Piers Morgan has undergone surgery for a hip replacement after fracturing his femur in a fall at a London restaurant over the weekend.
The TV host, 60, posted photographs from his hospital bed on Instagram, explaining that he tripped on a “small step” inside the establishment.
“Fell like a sack of spuds,” Morgan wrote in the caption. The fall resulted in a fracture to the “neck” of his femur, requiring him to have “a new hip” fitted.
Piers Morgan fractures hip at restaurant, jokes about blaming Trump
Morgan faces a recovery period that includes six weeks on crutches and a ban on long-haul flights for at least 12 weeks.
“New Year off to a cracking start!” he wrote, before adding: “I blame Donald Trump.”
Morgan was previously a supporter of Trump, with their friendship beginning before Trump entered politics. However, his position changed following the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
“Trump’s gone mad,” Morgan said on Good Morning Britain days after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building in an attempt to disrupt Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election win.
“I never thought he was capable of this,” Morgan continued. “He has played down to the very worst expectations of his worst critics… But I never imagined the person I had known for 15 years would incite a mob to attack the Capitol in America and attack democracy itself. He didn’t just cross a line, he trampled all over that line.”
Piers Morgan hospitalised with fractured femur following weekend fall
Morgan has maintained his criticism of Trump in recent years. He recently condemned the president’s response to the deaths of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, who were found dead in their home in the Brentwood neighbourhood of Los Angeles on December 14. Their son Nick, 32, was subsequently arrested and charged with the double murder.
Trump described Reiner as “struggling” and “once very talented,” adding that the director had a “massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”
Morgan said on his TV show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, that the comments crossed “every line of basic human decency.”
The TV host continues to criticise Trump on social media, including attacking the president’s tariff threats.
