Donald Trump & Piers Morgan
Donald Trump has denied claims he stormed out of an interview with Piers Morgan.
He's alleged Piers edited the interview to make it look like there was a bust-up in order to create a buzz around his new talk show.
It all started when a promo for the UK presenter's new show Piers Morgan Uncensored was released.
It features a heated debate between Piers and the former US president, and it ends with the latter storming out.
"Let's finish up the interview. Turn the camera off... very dishonest," we hear Trump say.
Get ready for the most explosive interview of the year.@piersmorgan | @TalkTV | #piersuncensored pic.twitter.com/ITkNgtjpOk
— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) April 20, 2022
Trump then released a statement saying the interview he, 'rather enjoyed doing is now in shambles.'
'[Piers] wanted to make it look like I walked out on the interview when my time limit of 20 minutes went over by an hour.'
'The good news is that the interview was taped by us as a means of keeping him honest.'
Read the statement below:
The interview was “long and tedious” but also “actually very strong”. Donald really wants us to watch this @piersmorgan interview. pic.twitter.com/ChzXt8sufB
— Karl Brophy (@KarlBrophy) April 21, 2022
Trump's spokesman has since shared their audio with US media outlets.
According to NBC News, Piers and Trump thanked each other before wrapping up the interview.
And the reason Trump stood up and said, "Turn the camera off," was apparently because the interview was being dragged out.
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His communications director, Taylor Budowich, claimed the footage was edited to make it look like Trump said, "turn the camera off," out of anger, when he apparently didn't.
The audio also includes Budowich getting frustrated with Piers for dragging the interview out, and falsely saying he only had one more question left to ask.
Piers has been reacting to Trump's response on Twitter: 'We haven’t even aired it yet, and he’s already released two furious statements… about a PROMO?!'
'Take a chill pill, Mr President - it’s a great interview, even if you did lose your rag a bit.'
🤣🤣We haven’t even aired it yet, and he’s already released two furious statements… about a PROMO?! Take a chill pill, Mr President - it’s a great interview, even if you did lose your rag a bit. https://t.co/S9c21ZZQo0
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 21, 2022
Yes - his claim is fake news. https://t.co/eUUttpQW2l
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 21, 2022
Hi Taylor, the fact you weren’t able to stop the interview, & the fact President Trump had to be told about my previous public criticisms of him by some dodgy bloke in London rather than by you suggests he urgently needs a new Director of Communications! I’d pack your bags, mate. https://t.co/826vJOaEzp
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 21, 2022
President Trump’s now issued two statements about our interview which he calls ‘long and tedious’, ‘fake’ and a ‘shambles’ but he also says it was ‘very strong’, he ‘enjoyed doing it’, predicts ‘big ratings’, and concludes: ‘I don’t believe Piers is a complete slime-ball.’ 🤣 pic.twitter.com/ZyN4FSh27g
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 22, 2022
The interview airs this Monday, 25th April.
