Australia’s top breakfast TV show hosts have attacked Meghan Markle for comparing herself to Nelson Mandela.
The Duchess of Sussex got candid in a tell-all interview with The Cut where she spoke about the Royal Family’s “red flags”, the difficulty of moving to California, losing her father and trying to “forgive” her in-laws.
The Suits actor was told by a cast member of the Lion King that South Africans “danced in the street” when she married Prince Harry – just like when “Mandela was freed from prison”.
The Today Show hosts Karl Stefanovic and Ally Langdon, along with Sunrise co-host Natalie Barr have slammed Meghan Markle for her “tone deaf” interview.
“It’s hard to see how that would sit with [the Royal Family], especially the Mandela references,” Karl said.
“That one, I feel, is tone-deaf,” Ally responded.
“I think [Meghan is] probably a little misunderstood, don’t you reckon?” Karl then asked.
“Oh, you’re changing your tune, are you, Karl?” Ally asked her co-host.
“Yeah, I think it’s time to support her, especially after the Mandela comments. Anyone who compares themselves to Mandela, I think, is fair enough,” Karl responded.
“Even if it was said… to share that… Anyway, they’re living their ‘quiet life’, as they wished,” Ally ended.
On Sunrise, Nat Barr called the Duchess a “tosser” for her comments in the interview saying she “couldn’t even stomach getting through the whole article”.
“I think in Australia we’d say she’s just full of it. She’s a tosser. She’s a total tosser! That’s how we would describe her. I just can’t… the way she speaks,” Nat said.
“I think she has a very different narrative, perhaps, in the U.S. to what is being accepted in the UK,” Edwina Bartholomew responded.
“Or just everywhere in the world!’ Barr said.
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