{"id":167799,"date":"2025-05-12T13:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-blasted-on-snl-how-did-they-react-to-the-surprise-colin-jost-roast\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:37:08","slug":"meghan-markle-prince-harry-blasted-on-snl-how-did-they-react-to-the-surprise-colin-jost-roast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-blasted-on-snl-how-did-they-react-to-the-surprise-colin-jost-roast\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle &#038; Prince Harry Blasted on SNL: How Did They React to the Surprise Colin Jost Roast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If Meghan Markle and Prince Harry decided to enjoy a relaxing night at home over the weekend, hopefully, they didn\u2019t decide to turn on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/02\/why-was-shane-gillis-fired-from-saturday-night-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saturday Night Live<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>During the show\u2019s Weekend Update segment, cast member Colin Jost slammed the couple in unexpectedly brutal fashion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident [Donald] Trump also announced a new trade deal with the UK that will reopen British markets for American companies,\u201d Jost\u2019s joke began.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-at-8.48.19%E2%80%AFAM-1024x659.png\" alt=\"'SNL' star Colin Jost roasts Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during the show's Weekend Update segment.\" class=\"wp-image-525323 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-at-8.48.19%E2%80%AFAM-1024x659.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-at-8.48.19%E2%80%AFAM-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-at-8.48.19%E2%80%AFAM-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-at-8.48.19%E2%80%AFAM-2048x1318.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-at-8.48.19%E2%80%AFAM-960x618.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-at-8.48.19%E2%80%AFAM-1080x695.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-at-8.48.19%E2%80%AFAM-1200x772.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-12-at-8.48.19%E2%80%AFAM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u2018SNL\u2019 star Colin Jost roasts Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during the show\u2019s Weekend Update segment.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (NBC (YouTube screenshot))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll that Britain demands in return is that we keep these two,\u201d the comic continued, as a photo of Harry and Meghan appeared on screen.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-did-harry-and-meghan-think-of-the-jost-roast\">What did Harry and Meghan think of the Jost roast?<\/h2>\n<p>Needless to say, the punchline was not exactly complimentary to Harry and Meghan.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s worth noting that the joke had more to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/09\/meghan-markle-vs-kate-middleton-who-is-the-most-popular-royal-of-them-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>British<\/em> attitudes toward Harry and Meghan<\/a> than with how the couple is perceived in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Still, for Harry, it couldn\u2019t have felt good to know that millions of people are laughing at a joke about how your home country is glad to be rid of you.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attends the Premiere of \u00e2\u0080\u009cBob Marley: One Love\u00e2\u0080\u009d at the Carib 5 Theatre on January 23, 2024 in Kingston, Jamaica.\" class=\"wp-image-525325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-960x638.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-1080x718.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-1200x797.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2.jpg 2021w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attends the Premiere of \u00e2\u0080\u009cBob Marley: One Love\u00e2\u0080\u009d at the Carib 5 Theatre on January 23, 2024 in Kingston, Jamaica.\" class=\"wp-image-525325 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-960x638.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-1080x718.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2-1200x797.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2.jpg 2021w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1956998122-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attends the Premiere of \u00e2\u0080\u009cBob Marley: One Love\u00e2\u0080\u009d at the Carib 5 Theatre on January 23, 2024 in Kingston, Jamaica.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Marcus Ingram\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Meghan is likely all too aware that she\u2019s the reason that Harry\u2019s popularity in the UK has declined so dramatically in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>So how did Harry and Meghan react to the surprise diss? Well \u2026 they didn\u2019t. At least not directly.<\/p>\n<p>But Meghan did assure her followers that SNL swipe aside, she had a truly epic weekend.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-harry-and-meghan-s-enviable-weekend\">Harry and Meghan\u2019s enviable weekend<\/h2>\n<p>On Friday, Harry and Meghan attended the fifth and final of Beyonce\u2019s \u201cCowboy Carter\u201d shows at Inglewood\u2019s SoFi Arena.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan Markle react while attending a show during a visit to the National Centre for the Arts in Bogota on August 15, 2024. \" class=\"wp-image-525324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-2048x1398.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-960x655.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-1080x737.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-1200x819.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan Markle react while attending a show during a visit to the National Centre for the Arts in Bogota on August 15, 2024. \" class=\"wp-image-525324 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-2048x1398.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-960x655.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-1080x737.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-1200x819.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2166230204-9-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britain\u2019s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan Markle react while attending a show during a visit to the National Centre for the Arts in Bogota on August 15, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Sunday, of course, was Mother\u2019s Day. Meghan marked the occasion with a photo of herself and her two children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheers to juggling it all with joy!\u201d she captioned the pic below, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to these two gems \u2013 who still attempt to climb \u2018mama mountain\u2019, smother me with kisses, and make every day the most memorable adventure\u2026.being your mom is the greatest privilege of my life \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, too, \u2018love you more than all the stars in all the sky, all the raindrops, and all the salt on all the french fries in all the world.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJhM82sRK2f\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>As usual, the faces of Harry and Meghan\u2019s little ones were not visible in the pic.<\/p>\n<p>So, yeah \u2014 all in all, a pretty nice weekend for Harry and Meghan.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, they got jabbed by SNL, but that\u2019s sort of an honor, right?<\/p>\n<p>Harry and Meghan should be feeling proud at the moment. And hey, they\u2019ve certainly heard far worse from the British tabloid press!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-blasted-on-snl-how-did-they-react-to-the-surprise-colin-jost-roast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes If Meghan Markle and Prince Harry decided to enjoy a relaxing night at home over the weekend, hopefully, they didn\u2019t decide to turn on Saturday Night Live. During the show\u2019s Weekend Update segment, cast member Colin Jost slammed the couple in unexpectedly brutal fashion. \u201cPresident [Donald] Trump also announced a new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-167799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}