Piers Morgan "threatened to quit" 'Good Morning Britain' over his early morning starts.

Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan

The 52-year-old presenter is happy he has reached a compromise with show bosses over his hours and they have agreed he can take more time off, because his old schedule was "killing" him.

He said: "I threatened to quit a couple of times. I can be a bit of a prima donna. I was coming in at 4am and it was killing me, but now they let me come in at 5.30am. I get more time off. 'GMB' seems to be successful, so I said can you have me a little bit less, which might be quite popular, and they were prepared to do that, so I was happy to stay."

However, even if he did leave the show, Piers wouldn't sign on to rival 'BBC Breakfast' because he thinks he's too opinionated for the broadcaster.

In an interview with OK! magazine, he said: "The BBC can't afford me. You've got to be a particular person for the BBC. You've got to be non-opinionated, boring, and that's not something I'd sign up to."

Piers was one of the original judges on 'Britain's Got Talent' and would rejoin the panel if the money was right, particularly because he doesn't think David Walliams is doing a good job.

He said: "I don't think Simon Cowell could afford me. When I was a judge the ratings were 30 million and they're half that now. I'm doing the maths and it doesn't look good for Simon."

Asked who he'd replace, he added: "Simon. I'd be the new head judge if the money was right. If Simon made me an offer I couldn't refuse I would, and frankly looking at the performance of David Walliams, that question should come sooner rather than later."

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