The Countess of Wessex has said “there’s no reason why you should know” who American TV host Oprah Winfrey is if you’re not a fan of chat shows, in remarks which have been ridiculed online.
Speaking to The Telegraph during an interview about the Duke of Edinburgh – who was her husband Prince Edward’s father – the royal said: “You know, if you’re not into chat shows, there’s no reason why you should know who she is – certainly not in this country anyway.”
The comments come after Winfrey interviewed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle earlier this following their decision to step back as working royals. The explosive interview saw the Duchess of Sussex claim that there were “concerns and conversations about how dark [Archie’s] skin might be when he’s born”, an allegation which Buckingham Palace described as “concerning”.
Such a claim prompted a shocked reaction from Winfrey – one which later became a viral meme online. As a result, Sophie R’hys-Jones assertion that Oprah is unknown raised eyebrows on Twitter:
Everyone knows Oprah. I've never watched an episode of her talk show and I still know and stan her. First ever self made black female billionaire! True Queen 👑
— Black Indigenous Lives Matter ✊🏾 (@lovecolourblind) June 4, 2021
Why do they do interviews? I swear they put their foot in their mouth every damn time.
— Henry VIII (@SussexHenryVIII) June 4, 2021
Also as @BurnerRoyalty brought up, now is probably not the best time to remind folks that the 13th in line lives in a 120 mansion on taxpayer dime...
Perhaps if they had known more about the TV industry, they wouldn’t have been such failures. https://t.co/XtQP4kMSGT
— My Royalty Account (@BurnerRoyalty) June 4, 2021
The royal family just keeps on proving Meghan and Harry's points everyday huh?
— new acct. Min ✨ (@yoon_strawberry) June 4, 2021
Yeah okay... they can tell that to the millions of people worldwide who tuned into that interview
— Daniella (@skaterdbl) June 4, 2021
Uh, Oprah is a global superstar. Sophie is just flat wrong
— Megara 💜💛 (she/they) (@sassybibrarian) June 4, 2021
I am just forwarding this pic.twitter.com/XIY3tpiBKL
— Chioma (@ChiomaEucheria) June 4, 2021
Others, meanwhile, responded to point out how little people knew about the Countess in comparison to the broadcaster:
Why do they do interviews? I swear they put their foot in their mouth every damn time.
— Henry VIII (@SussexHenryVIII) June 4, 2021
Also as @BurnerRoyalty brought up, now is probably not the best time to remind folks that the 13th in line lives in a 120 mansion on taxpayer dime...
Scottish people were asking who Edward and Sophie were just this year when the royals attempted to send these grifters to go live there. This is laughable.
— Proud to be BLACK (@PippaBlack83) June 4, 2021
I didn’t know who Sophie was until I had to google woman in white coat who was rude to Meghan at the commonwealth service
— Anna (@Anna__with_an_A) June 4, 2021
😂😂 The irony is that more people across the globe know who Oprah is, than they do who Sophie
— Mi🐚 (@Em_dee27) June 4, 2021
The Question is who is Sophie and Edward furthermore do they live on the taxpayers and how many bathrooms do they have and how many pounds does there property cost. Go away!!Oprah self made 2.8billion on her own not freebies from the taxpayers
— Turkey1976 (@gayleLackey11) June 4, 2021
Oh, she’s pretending like no one knows who Oprah is? NEWS FLASH: Everyone around the world knows who Oprah is…but not everyone around the world knows who Sophie is. Why do the BRF keep digging a deeper hole for themselves?
— Gil L. (@GilLizalde) June 5, 2021
On The Chase quiz show last week, the Chaser (top quizzer) was asked ‘on his marriage, Prince Edward was made Earl of what? He said Cambridge! The team offered York! That’s British quizzers! 😂😂😂😂
— Ruth Ireland (@RuthIreland9) June 4, 2021
People who live in glass houses – or rather, a fancy mansion – really shouldn’t throw stones…
