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Prince Harry had a hilarious message to those trolling him and Meghan

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TallerSally · 05/12/2024 10:17

So, this is a good one.

Harry, who according to some is suffering from plummeting popularity, has no friends, is an irrelevant non-entity and a 'Hollywood Loser', and is on the brink of divorce was last night sharing a platform with his fellow non-entities Bill Clinton, Jeff Bezos, Jerome Powell (Fed Chair), Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO, creators of ChatGPT), Sundar Pichai (Google CEO) and others at the New York Times DealBook Summit.

The conversation with the interviewer, Andy Sorkin, was textbook put-down to Harry's merry band of obsessive trolls around the world:

"Towards the end of the interview, Sorkin, 47, asked Prince Harry about how he grapples with the public fascination surrounding every aspect of his life — a scrutiny that not only highlights the positive causes he advocates for but also casts a harsh spotlight on his personal relationships.
"I Google Newsed you, and there were people fascinated by everything you're doing, all the time. They're fascinated by Meghan is in California right now, and you're here," Sorkin said, seemingly referencing the Duchess of Sussex's planned solo outing at the Paley Honors gala in Beverly Hills on Dec. 4. "And there's articles left and right about, you know, 'Why are you making, doing independent events? Why aren't you doing them together?' "
"Because you invited me, you should have known!" Prince Harry interjected, which made the audience laugh.
Sorkin then replied, "True. Is that normal for you? The second there's an article — she's in California, you're in New York — they say, 'Well, what is happening with these two, right?' Is that a good thing for you, in a way, that there's so much interest in you?"
"No, that's definitely not a good thing. Apparently we've bought or moved house 10, 12 times. We've apparently divorced maybe 10, 12 times as well. So it's just like, what?' " Prince Harry said with a laugh.
"It's hard to keep up with, but that's why you just sort of ignore it. The people I feel most sorry about are the trolls," he continued. "Their hopes are just built and built, and it's like, 'Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,' and then it doesn't happen. So I feel sorry for them. Genuinely, I do."

By the way, Harry also talked at length about his Archewell Foundation Parents Network initiative, to help promote mental health among kids, which is apparently well received, if donations to Archewell are anything to go by.

Enjoy!

https://people.com/prince-harry-addresses-speculation-marriage-meghan-markle-weve-apparently-divorced-10-times-8756364

Prince Harry Addresses Speculation About Marriage with Meghan Markle: 'We've Apparently Divorced 10 Times'

Prince Harry took a question head-on about his relationship with his wife, Meghan Markle, at The New York Times' 2024 DealBook Summit, when asked how he handles speculation surrounding their relationship

https://people.com/prince-harry-addresses-speculation-marriage-meghan-markle-weve-apparently-divorced-10-times-8756364

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pooperscoops · 08/12/2024 13:55

FloofPaws · 08/12/2024 10:03

Oh yea but that's very different ... because ... eerrmm... British tabloids are meanies and if people don't give me what I want then I'm going to make up a load of lies na na na-na na
Spoilt little entitled oik 🤡

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And my gossip and scrutiny of my family is elevated and beyond reproach because it is delivered via a NF 6 part docuseries, numerous promotional f2f interviews, the PRH autobiography as well as the 'bombshell' OW interview (and my under the counter little gang of trolls the Sussex Squad)....

All of these proactive outputs have gone on to staturate, feed and therefore bankroll the British tabloids for years and years. Own goal.

stripeyshutters · 08/12/2024 14:34

Janiie · 08/12/2024 08:53

As always it is so ironic that he complains about gossip and scrutiny when he has made a career out of gossip and scrutinising his very own family.

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Indeed. Can he not even see it? He's pushing for a censored press because he doesn't like what is said about him. Andrew Ross Sorkin was an excellent interviewer and Harry tried to mock him on a couple of occasions eg this book? Do you know who she is? Harry talks very quickly in response when he is agitated about something and this showed. Sorkin on the other hand was laid back , measured, resistant to Harry's " gaffes" and stole the show showing Harry fit the lightweight he is.

Janiie · 09/12/2024 08:16

I still can't see what his hilarious message was?

What is ia bit amusing is his comment "It's hard to keep up with, but that's why you just sort of ignore it. The people I feel most sorry about are the trolls," he continued'
Because this is surely how the RF deal with the trolling from Montecito and their fans.

Baital · 09/12/2024 08:19

you just sort of ignore it

did he say that? Mr 'silence is complicity '?

😂 my, my, if so his tune has changed!

LaMarschallin · 09/12/2024 09:15

Janiie

I still can't see what his hilarious message was?

I can't either, but you do find some SS "LOL-ing" at absolutely everything and anything. One seems to think it's the new full stop (perhaps because full stops are on the way out, according to a thread elsewhere on MN) and sticks it at the end of almost every post.

What is ia bit amusing is his comment "It's hard to keep up with, but that's why you just sort of ignore it. The people I feel most sorry about are the trolls," he continued'
Because this is surely how the RF deal with the trolling from Montecito and their fans.

Quite.
Except I really believe the RF do ignore it, whereas H has time on his hands and, according to some, can't stop himself poring over SM. He's certainly seen a lot more of it than I have - I'd no idea they were supposed to have divorced and/or moved home umpteen times.

LaMarschallin · 09/12/2024 09:16

Baital

did he say that? Mr 'silence is complicity '?
😂 my, my, if so his tune has changed!

Indeed.
That really is funny.

WinterCrow · 09/12/2024 09:31

If Harry has actually managed to find some 'trolls' who have claimed he and M have been divorced 10, 12 times, then he's hanging out in some very dark corners of the internet indeed.

pooperscoops · 09/12/2024 10:14

Baital · 09/12/2024 08:19

you just sort of ignore it

did he say that? Mr 'silence is complicity '?

😂 my, my, if so his tune has changed!

Like he has ignored the recent investigation published in The Hollywood Reporter - the testimony of 12 of their very own staff who past and present who shared their experiences of repeated and consistent humiliation and fear in their workplace by MM.

Bachboo · 09/12/2024 10:16

It’s hilarious in that Harry is the biggest troll of all

Bachboo · 09/12/2024 10:38

Mistletoeandwinegums · 06/12/2024 07:40

I know everyone here is ardent Wales fans but surely you can’t deny that the amount of hate Harry and Meghan has received is on another level wether you feel that is deserved or not?

I think him talking about trolls is a good thing. He shut down rumours. We may even have a couple of weeks without the media running stories about him wanting to come home and then divorcing.

the Wales have never commented on trolls and I don’t think that is necessarily a good thing. They allowed numerous racist and hateful comments to stay on their posts. Social media is here to stay and trolls are a huge part of that. It’s about time someone addressed it.

And have you seen the vile things their so called fans have said? People (not all) dislike them for the numerous lies they have told and the manipulation they have tried to force down people’s throats. Basing your future successes on this as well as their victimhood, it’s only ever going to go one way.

Bachboo · 09/12/2024 10:39

pooperscoops · 08/12/2024 13:55

And my gossip and scrutiny of my family is elevated and beyond reproach because it is delivered via a NF 6 part docuseries, numerous promotional f2f interviews, the PRH autobiography as well as the 'bombshell' OW interview (and my under the counter little gang of trolls the Sussex Squad)....

All of these proactive outputs have gone on to staturate, feed and therefore bankroll the British tabloids for years and years. Own goal.

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Beautifully put 👏

Bachboo · 09/12/2024 10:45

IcedPurple · 06/12/2024 22:55

Apart from this, if ‘random strangers’ (as you put it) in this case aka ‘the media’ are constantly presenting negatives views of you to the world since you were a young teenager don’t you think it would upset you? Everywhere you go, everyone you meet has already formed some opinion of you based on what the media says about you. I wouldn’t like it to happen to me. Maybe you would be okay with that? Personally I found growing up to be traumatic enough without everyone knowing about my private life, or mistakenly thinking they knew about my private life.

If I felt that way, I wouldn't be making a commodity out of my personal relationships with my family and invading their privacy for money. And if I chose to put myself in the public eye, as Harry does, I would accept that not everyone has to approve of my actions and that it's pretty stupid to blame such disapproval on 'the media'. It's even more stupid to worry about what complete strangers who have no material impact on your life think about you. If it bothers you that much, it's probably best not to seek out public attention. But Harry does.

And I never said Murdoch was ‘micromanaging his vast media empire because of some sort of grudge against’ Harry. Your hyperbolic suggestion is ludicrous and it’s received as an attempt on your part to ridicule my opinion.

I'm not 'ridiculing' your opinion. I'm disagreeing with it. Harry is of very little importance to someone like Murdoch and he's not going to spend his day calling editors in various cities to plant 'negative stories' about him. He has much bigger fish to fry than the exiled 5th in line.

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stripeyshutters · 09/12/2024 11:59

WinterCrow · 09/12/2024 09:31

If Harry has actually managed to find some 'trolls' who have claimed he and M have been divorced 10, 12 times, then he's hanging out in some very dark corners of the internet indeed.

Haven't seen that on here.

MrsLeonFarrell · 09/12/2024 16:28

stripeyshutters · 09/12/2024 11:59

Haven't seen that on here.

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I haven't seen it anywhere, but I'm not in X anymore and that is where most of the worst rumours about many celebrities get traction.

WinterCrow · 09/12/2024 17:50

Exactly. H is making stuff up again. That's the long and the short of it.

Bachboo · 09/12/2024 18:46

WinterCrow · 09/12/2024 17:50

Exactly. H is making stuff up again. That's the long and the short of it.

He’s got a talent for doing it

Jennyathemall · 09/12/2024 18:57

I posted earlier about how hilarious I found it.
To prove my point I’ve come back to post again.
Hilarious. I’m not kidding.

Addanother1 · 16/12/2024 15:53

Harry and Meghan should not venture into the world of internet trolls until they tackle the internet trolls known as the Sussex squad. You know, the ones who appear at Invictus and various other events they attend and have their full (albeit not public) support.

hilarious it is not. Harry can’t tell a joke to save his life and Meghan is equally humourless. Speculation on someone’s marriage is not acceptable, but neither are the rumours of Catherine being in a coma/dead/abused. In my book none of it is acceptable but the ‘wheres Kate’ shit was far worse than divorce rumours. Those were fabricated by Sussex supporters, address that first Harry before making any more hilarious speeches.

Rhaidimiddim · 16/12/2024 16:18

CoffeeCantata · 08/12/2024 09:32

There are probably more archetypes, but it's clear all of this has become an immensely high-stakes enterprise for so many people... M&H left ages ago (is it 5 years?), yet some folks just can't leave them alone!!

OP, could I just take this opportunity to point out..

Are you using the word 'archetypes' deliberately here, or do you actually mean 'stereotypes'? They mean different things and Meghan Markle famously (or notoriously) got it wrong when she called her podcast Archetypes - it turned out that what she meant, and what she actually rabbited on about, were in fact stereotypes.

Archetypes are conceptual stock characters which feature in mythology across the world - first discussed by Carl Jung. Look it up!

🎵Oh, isn't it ironic...🎵

mizG99 · 21/04/2025 04:09

people are still complaining lol

Rummly · 21/04/2025 04:21

That’s a side of Harry I didn’t know about: the intellect of Wittgenstein mixed with the wit of Oscar Wilde.

🙄

Harry really is a knob.

PlayingDevilsAdvocateisinteresting · 21/04/2025 05:36

Fozzleyplum · 05/12/2024 10:52

It's not nasty to contrast their past and current behaviour. They have been making allegations about their family for the past few years, whilst tossing around a lot of word salad about the strength of their own relationship ("two trees joined at the base" etc.). But now, when they are rarely seen together, and they know there must be speculation, because they have chosen to put themselves in the public eye, they are saying nothing.

They might suddenly have decided that their relationship is off limits, but it sure as heck wasn't when they wanted to throw shade at others.

Are none of us allowed to learn and grow? Are none of us allowed to make a few wrong decisions or choices along the way? Are all of our own and our in-law family members always in the right, and we are always in the wrong?

Some of us will have lost a mother at an early age, but I bet no-one else in the UK, apart from Harry and his older brother, had to grow up in the public eye while suffering such an enormous loss, and a loss surrounded by speculation and intrigue.

From Meghan's point of view, have any of us moved to a new country, got married while there, and had the World's spot-light trained upon us - probably more than anyone else in the world - during all of that time?

Have any of us, having moved country and culture, (and class?) had to suddenly deal with a completely new way of life, even to the extent of having staff, and staff who are considered by many people of colour, to be more privileged than themselves, just because of the colour of their staff's skin? The fact that the staff may or may not consider themselves to be superior to their new boss was not really the point at that juncture.

The point was, and is, that someone living in a new culture - even one that on the surface may seem very similar to their own culture, but in reality has some serious differences - may be feeling very stressed and alone, especially with their partner being their only refuge . Of course, in this unique case, the partner happened to be maybe the most well known and revered prince in the world, Prince Harry. Harry, who as hard as he tried, probably couldn't quite understand the magnitude of his partner's - Meghan's- psychological upheaval, until that is, he likened it to his own dear mother's atrocious treatment by his own father, and his father's mistress, and maybe some other members of the establishment as well.

So, I suppose what I am really trying to say is, can we please stop publicly judging the behaviour of two people, who have - just like the rest of us - made some serious errors of judgement, but unlike us - thank God - have made them on a very public stage, and in front of some terribly unforgiving people?

CaptainFuture · 21/04/2025 05:42

I suppose what I am really trying to say is, can we please stop publicly judging the behaviour of two people, who have - just like the rest of us - made some serious errors of judgement, but unlike us - thank God - have made them on a very public stage, and in front of some terribly unforgiving people?
The terribly unforgiving people are H&M?
They created the entire shit show, destroyed any positive relationships and are still bleating on in self creating victimhood.

NattyTurtle59 · 21/04/2025 05:56

Struggling to find what is so "hilarious" about it. Just another boring response from a boring man.

Ohpleeeease · 21/04/2025 08:55

So, I suppose what I am really trying to say is, can we please stop publicly judging the behaviour of two people, who have - just like the rest of us - made some serious errors of judgement, but unlike us - thank God - have made them on a very public stage, and in front of some terribly unforgiving people?

They haven’t asked for forgiveness. They have yet to acknowledge any of the “serious errors of judgment” which you agree they’ve been guilty of. They are public figures very much by choice, being publicly judged goes with the territory.