Howard Stern has some choice words for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
On his Sirius XM show, the 68-year-old radio host offered his blunt reaction to the couple’s Netflix series, Harry & Meghan, a six-part documentary that premiered last week beginning with the first three episodes. The second half is set to be released on December 15.
Stern said he watched the series, in which the couple heavily criticized the royal family, and thought they came off “like such whiny b****es.”
“I gotta tell you man, I just don’t get it,” he said (via Mediaite). While he expressed sympathy for Prince Harry over the monarchy’s treatment of his mother, Princess Diana, and for losing her at such a young age, the radio show host said it was also “very weird” to hear the couple repeatedly demand privacy from the media and then put out a series on Netflix showing off how they and their children lived. “It’s like the Kardashians except boring,” he said.
Stern noted that it was puzzling given how extravagant their lifestyle was when they lived in England. “So like, where do you go with this? Is this your career talking about how humiliated you were being part of, I don’t know, living in a castle — and it’s hard to relate to,” he said. “It’s like, it looks pretty terrific to me. If it was me, I never had to worry about money and never had to worry about work.”
The radio host also shared how he hadn’t left his house in three years and yet he didn’t feel like a prisoner. By contrast, the Sussexes had their palaces in England complete with “butlers and cars and food.”
Stern laced his opinion with an expletive directed at the couple and concluded the segment with a prediction that Prince Harry would eventually leave Markle. “You know, I think he’s eventually not gonna dig her. I’m telling you,” he said.
The docuseries has faced heavy criticism since debuting last week, prompting the Sussexes to release a statement via their press secretary, Ashley Hansen, on December 8. According to the statement, the couple’s decision to step back from their roles as senior royals had nothing to do with their desire for privacy. Instead, they're choosing to tell their story according to their own truth.
Volume II of Harry & Meghan will start streaming on Thursday.
