Piers Morgan issued an on-air apology to Jay-Z and Beyoncé this week regarding an interview with Jaguar Wright, which made allegations against the superstar power couple on Morgan’s show that turned out to be false.
Wright, a singer, recently appeared on Morgan’s show, where she talked about the recent arrest of Sean “Daddy” Combs. Wright said during her interview, “For four years I’ve been yelling at not just Diddy, but Diddy and Jay-Z. Elsewhere, she claimed that both Jay-Z and Beyonce had hundreds of victims.
On Tuesday, Morgan revealed on her show that Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s lawyers had contacted her, and that Wright’s claims were “completely false and have no basis in fact.”
“The thing about platforms, the reality of the modern world is that everybody has a platform as long as they have something to say that other people want to hear,” Morgan told his audience. “That’s why we invited. [Wright] to interview. People making these claims have audiences with or without shows like mine.
He continued, “Well, Jaguar unexpectedly made several serious allegations about Jay-Z and Beyoncé during this interview. As I said in the moment, he’s not there to answer or defend himself. were, but now they are. We had lawyers contact us to say that these claims were completely false and had no basis in fact, and so we cut them from the original interview. The legal request has been complied with.
Morgan ended his message with a direct apology. “Editing an interview is not something we do lightly on a show,” he said, “but like the proverbial fire in a crowded theater, we have legal limitations. And we Apologies to Jay Z and Beyonce.
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