Piers Morgan's CNN Blacklist Expands to Include Madonna, Heather Mills, Keith Olbermann

By Rebecca Macatee Posted Jan 17th 2011 06:04PM

Piers Morgan is cool with the Kardashians and Kid Rock, but the CNN host has a growing list of celebrities that he's supposedly banning from his new show.

Morgan told the Daily Express Madonna was simply "too Vegan for TV." He went on to say, "We have Lady Gaga now so Madonna is banned from my show." Ouch.

Liz Rosenberg, the Queen of Pop's publicist, fired back, telling PopEater's Rob Shuter exclusively, "Madonna doesn't know who Piers Morgan is, but she's a big fan of Lady Gaga."

But Madge isn't the only famous person Piers is barring from 'Piers Morgan Tonight.' According to EW's Popwatch, the outspoken Brit has officially uninvited other big names, including Heather Mills, Keith Olbermann, Cherie Blair and Howie Mandel, from ever appearing during his primetime hour.

Morgan claims he introduced Heather Mills to Paul McCartney at the 1999 Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards, where he brought them both to the event. "Paul takes her out on a date, next they get engaged, next thing they get married, it's all very happy and hunky-dory and then she takes him tot he cleaners, and I realized I'd pushed one of the world's great gold diggers in the direction of one of my heroes," Morgan said. "And as Paul puts it to his close friends, 'Thanks, Piers, you cost me 50 million dollars.' So for those reasons and by way of any tiny reparation I can make to Macca, she has a lifetime ban."

He claims his ban on Olbermann is just "a temporary ban, designed to confuse and bemuse him, and hopefully engender a violent reaction.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie is banned "simply because it would get violent. She would attack [him.] And Howie Mandel is "just too irritating."

Morgan sure knows how to stir the pot! The former 'Britain's Got Talent' host said he will allow Madonna to appear on his show only if she makes a "formal apology" for "all the grief she's caused [him] by being Madonna."

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Monday 17 January

By JEB BUCKINGHAM

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I think he should reconsider....and ADD the Kardashians to his "banned" list!

By Paula Frazier

Ha Ha LOVE it

By Lora

From Piers to Simon Cowell to Ricky Gervais etc....I just don't understand why people think it's o.k. and funny to be rude and unkind. Why is that considered entertainment ? I didn't like it when Don Rickles and Joan Rivers did it and I don't like it now. Some light ribbing in good taste can be fine but they all take it too far.

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I agree, very mean spirited

By Mike

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Don Rickles is hysterical! Lighten up..you have no sense of humor!

By Weenie

Well, I'll never watch his show, especially after reading this. Good luck CNN, you're going to be getting even lower ratings now!

By Greg Struss

Ouch! If this is the best way that CNN and "Mr. Brit" can conjur up some publicity for his new show, then I can only imagine how "good" it will be.

By jivejerky

SO THERE!

By early_exit

I have no idea why scoring Oprah is such a coup. In Chicago we've seen the woman every morning and every evening for 25 years. Now we got her 24/7 on the OWN network. And why Keith Olberman at a future date??? What great breaking interview is going to pop up from a man who talks nightly . Keith is also someone who is seen and heard waaaaayyy too much. I would prefer an interview with someone of interest who isn't in the media all the time. Keywords: someone of interest.

By KLS

He'll throw around Madonna's name to get some publicity, but he'll have Dog the Bounty Hunter on as a guest? What a great show...NOT!!

By obamasahorsesass

haha-lol-well at least Dog the Bounty Hunter has contributed something to society, like caputuring a serial rapist, and Madonna contributed what? a twat book? how does she explain that to her kids? A: I was not rich enough and getting older, so I took sex pictures a published it for money.

Tuesday 18 January

By Get real

Madonna's "twat book".......lmao Wasn't that back in like 1990?? 20 years ago??...........why do all Madonna haters go to the "twat book"? It cracks me up. She's so irrelevant that people are still talking about what she did 20 years ago.........hahahahahahahaha

By Lauren.M

Nice cheap ploy to try to drum up some viewers...Frankly I don't think any of those people give a rat's a** that he's banned them, nor do I give a rat's a** that he even has a show. Who is he that he starts a talk show and immediately bans people from appearing on it. Bad taste and bad judgment if you ask me, I'll stick to watching Conan, a talk show host with an actual audience, respect for people, and a personality...

By Cargib

Banning Howie!!!!!! That is SO wrong....he's not irratating at all!

By Dean

Does anyone really care who this limy has on the show or not?Sounds like hes trying to drum up publicity for a show no ones going to watch.

By eddiemylove

Piers, you're a wretched cur and you smell.

By LARRY

A+ For Piers I like a person who tell"s it like it is.

By bettyverret

wish he would have stayed in England, will not watch him interview anyone.

By rob

This guy pobably closes all the curtains, puts on a wedding dress and dances around to Like a vergin.