Gayle King Defends Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s Netflix Docuseries

On their aspect. Gayle King weighed in on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s bombshell Netflix docuseries — and it seems the published journalist has plans to tune in.

Throughout an look on Watch What Occurs Reside With Andy Cohen, which aired on Thursday, December 8, the host, 54, joked concerning the 41-year-old former actress’ earlier feedback relating to not desirous to do a actuality present — implying that her new present matches below the class.

King, 67, got here to the previous actress’ protection, saying, “It’s not a actuality present. It’s not.”

The TV anchor additionally replied to a query about whether or not she would watch the six-part docuseries, saying, “I can’t wait.”

Harry, 38, and Meghan’s latest challenge, which is titled Harry & Meghan, debuted its first episodes on Thursday. The couple opened up concerning the early days of their romance and their expertise with the royal household.

“It is a nice love story. And the craziest factor is that I believe this love story is simply simply getting began,” the Duke of Sussex gushed within the premiere episode. “She sacrificed every little thing that she ever knew, the liberty that she had, to affix me in my world, after which fairly quickly after that I find yourself sacrificing every little thing that I do know to affix her in her world.”

The Fits alum recalled not seeking to date anybody new earlier than she was arrange with Harry. “I used to be actually intent on being single and simply have enjoyable girl-time,” she defined, referring to her 2016 plans. “I had a profession. I had my life. I had my path … after which got here H. I imply, he actually, speak about a plot twist.”

In response to Harry, he noticed a photograph of his now-wife and reached out to a mutual buddy to attach them. “I used to be scrolling by means of my feed and somebody who was a buddy had this video of the 2 of them, it was like a Snapchat,” he recalled, including that Meghan had a canine filter on her within the pic. “That was the very first thing. I used to be like, ‘Who’s that?’”

Whereas filming the collection, Harry and Meghan additionally addressed the racism directed on the Duchess of Sussex throughout her time within the U.Ok. (The pair beforehand stepped away from their working roles throughout the royal household in 2020. The choice was made everlasting one 12 months later.)

“The course from the palace was: don’t say something. However what individuals want to know is, so far as quite a lot of the household had been involved, every little thing that she was being put by means of, they’d been put by means of as effectively,” the BetterUp CIO, who shares son Archie, 3, and daughter Lili, 18 months, with Meghan, detailed. “So, it was nearly like a ceremony of passage, and among the family members had been like, ‘My spouse needed to undergo that, so why ought to your girlfriend be handled any in a different way? Why must you get particular remedy? Why ought to she be protected?’”