Piers Morgan to sue TV production company?
Morgan claims film maker based Pigsould Morgellon character on him, may seek damages
by Peggy Arnott, Features Writer
Television personality and former newspaper editor, Piers Morgan is considering legal action over what he considers an unfair and unflattering portrayal of a character allegedly based on him. The character in question, “Pigsould Morgellon” appears in a film purporting to show a fictionalised account of reality TV star Jade Goody’s last ever interview, before succumbing to cancer last year and is available to download for free over the internet.
A friend of Morgan’s, speaking on conditions of anonymity said, “its bad enough being connected to a film which pretends to know what Jade might have said in her last interview, which is already in horrible taste, but to be portrayed as such an odious little man, I mean, Piers is nothing like that, its just insulting. And you know, he very nearly really did interview Jade before she died, but she was too sick to go through with it.”
SLAP-TV, the production company behind the film, “Pigsould Presents Jade Goody’s Final Interview” were contacted repeatedly for comment, but declined to reply to our emails and telephone messages. The film is still available to download from their website and has not been withdrawn from release.
Morgan, 45, has recently been tipped to replace CNN’s long serving talkshow host, Larry King, but has refused to comment on the speculation, or the possibility of legal action against SLAP-TV. Mr. Morgan previously edited the Mirror newspaper in the UK, before stepping down over allegations of faked photographs showing British soldiers committing atrocities that were later proven to be staged. More recently, Morgan has made a name for himself as a judge on ITV’s, Britain’s Got Talent as well as the American version, and for winning the American version of Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump.
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