Stephen Colbert seemed slightly surprised in 2018 when John Oliver wasnât excited about the then-upcoming royal wedding between Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Three years later, it makes a lot more sense.
In a harrowing interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Sunday, Meghan and Harry made revelations about racism, behind-the-scenes lies and even Meghan contemplating suicide before the pair stepped back as working members of the royal family.
âI just didnât see a solution,â the Duchess of Sussex said.
Following the CBS special, an old âLate Showâ clip featuring Oliver was shared online, with the âLast Week Tonightâ host giving Meghan a prescient warning.
âI would not blame her if she pulled out of this at the last minute,â Oliver said in his 2018 chat with Colbert. âI donât think you need to have just seen the pilot episode of âThe Crownâ to get a basic sense of she might be marrying into a family that could cause her some emotional complications.â
But Netflixâs âThe Crownâ is a dramatised retelling of the royal familyâs life. Besides, âthis generation seems like nice people, right?â asked Colbert.
âYeah,â said Oliver, cautiously. âI mean, theyâre an emotionally stunted group of fundamentally flawed people doing a very silly pseudo job. Thatâs what sheâs marrying into. So I hope she likes it. Itâs going to be weird for her.â
Amid Sundayâs disturbing revelations, Oliverâs comments sound all too accurate.
At the time, the British-born comedian said he wouldnât want to be in the royal family himself, not that the married now-43-year-old would be welcome anyway.
âEspecially after what Iâve just said,â Oliver joked.
You can see the full segment below:
Bombshells from Oprah, Harry and Meghanâs interview:
- Meghan says there were racist concerns over Archieâs skin colour â before he was born.
- Prince Harry reveals why royal family turned on Meghan and it has to do with Australia and Diana
- The Duchess of Sussex said she contemplated suicide and was denied help.
- The palace reportedly wouldnât âtell the truthâ to protect the Sussexes.
- Harry says he felt âtrapped within the systemâ of the royal family.
- Meghan says Kate Middleton made her cry, despite reports saying the opposite.
- Harry and Meghan dropped a wedding bombshell at the very beginning of the interview.
- Harry heartbreakingly compared his wifeâs plight to that of his late mother, Princess Diana.
- Meghan and Harry told Oprah the sex of their second child!