Piers Morgan is set to join the Good Morning Britain team in a permanent role, he has announced.
The former CNN presenter has confirmed that he is in the late stage of talks with ITV bosses after being offered a job.
After announcing the news on This Morning, he tweeted: “BREAKING NEWS: As I confirmed on @itvthismorning, I've been offered a permanent slot on @GMB & hope to conclude the deal very soon.”
The 50-year-old was guest presenter on the ITV breakfast show back in April, but was dropped due to a ‘conflict of interests’.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING NEWS: As I confirmed on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/itvthismorning" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2926551-https://twitter.com/itvthismorning" data-vars-event-id="c23">@itvthismorning</a>, I've been offered a permanent slot on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/GMB" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2926551-https://twitter.com/GMB" data-vars-event-id="c23">@GMB</a> & hope to conclude the deal very soon. — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/639397888074874880" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2926551-https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/639397888074874880" data-vars-event-id="c23">September 3, 2015</a>
Despite being lined-up to present a number of episodes, Morgan was ditched by producers after he accepted a ‘big money’ deal to star in a National Lottery advert.
According to broadcasting guidelines, news and current affairs programmes must not feature presenters who appear in ad campaigns at the same time.
At the time, an ITV spokesperson said: “Due to other commitments, it was mutually decided that Piers would not guest present Good Morning Britain this week. But we hope to have him on again very soon.”
Morgan took over from Larry King to host Piers Morgan Live in 2010 but the show was cancelled in February 2014 due to poor ratings.
The new series of Piers Morgan’s Life Stories returns this week, kicking off with guest Lionel Richie.
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