Piers Morgan has ‘no idea’ what co-host Reid is earning
Piers Morgan has said he has “no idea” what his Good Morning Britain co-host Susanna Reid earns, and that he would only worry about it if she was not being paid what she is worth.
The broadcaster has also said that he thinks the BBC has treated women “in a very unfair way” regarding the pay structure at the corporation. The BBC has recently faced criticism over the gender pay gap, with a number of BBC women hitting out over unequal pay after a report published last year – which revealed the pay for staff on more than £150,000 – showed a gap in the earnings of its best-known male and female presenters and actors. Morgan said of his and Reid’s salaries: “I honestly have no idea what Susanna is paid. And it wouldn’t worry me so long as she feels she’s being paid what she’s worth.
“I think that’s the key thing, I think for any presenter on television, for anyone in any workplace, do you feel like you’re getting paid what you’re worth?”
Morgan, who also fronts his ITV series Life Stories and a new one-off documentary called Serial Killer, said that he and Reid “don’t talk about our salaries”.
“Mine’s complicated because I do lots of different shows so it’s probably hard to work out because we get paid for different things,” he said. “But I don’t think that either of us feel like we’re being underpaid.”
Of the BBC, he said: “The BBC has clearly been treating women in very unfair way in terms of salary and pay structure to the men.”