On the morning of March 9th, 2021, Piers Morgan was in the anchor chair of Good Morning Britain, squealing and screeching about the Duchess of Sussex. You see, this was less than 48 hours after the infamous Oprah interview aired, and Piers was foaming at the mouth, calling Meghan a liar and being extremely nasty about everything that she said in the interview. GMB’s co-anchor/weatherman Alex Beresford had enough at one point, and Alex calmly told Piers (in so many words) to shut his mouth about Meghan. Piers got so mad, he storm-waddled off the GMB set in the middle of the broadcast. If you’d like to watch that moment again, here you go:
We later learned that Meghan wrote to or spoke to the head of ITV to complain about all of the crazy sh-t Piers said in that 48 hour period. After Piers waddled off the set, he never returned – he was fired and now he has a YouTube show or something. In any case, the important part of this story is that poor Alex Beresford, a mixed-race man, was continually put in the “voice of reason” position on GMB. He’s spent years trying to explain to dense, racist white people that racism exists and it most definitely exists in the Windsor clan. Well, as a reward for all of his wokesplaining, the Duchess of Sussex sent Alex a lovely jar of As Ever jam/spread. And a stuffed octopus for his newborn daughter!
According to the Daily Mirror, “Meghan Markle takes swing at Piers Morgan with savage gesture to reignite feud.” Seriously, they think Meghan sending monarchy-destroying jam to Alex Beresford is “making a very clear dig at” Piers. I don’t deny that there was a petty element to this, but it’s also funny because Meghan can innocently say “hey, I just sent jam to one of the few people on British television who was always fair to me.” Sometimes jam is just jam, you know? LOL.
Feeling jammy. Thank you Duchess! My fave flavour as well. pic.twitter.com/tlpNBURaRQ
— Alex Beresford (@alexberesfordTV) April 24, 2025
Photos courtesy of Beresford’s social media, As Ever’s IG and Avalon Red.
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Is that a Jellycat octopus?
And how lovely that Meghan sent this to him!
Sad to be reminded however he was the only one to speak up.
The MPs did but the power lies in the tabloids in Britain atm.
Looks like it. Love Jellycat. Watch it sell out now
I did not know jellycat and now I’m exploring their website.
I am still bummed that Jellycat essentially discontinued their Cordy Roy line. Those stuffed animals were THE BEST lovies because although they definitely get old and loved, the surface never got matted the way most polyester fur does. Bring back Cordy Roy!
My 12 year old has a Jellycat Cordy Roy cat as his lovey, and I have several backups! More Cordy Roys, please!
What a sweet gesture! Not surprising considering how sweet and thoughtful Meghan is! Piers must be foaming at the mouth LOL!!! I love that for him!
The photo of his baby holding one of the octopus’ tentacles ❤️
I hadn’t spotted that! Ridiculously cute.
😂 love this for her! And for him! Piers must be furious.
Keep on jamming Duchess and good on Alex for calling Piers out. Alex triggered that particular collapse of Piers’ House of Cards. Piers backed the wrong brother and long may he regret it forever more.
PM is always mad about something “Meghan” so it would not matter who she sent it to he’s going to be ranting somewhere about it.. this was a lovely gesture and if it pisses Morgan off all the better.
“Reignite feud”? First there is no “feud”; just PM being a butt. Second, when has he stopped slagging off on Meghan that anything would be “reignited”? I hope it was a slam at the moron.
Ha! True. It can’t be reignited bc a “feud” is constantly burning the brain cells in his mind. Just the other day he was bragging that he ended Eugenie and Harry’s friendship by being photographed hugging Eugenie…when that never happened. He was pictured hugging Beatrice. He wants to be part of the story so bad that he’s inventing things that never happened.
See, I don’t think it was petty or a slam at PM. I think it was appreciation for Alex being one of the VERY few people who ever stood up for her in the British press, who called out the obvious racism, and who stood up for her in the face of a much more powerful member of the show at huge risk to his own career.
Agreed, this is Meghan acknowledging that she is aware of the people who have been fair to her in the British media. If it pisses off Piers Morgan, and it will, all the better.
I’m sure this kind gesture will spark a British media establishment uproar. I’d love to try the raspberry spread!
I remember him, that’s so sweet and thoughtful. I didn’t realize that he had a newborn. I hope that both parents can take some time to enjoy the gift and have a little bit of a breather.
As for Piers, he would absolutely love if he thought this meant Meghan was thinking about him. All he has ever wanted was her attention, and went from sweet talking to nastiness for the same reason, please pay attention to me.
I wonder if Alex is on parental leave, because if he isn’t I have a feeling a lot of his coworkers are just going to want a ” taste”, even though they totally don’t care about Meghan or what she’s doing. Going to be a lot of jealous articles in the coming days.
Most definitely. Alex has a target on his back like Omid. Just nasty those rats.
@Dee(2) – No, Alex is still doing the weather forecast on ITV News at 6pm. He doesn’t do it every day though.
I have no proof of this but I wonder if Meghan had already gotten in touch and thanked Alex years ago. No idea but he was just such a calm and reasonable voice, a rarity on those morning shows. And Piers waddling off after less than 30 seconds of being calmly called out will forever be hilarious. Watch Piers make this all about him. Which it’s not really. It’s about thanking the lone good man who really stood up for her on GMB.
Those bullies are so thin-skinned. Like Angela. They can’t handle a mirror being held to their faces.
Looking back, I’m still somewhat shocked Piers just got up and left. Alex wasn’t even being mean or rude, just stating an opposing viewpoint. Clearly he’s thin-skinnned but even I don’t think I realized just how thin until that moment.
@Jais I think that’s the problem with the media landscape in the UK in general. Nobody pushes back against these rats because they know that they could criticise and slander the Sussexes at will because it was KP approved.
But Piers showed himself as the silly paper tiger that he truly is. He gets a criticism of his behaviour from one person and he collapses. What a wimp, what a coward.
They’re not used to being called out. Piers was shocked that anyone – let alone a POC – stood up to him. And he did it very calmly and rationally and made Piers look like a fool.
i dont know why Meghan sent him the jam – maybe they have been in some sort of professional contact – but I would love to think there was a petty element to it. And if she wasn’t being petty in sending it, he definitely was in posting it, lolol. and I’m HERE FOR IT.
What I liked about it, he didn’t even go into all royal family bullsh*t. He just asked him why he was being so nasty to a woman who never said anything about him, not even his name was mentioned by Meghan ever. That was enough to set Piers off.
The reminder that she has never said his name once. That’s true. He wants to be acknowledged so bad by her.
I’m sure Meghan’s been in touch with Alex before. It would be weird to send jam and a baby gift just out of the blue to thank him for something he did 4 years ago.
I’m guessing there was a beautiful hand-written note and perhaps some flowers sent years ago.
I think so too. And Alex actually got a lot of online hate at the time for standing up against Piers. Knowing Meghan, she reached out in support as well as thanking him.
Lol! 😝 He was the one that posted about it. Looks like he was excited to have received it and feels very fortunate to have it since so many people haven’t yet been able to get one …. plus to be someone in the UK that has one, it’s definitely a flex for him. I’m happy 😃 for him.
Considering Meghan sent a gift for their child along with the jam, it shows imo that she gifted those items with sincerity. It seems like she has a relationship with his wife. I wonder if they met while she was in the UK through her work with one of the charities or causes Meghan was a part of. Maybe SmartWorks?
Meghan did say she she was informed on a need to know basis, so I’m sure more than one person told her about Alex reaching his breaking point with Piss Moron.
Love it and its totally deliberate.
Meghan knows how to troll, ie : a daily fail.
Plus she might like this guy?
It’s absolutely deliberate and I love it
I love how receiving monarchy destroying jam has become the equivalent of getting a Willy Wonka golden ticket.
lol.. it really is 🎫.
Clearly Meghan is extending her tentacles — her deliciously jammy tentacles — ever further into the hearts and minds of the public.
Look, she’s even getting BABIES on her team now!! 🤣🤣🤣
🐙🐙🐙💛💛💛🍯🍒
What’s funny, she sold out in 45 mins and didn’t need anything. No tentacles. I do think she’s trolling because we know she can
This is the level of elegant pettiness that I aspire to 🙂↔️
Boy… that nasty exchange is aging so well. It is nice of Meghan to not forget people like Alex Beresford who did not hesitate to defend her on live tv.
I imagine Meghan wrote a letter to Alex after the whole uproar and they’ve probably kept in touch ever since. I hope he knows that the press are going to attack him now every chance they get.
Piers looked ridiculous stomping out of the studio
Stooped over waddling while huffing and puffing… it was hilarious. He is just such a gross man.
Piss Morgan wanted to be fired, so he could be outraged about it but wasn’t, so he quit. That’s why he was never able to sue ITV.
He is a gentleman and stood up for her. He should be recognized for doing this because he got it in the neck constantly for sticking up for her. This is what tonic masculinity looks like .
I love that! “Tonic” masculinity vs toxic masculinity.
And poor peg was devastated. And he caused a lot of trouble with his pettiness.
I love the description, storm-waddle
to describe what he did because what he did that day was the angriest waddle I’ve ever seen. I could watch him waddling for hours without any sound and I would be on the floor laughing the whole time. The thing I love even more than that is that she is in her moment of joy and the opinion of this storm waddler and the other uptight angry racists aren’t even a concern of hers. They will always be angry because it has nothing to do with what she does but because of who she is as an accomplished, intelligent, beautiful and strong American woman of color who runs circles around their basic and mediocre English rose without even trying. She’s unapologetic of who she is and that angers them, I love that.
If I remember correctly, Meghan wrote to the Head of ITV to specifically address Morgan dismissing the suicidal thoughts, basically saying that she was lying. Mental health issues were very high on the agenda at that time and there was a campaign to encourage people to seek help, not be scared to admit you’re struggling and talk about it, so Morgan was definitely going against the general consensus with his unhinged tirade and poisonous rhetoric about Meghan’s admission regarding her mental state.
Beresford was always irritated with Morgan’s conduct and it was the disparaging way he made light of, and called into question, Meghan’s suicidal thoughts that pushed him to call Morgan out.
His on air behaviour was becoming ridiculous, questionable and problematic; I suspect it was the excuse ITV needed to get rid of him and they jumped on it.
We all knew long before this specific moment went down what a lying POS P!ss Moron was. The way he changed his story how he said he met Meghan, took her out for drinks — which we all knew never happened.
But this really beat everything that came before. To accuse someone as vulnerable and threatened as Meghan of lying about her emotions, feelings, thoughts? To downplay suicidal ideations? Nasty, disgusting, misogynoir, entitled OWM.
Keeping my fingers crossed for Lady Karma and Meghan’s ancestors to kick PM where it hurts. Often and repeatedly.
I read elsewhere that the octopus is one of Meghan’s go-to baby gifts. Very brave of Alex to post given they’ll come after him, but what a sweet photo of Ms Octopus in action.
I think it is one of her go-to gifts. She sent it to one of her kids friends who was sick (or just had surgery?) with a nice comment about an 8 armed hug.
Are we sure that Meghan doesn’t have some Southern roots? Because this a level of graceful pettiness that is in our DNA
Well done, well done 👏 👏👏
This Northern lady made several trips to the South before realizing “bless your heart” was not a term of endearment.
Alex Beresford is a decent bloke. Well done Meghan! That was very kind of her.
I’m glad that some of Harry’s brand of petty is rubbing of on Meghan. It is so precise and is a sign of healing. I love that Meghan combined that with her signature kindness
I see here that Meghan never fails to show gratitude. That’s one of the great things about her. Beresford did not have to post about this. If it is also seen as having the effect of making Morgan pop of blood vessel, then that’s on us, and not factored as one of Meghan’s intentions. Why would she refrain from showing gratitude to someone because it might upset someone else? Also, thanks for the idea for baby gifts, Meghan!
Exactly!!! 💯 agree with this comment. 👍
I agree. Megan didn’t know Alex was going to post this. She was just sending a gift. If anything it’s Alex that is being a bit cheeky by showing Piers & the world haha he got jam.
Alex Beresford is also the guy who piped up, unmicced from across the room and off camera, to inject a dose of realism into a panel discussion among some white people about youth knife crime. A moment of television gold that a producer decided to pivot and switch on his mic and let him be heard. Love him.
A lovely gesture like this could only come from a woman with class. Define class: Meghan!
Piers waddled off after claiming Meghan lied in the Oprah interview … only to confirm years later that Charles and Kate were the racists who had speculated about the color of Archie’s skin.
So she didn’t lie after all, did she, Piers??
And I love that Meghan sent AB and his infant these gifts.
I think Meghan genuinely appreciated Alex coming to her defense and she rewards those that show kindness to her. She probably reached out to him privately after the whole Piers incident and he just never spoke up about it. He’s one of the only few in British media who defended her and he’s also a man of color. The only element of pettiness is that Piers will see this as a petty move and the Daily Mail is trying to turn into a thing when it’s not. Meghan didn’t tell him to post her gifts, Alex did that of his own volition.
I think Alex may be one of the few who got it in the UK too since there’s no international shipping right now. I know the desperate DM paid some US counterparts to buy jam for them when the website went live so they could try it. But I think Alex is one of the few who got it for free in the UK which is just an added bonus.
What a sweet gift. I wonder if they’ve been in touch over the years. Obviously his defense of Meghan meant a lot to her and it truly was a good gesture when he stood up to that vile man. Getting one of those rare jars of jam with a note from Meghan is really cool. I missed the first drop so anxiously waiting for the next release.
Such a great moment in “piers”cing the veil. Asked mildly “do you have any substance or evidence to your criticisms?”Morgan crumbles entirely and storms off stage.