe his luck at this stage in his life. He is a great guy,” Piers added, before explaining how grateful he was the war veteran chose Life Stories to share his legacy.

“He has a book coming out and he approached us about doing Life Stories and I’m just touched that he would want to do that. It’s going to be great.”

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The interview will certainly be emotional as Captain Sir Tom Moore reflects on the past one hundred years of his life.

Ahead of Sunday evening’s programme, a preview was released during Wednesday’s edition of Good Morning Britain showing the centurion breaking down in tears.

After hearing his family talking about their love for him, Piers asks the war veteran: “That’s got to feel pretty good, to hear your grandkids talk about you like that?”

With tears in his eyes, the guest replies: “I was very fortunate to move in with them. I always say tomorrow is a good day, and that was a good day the day I moved in with them.”

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As the new series of Life Stories is in full swing, Piers has also recently opened up about another “surprising” moment in his 35-year career which some viewers might not expect.

The presenter explained: “I was once offered a record contract by a record executive in a Barbados club at 3am in the morning.

“After stripping off to the waist, putting on a bandana and singing Live and Let Die – the Axel Rose version.

“That was one of the more surprising moments of my career. He was deadly serious,” the journalist continued.

However, Piers added it was only on the evening in question he seemed to display some rather unusual singing abilities after drinking a “bottle of Jack Daniels”.

“Which I don’t think would be conducive to a long career in the music business,” the news anchor quipped.

Having now hosted the interview series for 15 years, the journalist has explained how the “power of silence” has come to be an effective tool when listening to the stories of such pivotal figures.

“It’s a totally opposite discipline to GMB where you might only have a few minutes with someone and you feel you’ve got to get to the truth, especially Government ministers

“It’s a different technique and I’m obviously much more aggressive sometimes in that environment. But with Life Stories, that doesn’t work. Really you want to use silence,” he added, comparing the two very different roles he holds at this present time in his career.

Piers Morgan Life Stories continues tonight at 8pm on ITV.

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