Piers Morgan Apologizes To Tennis Star After Previously Criticizing Him For Not Getting COVID Jab

Piers Morgan apologized to tennis star Novak Djokovic during a Tuesday episode of his show for previously celebrating the athlete’s deportation from Australia for not receiving the COVID vaccine.

In March 2022, Morgan accused Djokovic of being a “Covid rule cheat” and an “immigration form liar” after he had been deported from Australia and barred from participating in the Australian Open for being unvaccinated against COVID-19. During the interview on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Morgan told Djokovic that he was “censorious” against him and others who did not get fully vaccinated against the virus at the time.

“I’m gonna to start by making an apology, and it’s for this, is I was very censorious about you over the COVID scandal that you got caught up in. And in a nutshell, you got thrown out of Australiaover what seemed to be on the face of it from what the media were being told and what was beingreported was you trying to bend the rules of getting into playing the Australian Open withouthaving taken the COVID vaccine,” Morgan said. “And I was, I was actually quite censorious about a lot of peopleat the time and I’ve since apologized to some people for being too tough on them becauseonce it became clear that if you had the vaccine it made no difference to whether you could thentransmit the virus, clearly, at that point for me, it becomes a personal choice.” 

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The Serbian-born tennis star arrived in Melbourne on Jan. 4, 2022, with a medical exemption from the vaccination, which immediately sparked outrage among Australians who questioned the validity of the exemption. Border officials then canceled