Nat Barr and Kochie take aim at Harry and Meghan
Sunrise hosts Natalie Barr and David Koch have voiced their thoughts on reports that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are considering legal action against animated satirical comedy series South Park.
Last week, the episode 'The Worldwide Privacy Tour' aired, and poked fun at the royal pair’s requests for privacy while on a publicity tour for the prince’s autobiography with their ‘Prince and Princess of Canada’. In the show, the autobiography is titled 'Waaaah', but viewers wasted no time in drawing a line between the fictional 'Waaaah' and Harry’s own Spare.
Since the episode went to air, insiders have reported that Meghan has been upset over how the show chose to portray them. Meghan in particular is depicted as being a “sorority girl, actress, influencer, victim.”
However, Natalie and Kochie had no sympathy for either Harry or Meghan, with the former unable to wrap their heads around the idea that the royals could “take themselves so seriously.”
The hosts spoke to The Daily Mirror’s royal editor Russell Myers on Sunrise, and while Barr’s amusement at the entire situation won out as she admitted that it would be “such a funny lawsuit if it went ahead”, Kochie had a few more thoughts to share.
“Is this actually true, that their lawyers are thinking of taking action?” he asked. “They couldn't be that stupid. Oh, for God's sake!”
“Everyone will turn,” continued the outspoken critic of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. “If you haven't turned on them, you will now, because you just think, ‘what a bunch of tossers not being able to laugh at themselves’.”
Russell Myers shared his agreement, before explaining that the British public had grown “exasperated” with the couple’s sensitive history of handling criticism, and sharing his opinion that Americans would have a hard time with their “freedom of speech” being challenged.
“You can’t take yourself too seriously,” Barr contributed, speaking of Harry and Meghan’s stories about their experience with the royal family, “and you can’t trash your family publicly.”
Royal commentator Neil Sean has revealed in the fallout from the episode that the couple will be keeping track of South Park for any further appearances, and spoke to Fox News about the possibility of legal action.
“According to sources close to the ex-royals, it appears that - like so many things with Meghan and Harry - this may have legal ramifications attached,” he said.
“Their legal team are casting an eye over the episode to see what is wrong, and what could be turned into something more sinister.”
He also reported that despite the rumours, South Park’s creators have not yet received any legal correspondence from the Duke and Duchess.
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