Controversial columnist Piers Morgan is setting the record straight on whether alcohol played a role in his recent fall that left him hospitalized with a new hip.
“Not a great morning for our good friend Piers Morgan, who — although I have to say he is recovering well in the hospital, that was the picture he posted on instagram — he has a new hip,” Good Morning Britain‘s Susanna Reid announced live on air on Monday, January 19, shortly after Morgan, 60, called out the crew for not discussing the “big news” that he has been hospitalized after falling at a London restaurant.
“So, um, good luck with your recovery. I think he’s going to be in the hospital for a few days as he recovers,” Reid, 55, continued. “I did offer to turn up with grapes, but he says he has enough to open a vineyard. So I was rebuffed.”
“Didn’t he fall over at a restaurant?” fellow GMB host Kate Garraway asked. “Do we have evidence if vineyard production was involved in this falling? Was he partaking in a glass or two?”
While Reid replied that she was “not sure how much of the vineyard had been imbibed” before Morgan fell, the Piers Morgan Uncensored host confirmed via his Instagram Stories later on Monday morning that he was sober when he fell.
“To clarify, ZERO alcohol was involved in the incident,” Piers wrote over a clip of the show, adding a crying laughing emoji.
Morgan revealed he’s currently in the hospital on Sunday, January 18, sharing a selfie from his bed and providing a brief and at times comical timeline of events that led to a fractured leg and hip surgery.
“1. Tripped on small step. 2. In a London hotel restaurant. 3. Fractured femur,” the political commentator wrote via X and Instagram. “4. So badly I needed [a] new hip. 5. Recovering in hospital. 6. Crutches for 6weeks. 7. No long-haul for 12 weeks. 8. New Year off to a cracking start!”
In the photo, Morgan flashed a thumbs-up to the camera, revealing he has an IV and is receiving oxygen. The internet personality ended his update with a slight jab at President Donald Trump.
“9. I blame Donald Trump,” Morgan joked.
On Instagram, Morgan also shared a photo of the X-ray showing exactly where his femur was fractured. The commentator circled the break, which appeared to be located close to the acetabulum, where the femur and the hip connect.
In the comments section, Morgan admitted that the “shame of it all is worse than the pain,” adding that he felt like a “sack of potatoes” when he fell.
Morgan’s Sunday reveal mirrored his 2019 hospitalization announcement — down to his joke about President Trump, who at the time was nearing the end of his first term in office.
“Bad news… after some extensive hospital tests this morning it appears I’m not going to die,” Morgan joked via X, then Twitter, at the time. “I can only apologize for all the upset & offense I know this development will cause.
Morgan later revealed he had been diagnosed with stomach issues.
“If you really want to know, I was diagnosed with stomach gastritis and duodenitis,” he said. “I blame eating a mouthful of vegan sausage roll, Brexit & Donald Trump.”
