More than three years before the explosive Oprah Winfrey interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, Last week tonightJohn Oliver predicted the controversy and emotional struggle that the latest royal couple would have.
While users on social media tweeted and tamed Sunday’s bomb blast on CBS live, an old video of Oliver giving advice to the thenPackage star reappeared and did the rounds.
“I would not blame her if she picked it up at the last minute. ‘I do not think you just need to watch the pilot episode of’ The Crown ‘to get a basic feeling that she would marry a family that would cause emotional complications for her,’ British comedian Stephen Colbert said in 2018 . , when The Late Show host asked for his views on the upcoming royal wedding.
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Oliver’s comments found new interest following Sunday night’s interview in which Markle and the Prince revealed questionable treatment of the royal family. In the interview with Oprah, Markle said she endured serious mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts, and revealed that members of the Royal Circle questioned how dark-skinned Archie’s skin would be before he was born.
Twitter user @Mara_Webster shared the Oliver-Colbert track Sunday night with the headline “John Oliver knew all along … #OprahMeghanHarry.” In addition to the warning about the emotional toll the English monarchy could have on Markle, Oliver also caught the ‘fundamentally flawed’ royal family.
“I mean, they’re an emotionally deranged group of fundamentally flawed people doing a lot of silly pseudo-work,” Oliver continued in the clip. “That’s what she’s getting married to. So I hope she likes it. It’s going to be weird for her. ”
See the full Late show clip below. Oliver’s remarks come around the time stamp 4:50.