Piers was a judge for six years on America's Got Talent (Image: Getty) Piers Morgan has revealed why Simon Cowell hired him as a judge for America's Got Talent. The journalist spoke to Jordan B Peterson in an exclusive interview about his career. The US version of Simon Cowell's entertainment talent show saw Piers being a judge for six years and the opportunity came after he was fired from the Daily Mirror in 2004.
Speaking about when he got the call-up two years later, Piers said: "When Simon Cowell hired me [...
] he said you're just as arrogant, obnoxius and judgemental as me." He said that Simon wanted someone who was "not afraid to give strong opinions" but also had a "journalistic eye for talent" who would put pop stars on the front page. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.
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