The ‘Household Man’ will not be a fan of those royal archetypes.
The grownup animated comedy on Fox was not afraid to hurl a couple of insults in direction of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in an episode that aired Sunday night.
Within the present, now in its 23rd season, cartoon variations of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex seem poolside after the protagonist Peter Griffin compares himself to the royal couple whereas sitting at a bar along with his mates.
Frightened that he gained’t have the ability to get again the cash he’s owed, Griffin decides that his finest wager can be to tackle the world identical to the royals did after they introduced their plans to step again from their roles as senior members of the British monarchy in late 2022.
“I’ll go it alone, identical to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry,” Griffin declares.
The scene cuts to Harry and Meghan, who’re approached by a Butler who makes an attempt handy Harry a stack of envelopes. “Sir, your tens of millions from Netflix for nobody is aware of what,” he says.
The Prince responds with a wave saying “put it with the remainder of them.” Abruptly an alert on Meghan’s cellphone sounds off inflicting her to announce: “Babe, time to do our every day $250,000 sponsored Instagram publish for Del Taco.”
The clip ends with Harry seemingly expressing some remorse over leaving his privileged life in Britain as he pronounces, “I shouldn’t have left the made-up nonsense.”
The jab from the “Household Man,” which was created by author, actor and comedian Seth MacFarlane and first aired in 1999, is a direct reference to the couple’s notorious failed $20 million Spotify deal.
A supply near the state of affairs informed The Submit in June 2023 that the Archewell media firm launched by Prince Harry, 39, and Markle, 42, didn’t produce sufficient content material to obtain the total payout of the multi-million greenback deal the couple signed in 2020.
The cameo of the Sussexes from “Household Man” is eerily paying homage to current feedback made by Spotify CEO Invoice Simmons, who referred to Meghan and Harry as “f–king grifters.”
This isn’t the primary time the couple have been a punchline on the expense of an animated sequence.
Simply eight months earlier, Comedy Central’s lengthy working hit present South Park trashed the royal couple in an episode titled “The Worldwide Privateness Tour.”
“Household Man” airs Sundays at 9:30 p.m. ET