BBC Under Fire For ‘Disgusting’ Meghan Markle Parody

Yikes. It really does seem like the media just can’t give Meghan Markle a break across the pond. There’s a new report that says the BBC has been heavily criticized for its portrayal of The Duchess of Sussex in a comedy sketch that will air on Sunday night. Here’s what you need to know.

Meghan Markle Is Parodied By The BBC

According to Britain’s Express.co.uk, the BBC Two program ‘Tonight with Vladimir Putin’ the show will feature a segment that will portray the Duchess of Sussex as a foul-mouthed and aggressive puppet that is living in a trailer. Called ‘Meghan Markle’s Royal Sparkle’ the puppet will take jabs at Kate Middleton during a question and answer segment with the audience.

When someone asks the Meghan Markle puppet, “What makes you angry,” she says that she gets upset whenever the Duches of Cambridge asks to use her hairbrush.

The character yelled: “I say no because that’s gross and then I leave my room and come back and I can tell she’s used my hairbrush anyway because it’s covered in skanky hair that’s going grey and I say, ‘Stay the f**k out of my trailer or I’ll cut you, Kate.”

Meghan Markle’s Estrangement From Her Father Poked At

If that weren’t enough, the program will also touch on Meghan Markle’s estrangement from her father, Thomas Markle Senior. Meghan has not spoken to her father ever since he failed to show up at her royal wedding to Prince Harry at Windsor Castle back in May of last year.

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During one point in the show, one audience member sarcastically asks, “I’d like to know how is your dad?” The Meghan puppet replies with, “Great question. Next.”

The show’s producer, comedian GbemisolaIkunelo, says that she created this foul-mouthed version of Meghan Markle on purpose to portray the opposite of what the Duchess really is like.

She explained, “Anybody who has seen anything of Meghan Markle in public will know that she seems incredibly agreeable and friendly, always smiling. So, I was interested in finding humor in the ridiculous. What if somebody who seems super lovely in public actually has a really mean streak? What would that look like? So I introduced an over-the-top, shouty, hill-billy draw.”

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