Following the explosive interview Meghan Markle and Prince Harry gave Oprah Winfrey, people have been talking about some eerily prescient comments John Oliver made back in 2018.
Markle and Prince Harry agreed to sit down for a two-hour interview with Winfrey aired earlier this week. The couple opened up on the racist abuse Markle received after joining the British Royal Family, which was among the reasons the pair left the UK.
The interview also includes a segment in which Markle revealed that she’d considered taking her own life due to the abuse.
Ahead of Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding in 2018, Oliver anticipated that marrying a member of a royal family was going to be an emotionally taxing experience for the former actress.
John Oliver's Spot-On Comments About Meghan Markle And Prince Harry
“I would not blame her if she pulled out of this at the last minute,” Oliver told Stephen Colbert in 2018.
“I don’t think you need to have just seen the pilot episode of The Crown to get a basic sense that she might be marrying into a family that could cause her some emotional complications," Oliver added.
The host and comedian also said he, a commoner, wouldn’t dream of marrying into the royal family as he knew he wouldn’t “be welcomed”.
“I hope she likes it, it’s going to be weird for her,” the comedian also said.
"I adore @iamjohnoliver and I always have! Of course, he was prescient about Meghan Markle and Harry! He's a brilliant Brit, who lives in the US, so of course, he understands," was one comment on Twitter.
"John Oliver re: Meghan Markle before wedding to Prince Harry: 'I would not blame her if she pulled out of this in the last minute, they’re an emotionally stunted group of fundamentally flawed people doing a very silly pseudo job. It’s going to be weird,'" someone else tweeted.
Jameela Jamil Made A Valid Point About The Royal Family Double Standards
Several celebrities jumped to Markle’s defence after the interview with Winfrey.
Jameela Jamil, known for the role of Tahani in NBC comedy The Good Place, made a good point about the abuse Markle has been subjected to by the public and certain media outlets since her relationship with Harry.
“Can’t believe Meghan time travelled backwards to make this happen,” Jamil captioned a photo of Prince Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
The snap isn’t just any picture. It’s a shot of Prince Andrew hugging Virginia Roberts Giuffre. The American activists is one of the most vocal survivors of the sex trafficking ring operated by convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. She claimed she had been trafficked by Epstein and his ex-partner and associate Ghislaine Maxwell to a number of men, including Prince Andrew.
With her caption, Jamil is taking aim at the treatment Markle has received from some British tabloids. The Duchess appears to be constantly framed in a negative, racist light, while the members of the royal family don’t seem to be held accountable in the same way.