Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reportedly “burned too many bridges” to make it in Hollywood, and their latest setback is “very telling”, according to News24 star Chloe Walker. The comments come after Oprah Winfrey reportedly “snubbed” a second sit-down interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Oprah's reported snub
Host Danica De Giorgio introduced the segment, saying: “Now Oprah Winfrey has also reportedly snubbed Harry and Meghan. They floated the idea of a second sit-down interview. I mean, I don’t know why that was floated – it was of course so explosive, that very first one. The fact that Oprah has reportedly snubbed the Sussexes here, what does that say about their current standing in Hollywood?”
Walker replied: “Yeah, it’s a brutal blow for them, considering Oprah is both a friend and a neighbour. They apparently floated the idea of doing a second interview with her, following on from, of course their bombshell interview in 2021, where they accused the Royal Family of being racists, among other things. They said this one, though, would be all about reconciliation and healing. But Oprah apparently politely declined. Rob Shuda said that she received so much backlash from the first interview that she just doesn’t want to go back there.”
Burning bridges in Hollywood
Walker added: “I think it’s very telling where the Sussexes currently sit in Hollywood. They’ve burned a lot of bridges, and Oprah being one of them now is very, very telling.”
The News24 crew discussed the couple's standing in the entertainment industry, highlighting the reported snub as a significant indicator of their current reputation.
Oprah's reflection on the first interview
The news follows Oprah's remarks to Vanity Fair about her first interview with the royal couple: “They didn’t know, obviously, anything that I was going to ask them, but I had said to them ahead of time, ‘I’m going to try to cover everything.’ This interview took three and a half hours. I was just trying to carefully go through everything that had come up in the past.”
