Part 1 of 2 - Piers Morgan Interviews Rachel Jeantel - Trayvon Martin's ...

July 15, 2013 - (Part 1 of 2) - Piers Morgan followed Anderson Cooper's bombshell interview with an anonymous Zimmerman trial juror tonight with an exclusive chat with the witness everyone has been waiting to hear from since the verdict came down: Trayvon Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel. Jeantel, who created a media firestorm with her highly-polarizing testimony towards the beginning of the trial, appeared on Piers Morgan Live alongside her attorney. She described her reaction to Zimmerman's acquittal as "disappointed, upset and angry" and called the jury's assessment of what happened "just B.S."

Asked about what Trayvon Martin was like as a friend, Jeantel described him as a "calm, chill, loving person" and said she never saw him get "aggressive" or "lose his temper." She said that the defense's attempts to portray Martin as a "thug" were unfounded and defended his relatively mild drug use. "Weed don't make him go crazy," she said, "it just makes him go hungry."

Jeantel also responded to the massive mockery she received in social media for the way she speaks, explaining that she was born with an under-bite that has made it difficult for her to speak clearly. When Morgan asked if she'd been bullied for her condition, she simply responded, "Look at me," to laughter from the studio audience.

Morgan attempted to get Jeantel to offer her opinion of defense attorney Don West, who many claimed was condescending towards her when she was on the stand. Jeantel shook her head, declining to say anything bad about the man given her "Christian" upbringing.