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Don't You Know Who I Am?
Sacked from his high-profile job as a national newspaper editor, Piers Morgan had two options: sink or swim. So he got paddling. Lacking any better ideas, he chose to dive headlong into the world of celebrity. And what a world he uncovered.
In Don't You Know Who I Am? Piers Morgan records in gruesome detail the ins-and-outs of his attempts to better himself in the celebrity sphere. These diaries will make you laugh out loud, and shake your head in despair at the egos and outrageous behaviour of the famous and infamous.
As he winds his way from Battersea to Beverly Hills, Piers clashes with, gets drunk with, and is snubbed by some of the most famous and powerful people in the world, from Alan Sugar to Freddie Flintoff, John Malkovitch to David Cameron, Camilla Parker Bowles and his old friend Cherie Blair. And if you think it's all glamour, think again. In the name of his new career, Piers finds himself doing the Macarena on daytime TV with Timmy Mallett. Finally, and bizarrely, he washes up in Hollywood as a mean British judge on an American TV talent show alongside David 'The Hoff' Hasselhoff.
Don't You Know I Am? is a riveting, scandalous and brutally honest first-hand account of one man's often desperate struggle for survival on the inside of the modern celebrity-obsessed world we all now live in.
In Don't You Know Who I Am? Piers Morgan records in gruesome detail the ins-and-outs of his attempts to better himself in the celebrity sphere. These diaries will make you laugh out loud, and shake your head in despair at the egos and outrageous behaviour of the famous and infamous.
As he winds his way from Battersea to Beverly Hills, Piers clashes with, gets drunk with, and is snubbed by some of the most famous and powerful people in the world, from Alan Sugar to Freddie Flintoff, John Malkovitch to David Cameron, Camilla Parker Bowles and his old friend Cherie Blair. And if you think it's all glamour, think again. In the name of his new career, Piers finds himself doing the Macarena on daytime TV with Timmy Mallett. Finally, and bizarrely, he washes up in Hollywood as a mean British judge on an American TV talent show alongside David 'The Hoff' Hasselhoff.
Don't You Know I Am? is a riveting, scandalous and brutally honest first-hand account of one man's often desperate struggle for survival on the inside of the modern celebrity-obsessed world we all now live in.
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First published April 5, 2007
About the author
Piers Morgan
25 books54 followersPiers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born Piers Stefan O'Meara), known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television presenter. He is editorial director of First News, a national newspaper for children.
Morgan branched into television mainly as a presenter, but has become best known as a judge or contestant in reality television programmes. In the UK, he was a judge on Britain's Got Talent. Morgan is best-known in the United States as a judge on the show America's Got Talent, and as the winner of The Celebrity Apprentice. On 17 January 2011, he began hosting Piers Morgan Tonight for CNN in the timeslot previously occupied by Larry King Live before the retirement of host Larry King.
Morgan has authored eight books, including three volumes of his memoirs.
Morgan branched into television mainly as a presenter, but has become best known as a judge or contestant in reality television programmes. In the UK, he was a judge on Britain's Got Talent. Morgan is best-known in the United States as a judge on the show America's Got Talent, and as the winner of The Celebrity Apprentice. On 17 January 2011, he began hosting Piers Morgan Tonight for CNN in the timeslot previously occupied by Larry King Live before the retirement of host Larry King.
Morgan has authored eight books, including three volumes of his memoirs.
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October 18, 2016
Yes I know who you are Piers. You're a twat.
November 17, 2023
Who doesn't love a tacky bit of gossip!
Don't expect any more than that and you won't be disappointed. If you're looking for a thoughtful insight into the morality and emotional impact of celebrity then you've come to the wrong place.
Less 'The nature of celebrity is something of a paradox', more 'Madonna? Yeah, she's a c*nt!'.
Don't expect any more than that and you won't be disappointed. If you're looking for a thoughtful insight into the morality and emotional impact of celebrity then you've come to the wrong place.
Less 'The nature of celebrity is something of a paradox', more 'Madonna? Yeah, she's a c*nt!'.
June 2, 2024
I don't really watch TV, many famous names are unfamiliar to me and I'm happy with that. The face of Piers Morgan I do recognize, mostly because I've seen some fragments of his shows or interviews and I noticed his witty and sharp tongue, courageous approach towards others and to what today is consider as controversial topics. He just gets straight to the point and I love it.
I had no idea that he had published a book, let alone a few, and all of them are not new. So when I saw this one in a charity shop I couldn't help but had to satisfy my curiosity.
This book is something like a diary, each entry is a note made on a certain day. It started off well, because in the introduction he tells us what it was like to get fired from a prestigious (at least according to him, yet many would strongly disagree) job and being forced to start a new career elsewhere. Here I could see an intelligent man in need of reinventing himself. Thing is... this did not last long.
In order to become important again he had a countless number of lunches, dinners, meetings etc with very important people, during each he desperately tried to show them how important he was and still should be. He was offered a number of odd jobs, which he despised. On one hand he repeatedly says I don't like celebrities, on the other hand he wants to have this kind of lifestyle. So when he gets a job as a judge in America Got Talent he sees this as an enormous opportunity to quickly become super famous, super rich and super important. And he's right of course. Yet when he walks around various cities, airports, clubs, beaches etc and is NOT recognized by anyone... he gets offended and whines like a little boy.
Honestly, after reading this I have lost all respect for this man. He strikes me as a narcissistic buffon, pathetic and arrogant little guy with no modesty at all. He wants to be treated like a king of the world and when this doesn't happen he complaints.
I had no idea that he had published a book, let alone a few, and all of them are not new. So when I saw this one in a charity shop I couldn't help but had to satisfy my curiosity.
This book is something like a diary, each entry is a note made on a certain day. It started off well, because in the introduction he tells us what it was like to get fired from a prestigious (at least according to him, yet many would strongly disagree) job and being forced to start a new career elsewhere. Here I could see an intelligent man in need of reinventing himself. Thing is... this did not last long.
In order to become important again he had a countless number of lunches, dinners, meetings etc with very important people, during each he desperately tried to show them how important he was and still should be. He was offered a number of odd jobs, which he despised. On one hand he repeatedly says I don't like celebrities, on the other hand he wants to have this kind of lifestyle. So when he gets a job as a judge in America Got Talent he sees this as an enormous opportunity to quickly become super famous, super rich and super important. And he's right of course. Yet when he walks around various cities, airports, clubs, beaches etc and is NOT recognized by anyone... he gets offended and whines like a little boy.
Honestly, after reading this I have lost all respect for this man. He strikes me as a narcissistic buffon, pathetic and arrogant little guy with no modesty at all. He wants to be treated like a king of the world and when this doesn't happen he complaints.
January 15, 2022
Again, love or loathe Piers Morgan - you can't dispute that he tells a good story.
This book gives the start of his career as a diarist and he's not afraid to admit when he's made an ass of himself.
He goes into the details about working with "The Hoff" on America's Got Talent, and about the highs and lows that life heaped on him.
Yes, there were times when I groaned aloud at the book, but there were more times when I found myself laughing my head off.
This book gives the start of his career as a diarist and he's not afraid to admit when he's made an ass of himself.
He goes into the details about working with "The Hoff" on America's Got Talent, and about the highs and lows that life heaped on him.
Yes, there were times when I groaned aloud at the book, but there were more times when I found myself laughing my head off.
June 22, 2024
I ended up inheriting this book from someone having a clear out. I’ve been reading it on and off for quite a while, it’s easy to pick it up like that as it’s done in dated diary entries, so it really doesn’t matter when you last read it. It was actually rather entertaining, a lot of name dropping but some amusing antidotes along the way.
April 15, 2024
Very entertaining read. Piers Morgan is quite a decent chap. A big part of his life at the time of writing this memoir was his participation in several series of Americas Got Talent; what an amazing life he was living during that time.
January 18, 2020
Easy read, not the most exciting book but I do find Peirs charmingly funny.
August 25, 2012
Autobiographies have always been popular but over the last few years memoirs from ex hacks, editors and royal insiders have swamped the book market. We have had insider books on Princess Diana, The Beckhams and Madonna by Andrew Morton and the hefty bio by Alastair Campbell, the former Labour king of spin. Which brings me to Piers Morgan; the former editor of The Mirror cum TV presenter and shameless showman has penned Don’t You Know Who I Am, his diary on fame, power and naked ambition. After 20 years working on national newspapers in Britain, nothing could prepare Piers for the shock of his life – getting the sack from his high profile job on the nation’s second best selling paper. Turfed out onto the street with only his P45 to show, Piers pondered on what to do next. For some apparent reason he decides to dive into the world of celebrity – well why not? – if Jordan and co can do it surely so can Piers? Well he finds out pretty quickly as he lands presenting gigs on a couple of TV shows such as Morgan and Platell and You Can’t Fire Me, I’m Famous and finds himself rubbing shoulders with the creme of Britain. But Piers is not done there, he has LA in his sights so when he is invited to co-host America’s Got Talent along with David Hasselhoff and singer, Brandy he jumps at the chance. During his quest for fame, Piers meets celebrities such as Freddie Flintoff, Stevie Wonder and Donald Trump and spills the beans on all of them. Out of all the newspaper editors, Piers Morgan has always been the most high profile and was always seen on TV shows and giving interviews. He came across as a right smug character and completely up his own backside. His book does nothing to change my perception of him and he even appears to be more obnoxious. However the beauty of Mr Morgan is that he is well aware of his faults and in fact embraces them which I find very endearing. He makes no pretensions about his cravings for fame and adulation and simply says it like it is. Don’t You Know Who I Am is funny, witty and and a bit of an eye opener.
March 25, 2015
I presume PM chose the title because he relates many incidents where the public mistake him a a Gardening Programme TV presenter - whereas he is an ex-tabloid editor (Daily Mirror) sacked in 2004, big UK scandal. Since then, he's turned his hand and charm to TV journalism, after dinner speaker, celebrity gossip-hound and finally the big time, via Simon Cowell as TV judge on America's Got Talent. A very entertaining book - gossipy, celeb-laden on every page. Morgan likes hanging out with the big name sportsmen, especially cricketers. PM knows EVERYONE in London, and is happily indiscreet about most of them. He doesn't take any of the media razz-matazz and celebs (or himself) too seriously, which is why I recommend the book. P.S. Unlike his co-judge, the Hoff, who is deadly serious about image, etc. etc. Read all about it.
April 4, 2015
The first book was interesting because it dealt with serious people involved in serious things. eg politicians and, whether you like them or have Republican tendencies, the royals especially Diana. The way the media and political powers use each other was genuinely interesting.
However, this covers the years immediately after his sacking by The Mirror. Lacking any clear purpose or raison d'être he gets stuck into being a celebrity, ie very famous but not really doing anything notable or useful. This is dressed up at the start by suggestions that he is interested in the nature of celebrity. But eventually he becomes a fully fledged member of the vacuous elite taking himself too seriously.
Probably great if you like Grazia or Heat magazines.
However, this covers the years immediately after his sacking by The Mirror. Lacking any clear purpose or raison d'être he gets stuck into being a celebrity, ie very famous but not really doing anything notable or useful. This is dressed up at the start by suggestions that he is interested in the nature of celebrity. But eventually he becomes a fully fledged member of the vacuous elite taking himself too seriously.
Probably great if you like Grazia or Heat magazines.
October 11, 2015
All I really knew about Piers Morgan was that he'd worked for CNN and was English.
Picked this up from the library and discovered that he's actually quite a sharp and humourous writer as well.
"Don't You Know Who I Am?" charts Piers rise from sacked newspaper editor to judge on America's Got Talent.
Piers has a lot of intelligent and insightful things to say on the subject of celebrity and those who chase it, and their motivations.
An interesting and informative read, even if you don't like the man.
Picked this up from the library and discovered that he's actually quite a sharp and humourous writer as well.
"Don't You Know Who I Am?" charts Piers rise from sacked newspaper editor to judge on America's Got Talent.
Piers has a lot of intelligent and insightful things to say on the subject of celebrity and those who chase it, and their motivations.
An interesting and informative read, even if you don't like the man.
December 5, 2010
Surprisingly entertaining, I was impressed that this book captured me as much as it did. Morgan is a self-centred pain in the arse of course, with few redeeming or endearing features and this allows him to be bitchy and nasty about who he pleases. Which is what we want. I could have done with less on his courtship with some Fleet Street bit of fluff, and less on his success in America with the new Gong Show, but overall I liked the book much better than I should really admit.
July 4, 2011
Piers does it again. More fame based than the other one, this tells us all about our best celebrities. Being as honest as usual piers gives us an insight on the celebrity livestyle very few would dare tell, as well as being funny at the same time.
February 19, 2009
Oh, Piers is so smooth. Melikes him a lot.
February 1, 2010
No, I didn't actually have a clue who he was until I read this book. Loved it and want to know more about Piers Morgan.
April 30, 2011
Nowhere near as entertaining as The Insider, Morgan's first 'memoir'. If you haven't read that book, ignore this and read it instead.
July 28, 2011
You know - given his persona - I can not believe how much I enjoyed this book. I'm not a Hello? or OK! fan - but it's interesting reading and very easy to read.
February 28, 2012
This was an interesting read, and that's from someone who has very little time for c'lebs. Very indiscreet.
April 9, 2012
Funny, energetic and very buoyant.
July 15, 2013
Loved this, but then I do love Piers. He says it how it is and doesn't suffer fools - I can't see what's not to like? ;-)
June 7, 2015
I like him and dislike him at the same time. Hi is kind of pompous and condescending but also entertaining. The book is interesting as I wanted to know more about him.
August 15, 2015
Just as bitchy and gossipy as his first. Really fascinating and readable. Recommended.
August 15, 2015
Typical Piers, belligerent but amusing
April 21, 2008
You'll either absolutely love it or hate it.
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