Whoopi Goldberg Accuses Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Of Exaggerating Their NYC Car Chase

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The time aft it was revealed that Prince Harry, 38, and his wife, Meghan Markle, 41, were aggressively pursued by paparazzi successful New York City, actress Whoopi Goldberg, 67, did not clasp backmost connected her thoughts! The comedian and The View co-host appeared connected the May 18 occurrence of the deed speech amusement and questioned the severity of the car pursuit (watch here). “Their spokesperson called it a near catastrophic car chase,” Whoopi began. “Others said it wasn’t bad, but I deliberation radical successful New York cognize if it was imaginable to person car chases successful New York, we’d each marque it to the theatre connected time.”

Even Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t judge Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

The View big said of the alleged 2 hr car chase:

“It conscionable doesn’t enactment successful New York.” pic.twitter.com/3JH7GK5Npr

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 18, 2023

In addition, the Sister Act star explained that car chases look much apt successful Los Angeles, alternatively than successful the Big Apple. “I deliberation their spokesperson referenced thing that you mostly would notation successful Los Angeles. That’s wherever you person chases, that’s wherever you tin determination astatine precocious speeds,” Whoopi went on. “I deliberation they were dealing with assertive paparazzi, but I don’t deliberation it was where, you know, you’re watching connected TV … conscionable watching the cars spell … due to the fact that it conscionable doesn’t enactment successful New York.”

Whoopi’s co-host, Joy Behar, 80, agreed with her and talked astir her acquisition with ambulances successful NYC. “Sometimes I’m successful the metropolis and I perceive an ambulance trying to get done and I think, ‘That idiosyncratic is dead,'” Joy shared, to which Whoopi quipped, “Because you can’t get through!” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were chased by paparazzi aft leaving the Ms. Foundation gala connected May 16. At the event, Meghan was awarded the Women of Vision Award by activist Gloria Steinem, 89.

Whoopi Goldberg reacted to Prince Harry & Meghan Markle’s paparazzi car pursuit connected ‘The View’. (AFFI/Shutterstock)

Following the terrifying incidental that echoed his precocious parent Princess Diana‘s car crash successful 1997, the NYPD released a connection astir Harry and his wife’s incident. “On Tuesday evening, May 16, the NYPD assisted the backstage information squad protecting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,” the connection obtained by HollywoodLife read. “There were galore photographers that made their transport challenging. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived astatine their destination and determination were nary reported collisions, summonses, injuries, oregon arrests successful regard.”

The father-of-two‘s spokesperson told CNN that the pursuit lasted “over 2 hours” and could person caused terrible damage. “Last night, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms. Ragland were progressive successful a adjacent catastrophic car pursuit astatine the hands of a ringing of highly assertive paparazzi,” the May 17 connection read. “This relentless pursuit, lasting implicit 2 hours, resulted successful aggregate adjacent collisions involving different drivers connected the road, pedestrians, and 2 NYPD officers.” The erstwhile Senior Royals added that, “being a nationalist fig comes with a level of involvement from the public, it should ne'er travel astatine the outgo of anyone’s safety. Dissemination of these images, fixed the ways successful which they were obtained, encourages a highly intrusive signifier that is unsafe to each successful involved.”

Amid Whoopi’s comments, Princess Diana’s erstwhile bodyguard, Ken Wharfe, shared his insight connected the substance portion chatting with ITV’s Good Morning Britain, via the New York Post. “The paparazzi, astatine best, tin beryllium talked to, but astatine worst they’re a nuisance,” helium said connected Thursday. “But they’re not retired to origin the decease of immoderate 1 person. So, I deliberation we person to beryllium a small spot cautious there.” As galore know, Harry’s parent died successful 1997 pursuing being successful a likewise assertive paparazzi pursuit successful Paris, France.

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