One insider says the bombastic Brit was 'always such an a------- to people working for him' - especially the makeup girls. Confidenti@l hears Morgan's bad attitude and low ratings led to the show's demise. Joe Kohen/Getty Images
Piers Morgan 'didn't show any respect' to some of the people he worked with, one insider says.
His own co-workers are glad he's getting the boot. Staffers at ' Piers Morgan Live' are actually relieved that CNN has canceled the show, sources tell Confidenti@l.
'He was always such an a------ to people working for him,' one insider says of the bombastic Brit. Morgan's last show is likely to be this week, but no specific date has been set. We hear it was low ratings and a bad attitude that killed it, and the decision was made by network boss Jeff Zucker. 'The makeup girls suffered the worst - he was rude and belligerent,' says our source. 'The general feeling is Morgan didn't show any respect to anyone working under him - the people who were trying to make him look good.' RELATED: 'PIERS MORGAN LIVE' TO BE CANCELED BY CNN
Last Thursday, 'Piers Morgan' was seen by just 364,000 total viewers, according to Nielsen. That was easily beaten by Fox News' 'The Kelly File' (1.9 million) and MSNBC's 'Rachel Maddow Show' (925,000). Morgan was questioned in November in London by cops investigating phone hacking, but a CNN spokeswoman said that interview was not a factor in his show being canned.
Morgan was the editor of the U.K's Mirror newspaper from 1995 until he was fired in 2004 over the publication of pictures that were claimed to show Iraqi prisoners being abused by British soldiers; it turned out the photos were fakes.
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