After Morgan, 55, made disparaging on-air remarks aboutMeghan Markleand herrevelations about her mental healthduring her recent sit-down withOprah Winfrey, Beresford spoke up and called his co-panelist’s behavior “pathetic” and “diabolical.”
The move prompted Morgan to storm off set during the Tuesday broadcast, and later that day, it was announced that he would beleaving his postat the morning news show.
“I wish I had the privilege to sit on the fence,” Beresfordtweetedfollowing the confrontation with Morgan. “In order for me to do that I would have to strip myself of my identity and that’s not something I can do. It’s not any of our places to pick apart claims of racism in order to make us to feel more comfortable.”
For more on Piers Morgan’s exit, listen below to the episode of PEOPLE Every Day.
He’s been withGood Morning Britainsince its inception.
Beresford was born in Bristol, England, to a white mother from Britain and a Black father from Guyana.
In 2012, he presented the weather on the morning showDaybreak,before the program was replaced withGood Morning Britainin 2014. He stayed on through the transition and has remained in his post since the show’s inception.
He’s spoken out on the show before.
In 2019, Beresford intervened during a debate about a violent knife crime, during which one of the guests, the chairman of the Police Federation, began to argue that building more prisons could be a solution.
“Prison doesn’t work, though. It does not work. I’ve grown up in some of these communities you guys are talking about. Some of these boys don’t fear prison,” Beresford said, theIndependentreported at the time.
“If we don’t change the environment, we won’t change anything,” he continued. “If you don’t show these boys a different environment, you won’t change anything.”
Less than two weeks later, he announced that his own cousin had recently been stabbed to death. He later created a documentary calledKnife Crime & Me, in which he traveled across the country to investigate the issues behind the violent crimes.
He and Morgan have previously sparred on air.
In 2017, Morganteased Beresfordafter the weatherman stood in front of him while delivering his forecast.
“Get back in your weather box, now,” Morgan said, to which Beresford replied, “I’m so not going to do that now that you’ve said it.”
During a broadcast two years later, Beresfordwalked off the setafter he chimed in on a conversation and Morgan told him, “You know what, mate, you’re doing the weather … your job is the weather.”
“Look at him, little drama queen,” Morgan snarked as Beresford walked away. “Go on, off you go.”
He’s committed to fitness.
Beresford is passionate about working out and even created afitness accounton Instagram where he tracks his training sessions.
“A strong body can fuel a healthy mind!” his bio reads, noting that he’s a physical therapist “in training.”
Last month, he shared an update on his mindset during the U.K.’s COVID-19 lockdown.
“Emerge Stronger!” hewrotealongside a photo of him, shirtless, doing push-ups. “Strong in body, strong in mind.:
“You can flip that the other way round too, but for me personally, I feel much better in my mind when I feel better in my body — see how the two merge?” he continued. “Ultimately I need both.”
source: people.com
