Biography for
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Date of Birth

30 March 1965, Newick, East Sussex, England, UK

Birth Name

Piers Stefan O'Meara

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Spouse

Celia Walden	(24 June 2010 - present) 1 child
Marion Shalloe	(1991 - 2008) (divorced) 3 children

Trivia

Has been editor of British daily newspaper, The Mirror (formerly The Daily Mirror) since 1995.

Was sacked as editor of the Mirror on 14 May 2004 over the Mirror publishing faked photographs of alleged Iraqi prisoners being abused by British soldiers.

Won "The Apprentice" (2004) (Celebrity Apprentice) in 2008.

Has 3 children. Their names are Spencer July '93, Stanley June '97 and Albert "Bertie" Dec. '00.

Landed Oprah Winfrey as his very first celebrity guest on "Piers Morgan Tonight" (2011) (Jan. 17, 2011) after his persistent emails to Oprah's best friend Gayle King finally paid off.

Father, with Celia Walden, of daughter Elise, born in November 2011 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Personal Quotes

Most of the men that sue in Hollywood are all about 5' 2". They wake up every day, know they're tiny and feel very angry about it, so they go out and sue people.

[Speaking in 2005 about the British Education Secretary]: Why do we want someone like Ruth Kelly controlling our children? She's the scariest woman I've ever seen in politics.

"Big Brother: UK" (2000/III) is about celebrating the talentless... "Britain's Got Talent" (2007) is 100 per cent about celebrating talent.

Journalism is no longer just about the print medium and in 25 years' time newspapers will have died out. You're left with a new form of journalism which will be conducted through the prism of iPads and everything else. It will always be about content - journalists will always have work, just in a different format.

I miss the adrenalin of working in a newsroom when there's a massive breaking news story such as the Arizona shootings. Now I have this show I will still be involved with news stories like that. I've come full circle.

I'm guilt-ridden about introducing her to Paul McCartney. It was a moment of Cupid madness which cost Sir Paul $50 million, so the least I can do is ban her from the show. (On banning Heather Mills from "Piers Morgan Tonight" (2011)).

Larry King is an iconic figure in the world of television interviewing. To take over from him is a huge honour. There is a natural reluctance to give it to a foreigner but I'd established myself on "America's Got Talent" (2006) and Celebrity Apprentice so I'm not an unknown quantity. I hope they'll see it's a fresh and new style for US TV. I'll be a bit cheekier than they're used to but not in a way that will alienate guests. I was quite mischievous with Condoleezza Rice and she loved it so much she booked herself to appear again on the show. You can have a bit of fun with US celebrities because of the British accent, which they find charming.

There is a certain advantage to the British accent. I do notice that Americans love it; they think the we Brits are smarter than perhaps we are. So I'm relying on that, definitely.

Where Are They Now

(January 2011) Succeeds Larry King on "Larry King Live" (1985) as CNN's new interviewer. First scheduled guest January 17th is to be Oprah Winfrey