He would be gutted you don’t know who he is!
I find him a strange guy but an interesting one. He does have a monumental ego. He is a very intelligent guy. He likes to insert himself into every story going, particularly on Twitter, to keep his profile high. He retweeted a couple of my tweets (not abusive ones, just comments) and the amount of new followers I got and the likes was insane, and for months afterwards they kept going up. His reach is phenomenal. He has the ear of a lot of influential people, the Rupert Murdochs of this world. He considered Trump a friend at one stage (until PM told T is was wrong about a few things).
That is why he commands the big bucks. When he joined Good Morning Britain (GMB) he used to make me laugh before rushing off to work, but maybe it was the early morning starts, but he seemed to lose his marbles a bit. He really went to town on Covid, trying to call the government to account (no problem with that) but used to go off on rants about the selfishness of the British public not adhering to lockdown measures. He used to say how hard is it to sit on your sofa, and Christmas is cancelled, get over it. At the same Christmas holiday he flew out to stay on a private island in the Caribbean, all very hush hush, all very hypocritical. The obsession with Markle was off the scale. I stopped watching it in 2020 because of him. I am not sure if he was flattered by her attention but they went out for one drink, and that same night she was going out to dinner with friends who introduced her to Prince Harry. Harry will have warned her of his reputation as tabloid editor and she ghosted him from then on. If that happened to me I would be peeved but for someone with a monumental ego like PM, used to being feted and greeted with open arms, that rejection by an unknown actress (who had approached him first via Twitter) did not sit well with his big ego.
I think to his friends he is fiercely loyal and can show great kindness. He seems to be more friendly with Ioan than Alice. Celia seemed more friendly with Alice, I think she still follows AE on her socials. Piers stopped following Alice early on in this shitstorm. He will be team Ioan. He has said that Alice is lovely before but he has probably swiftly changed his opinion. I would imagine he has sent Ioan a few supportive emails etc. In this scenario it is good news that Ioan is friends with Piers, he has good contacts etc. He might also advise him about future interviews and the best way to do it. I think Ioan is an honourable bloke, he probably won’t want to, but he deserves to air some of his side. Although the evidence in both court docs is quite the airing too!
I sometimes drink in the same pub as PM (I went there before he did). I have seen him a couple of times but I was not sitting near him. Incidentally it was the same pub he had a drink with Markle.
Should have put this behind a spoiler.