Piers Morgan Uncensored | |
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| YouTube information | |
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| Years active | 2022–present |
| Genre | Talk show |
| Subscribers | 4.34 million |
| Views | 1.30 billion |
| Last updated: 15 February 2026 | |
Piers Morgan Uncensored is a YouTubetalk show presented byPiers Morgan.[1] It was originally broadcast on TalkTV (now known asTalk), weeknights at 8 pm in the UK from 25 April 2022[2] until 8 February 2024.[3]
It was also broadcast internationally bySky News Australia in Australia andFox Nation in the United States.[4] Since 19 February 2024, episodes have been broadcast on the show's YouTube channel.[5] Since September 2025, a weekly highlights show from YouTube episodes of the show has aired onChannel 5.
Morgan leftGood Morning Britain andITV in March 2021 following a controversy over his remarks aboutOprah with Meghan and Harry, which included a heated on-air argument withAlex Beresford.[6]
On 16 September 2021,News UK announced its new channel TalkTV would launch in 2022, with Morgan being the first name signed up.[7] The show made its debut on 25 April 2022.[8] The opening two editions of the programme featured a two-part interview with former US presidentDonald Trump.[9]
On 6 June 2022, TalkTV aired a two-hour special of the show to cover that day's Conservative Partyvote of confidence in the leadership ofBoris Johnson.[10] Extended versions of the programme were also aired in July 2022 as thegovernment crisis unfolded, leading to theresignation of Johnson.[11]
The 25 July 2022 edition of the show began three days of editions covering Morgan's visit to Ukraine, where he was invited byFirst Lady of UkraineOlena Zelenska to host her secondKyiv Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen.[12] Morgan also recorded an hour-long interview with PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky and his wife First Lady Olena Zelenska, the first interview the couple have given to international television, and which was broadcast on 27 July.[13]
A three-hour special edition was aired on the evening of 8 September 2022, shortly after the announcement of thedeath of Queen Elizabeth II, reflecting on the queen's life following the breaking news.[14] A two-hour special edition was aired on the evening following the state funeral of Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022.[15]
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In February 2023, Morgan recorded an interview withRishi Sunak, theprime minister of the United Kingdom at10 Downing Street in which Sunak said that he would publish histax returns.[16] The interview, which aired on 2 February, gave the show an average audience of 120,500, and putting TalkTV ahead of its main rivals onBBC News,Sky News andGB News during the 8.00–9.00pm timeslot.[17] In September 2023, Morgan recorded a one-hour interview withLuis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Association, following controversy after he kissed Spanish women's football playerJenni Hermoso at the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final. Writing inThe Guardian,Suzanne Wrack described Morgan's line of questioning as weak.[18]
During an interview withThe Times in February 2024, Morgan announced that the show was leaving TalkTV to move to his YouTube channel due to the "unnecessary straitjacket" of television scheduling that prevented him from conducting in-depth interviews, and because of poor viewing figures on TalkTV, which were in the tens of thousands compared to the YouTube channel's 2.3 million subscribers. Morgan also felt moving the programme to YouTube would enable him to build a global audience.[3] The final edition to air regularly on TalkTV was shown on 8 February, ending its broadcast with TalkTV,Sky News Australia andFox Nation that broadcast internationally which are owned byNews Corp.
In September 2025, and following a deal between Morgan andChannel 5,Piers Morgan Uncensored made a returns to television with a weekly 90-minute show on Channel 5 showing highlights from the YouTube recordings. The deal was reported to be the first between a major UK broadcaster and a YouTube channel.[19]
In July 2022, it was announced thatJeremy Kyle would take over as a stand-in presenter from 1 August to 5 September while Piers Morgan was on holiday.[20]
On 21 October it was announced that Conservative MPNadine Dorries would guest present two editions ofPiers Morgan Uncensored on 24 and 25 October to coincide with theConservative Party leadership election, and that she would be joined byEmily Sheffield, former editor of theLondon Evening Standard.[21] Dorries' poor reception as a presenter promptedSteph McGovern to describe the show as "Piers Morgan Unwatched" while presenting the 28 October 2022 edition ofBBC One'sHave I Got News for You. Responding onTwitter the following day, Morgan posted a link to aSun article that reported her own show,Steph's Packed Lunch had recorded zero viewers when it was launched in 2020 along with the comment: "Hear you were gobbing off about my @PiersUncensored ratings on #HIGFY last night @StephLunch – you sure you're the best person to do that?".[22]
Piers Morgan Uncensored first aired from a purpose-built[23] studio within the Ealing Broadcast Centre[24][25] inEaling, West London,[26][27] a for-hire facility built in 2021 by Timeline Television Ltd.[28][29][30][31] In April 2023Piers Morgan Uncensored moved to a new studio withinThe News Building atLondon Bridge, along withJeremy Kyle Live, which had also been previously produced at Ealing.[32][33]
Piers Morgan Uncensored was also broadcast internationally bySky News Australia in Australia andFox Nation in the United States, which are both owned byNews Corp (News Corp Australia andFox Corporation).
Despite departing TalkTV, the show continues to be produced at the News UK building in London, using the same studio as before.[citation needed]
Overnight viewing figures indicated that the first edition ofPiers Morgan Uncensored was watched by 317,000 viewers.[34] The next week's Monday edition, aired on 2 May 2022, fell further, with an average audience of 62,000. Morgan's YouTube channel's show episodes reported around 10,000 views.[5] The programme has experienced a decline in viewers since its opening week, with the 18 May 2022 edition reported to have attracted 10,000 viewers.[35]
On 8 August 2022, theDaily Telegraph reported thatPiers Morgan Uncensored attracted an average audience of 33,900 for the edition broadcast on 28 July.[36]
On 20 April 2023,Piers Morgan Uncensored's YouTube channel reached one million subscribers.[37] The programme's YouTube channel reached two million subscribers in November 2023, prompting TalkTV to claim the programme had "the world's fastest-growing current affairs Youtube [sic] channel".[38] At the time of Morgan's departure from TalkTV, his YouTube channel had 2.3 million subscribers.[3]
In June 2025, Iranian-American political scientist Kaveh Afrasiabi filed a multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit against Piers Morgan and his producer, Bharati Naik, still pending in the federal court in Boston.[39] In January 2023, Morgan attracted criticism on social media following a conversation withTina Brown in which the pair criticisedPrince Harry's memoir,Spare, and after Morgan also threw a copy of the book in the bin while on air. Many viewers commented how they had had enough of the coverage.[40]
Morgan faced criticism after comments made on the 18 January 2023 edition of his show aboutMadonna ahead ofthe Celebration Tour, her 40th anniversary world tour. Morgan criticised the singer for "the whole trying to be asex kitten thing when you're in your sixties" and suggested she should be "put out to pasture".[41]
An edition ofPiers Morgan Uncensored featuring an interview with Prime MinisterRishi Sunak, which aired on 5 February 2024, attracted criticism after Sunak accepted a £1,000 bet from Morgan over the possible outcome of the UK government'sRwanda asylum plan.[42][43]
In October 2024,Piers Morgan Uncensored received backlash after airing claims, which were subsequently shown to be false, made byJaguar Wright aboutJay-Z andBeyoncé on his show,[44] after he asked her aboutSean Combs's arrest.[45][46] The incident sparked significant media attention[47] and led to a viral apology by Morgan, as well as to discussions about the responsibilities of talk-show hosts in verifying guests' statements.[48][49]
In May 2025, during an episode featuring Pakistan’s former foreign ministerHina Rabbani Khar, Pakistani podcaster Shehzad Ghias Shaikh, Indian journalistBarkha Dutt, and Indian influencer Ranveer Allahbadia (aka BeerBiceps), the show faced criticism from Pakistani media for poor moderation, nationalist bias, and devolving into theatrics.[50] Furthermore, Morgan, who labeled thePakistan ISI as the worst intelligence agency, was criticised for failing to challenge "inflammatory" claims made by Dutt and Allahbadia, when the latter displayed the photo ofOsama bin Laden and stated how Pakistan were hiding him after he waskilled byUS Navy SEAL Team.[51]
In December 2025, an interview with far-right political commentatorNick Fuentes sparked controversy and media scrutiny. During the segment, Piers questioned Fuentes on hisantisemitic views, theHolocaust, and his opinions onAdolf Hitler. The interview generated attention when Fuentes remarked that Hitler was "fucking cool," leading to an immediate and strong rebuke from Morgan. Beyond the political and historical controversy, a separate moment from the interview, where Fuentes—who identifies as a "virgin"—was pressed by Morgan about his personal life, also went viral. The broadcast drew sharp debate regarding the ethics of providing a platform to Fuentes, despite the resulting high-engagement and provocative content.[52][53][54][55]
Piers Morgan Uncensored won the 2022Sports Journalists' Association Scoop of the Year award and theTRIC award for an episode that aired on 16–17 November 2022 with Morgan interviewing Portugueseassociation footballerCristiano Ronaldo, who at the time played forManchester United F.C.[56][57][58][59]
During the interview, Ronaldo was critical of the club, felt that he was betrayed, had no respect for the managerErik ten Hag, and accused it of showing a lack of empathy when his young son died. Manchester United said it had "noted the media coverage" and will consider its response after the full facts have been established.[60][61][62][63] Following the interview, which aired in two parts on 16 and 17 November, United began seeking "appropriate steps", a legal action over whether Ronaldo had breached his contract.[64][65] It was subsequently announced on 22 November that Ronaldo had left the club following the interview.[66][67]
In May 2023 the programme was also shortlisted for the2023 National Television Awards in the TV interview category.[68]
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