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Daily Mail
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are mocked by Family Guy - as cartoon compares their marriage to Hitler and the Crusades
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been mocked by cartoon Family Guy with the show comparing their marriage to Hitler and the Crusades. In an episode from the newest series of the animated satire, main characters Stewie and Brian Griffin go back in time and speak to Mark Twain, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The characters discuss how history 'pretty much sucks' before listing several instances including Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, the medieval wars in the Middle East and the former royal's marriage. The scene then cuts away to Prince Harry, sat at home on the sofa who moans 'Again?' before telling the camera that the audience's wives are no better. This is not the first time the Sussexes have fallen victim to Seth McFarlane 's cartoon satire and in 2023 were savaged as work-shy grifters being paid by Netflix for 'no-one knows what.' In the latest clip, which aired this week, Stewie and Brian Griffin travel back in time and meet author Mark Twain who asks them to proofread his manuscript. Twain asks the pair for ideas for his novel 'The Adventures of Hankenberry Flan' to which Brian replies, 'Don't you mean Huckleberry Finn?'. With the suggestion Twain is overjoyed and tells the pair 'that's already better' before running off to get his manuscript. Stewie then turns to his canine companion and says: 'Brian this is a terrible idea, we could change the course of history!'. But Brian is not put off and tells Stewie not to worry because history is terrible anyway. He says: 'You always say that but doesn't history pretty much suck? I mean the Crusades, Hitler?' Stewie jumps in and adds: 'Prince Harry marrying Meghan Markle?'. The scene then cuts away to the prince sat on a sofa watching the episode of Family Guy. He exclaims: 'Oh, again?' before turning to the camera with his hands on his hips and a frown. He adds: 'Oh like all your wives are so much better?' The takedown is the latest in a long list of satirical savaging with the couple, who stepped down as working members of the British Royal Family in 2020, first being mocked in an episode of South Park two years ago. The satirical cartoon launched a series of attacks against the couple in an episode of the show, which was entitled The Worldwide Privacy Tour and depicted the couple embarking on a publicity blitz to promote the Prince's new book, Waaagh. After the show aired, reports surfaced suggesting that 41-year-old Meghan had been left 'upset and overwhelmed' by the couple's less-than-flattering portrayal - while one royal commentator claimed that the Sussexes' lawyers were 'casting an eye' over the animated series. The episode depicted the 'Prince and Princess of Canada' - a young royal couple who loudly beg for privacy while drawing attention to themselves. The red-headed prince and his wife, who wears the same pink outfit that Meghan wore for Trooping the Colour in 2018, are seen promoting the prince's book - Waaagh - the cover of which strongly resembles Harry's memoir Spare. The episode is filled with swipes at the Sussexes, with main character Stan branding their cartoon equivalents the 'dumb prince and his stupid wife', while Kyle complains about the private jet parked outside their home. Meghan is cuttingly referred to in the show as a 'sorority girl, actress, influencer, and victim'. The same year Family Guy took aim at the pair with main character Peter Griffin compares himself to the royal couple. Sitting in a bar with his friends as he thinks of ways to retrieve money he is owed, Peter Griffin says he'll 'go it alone' – just like the Sussexes. The scene then cuts away to the the Sussexes enjoying fizzy drinks by their pool, while a quintessentially British-looking butler hands them a pay cheque. He tells the Duke: 'Sir, your millions from Netflix for... no-one knows what.' The cartoon Harry flippantly replies: 'Put it with the rest of them' in a British accent reminiscent of Dick Van Dyke's cockney character in Mary Poppins. As the butler scuttles off, Meghan's phone buzzes with a notification. She tells Harry: 'Babe, time to do our daily $250,000 sponsored Instagram post for Del Taco.' A despondent Harry, staring off into the distance, replies: 'I shouldn't have left the made-up nonsense' - in an apparent dig at the British monarchy.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Disney's panned Snow White movie starring Rachel Zegler faces fresh embarrassment over Seth MacFarlane dig
The panned Snow White remake has faced even further humiliation after it was dragged by Seth McFarlane at NBCUniversal's Upfront on Monday morning. The box office flop, starring Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler, has suffered countless embarrassments ever since the project was initiated, right the way through to its subsequent release in March and beyond. And Family Guy creator Seth, 51, was the latest in line to publicly rip into the movie as he kicked off NBCUniversal's Up Front at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Breaking into song at the network's special showcase event, he raved about why NBC is superior as he gleefully hit out at other streamers, including Disney, Hulu and Netflix, over their content. It was during this moment when he seized the opportunity to take aim at Snow White's CGI motion-capture dwarves. He sang: 'Oh you might be attracted by Disney, for the magic that they have magically appear. 'But you'll feel fright when you see Snow White 'cuz the dwarves look really f***ing weird.' While Snow White ignited a plethora of controversies earlier this year, one major criticism from fans was how filmmakers had used computer-generated 'magical creatures' for the dwarves rather than hiring actors. The decision also angered actors with dwarfism, who blasted Disney's reliance on CGI as 'absurd' and 'discriminating.' At the time, one TikTok content creator protested outside a cinema. John Ferguson, who has dwarfism, shared a video on social media of him dressed as one of the seven dwarfs stood outside a movie theatre holding a placard which reads: 'Hire real dwarfs.' 'It seems like nowadays you can protest just about anything. But why don't we begin protesting about the fact Disney decided to use CGI dwarves and not even the real thing,' Mr Ferguson said. He continued: 'We could've got them hired we could have got money for something but no.' The remake of the classic 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs film failed to land rave reviews from critics. Daily Mail's Brian Viner gave Snow White two out of five stars, calling it a 'painfully muddle-headed affair' and 'pallid reimagining' but admitted Zegler 'plainly has oodles of talent.' 'Disney's contorted attempts not to offend anyone have somehow managed to offend everyone,' Viner noted. Meanwhile, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw gave Snow White one out of five stars and called it a 'pointless' and 'exhaustingly awful reboot' with 'tiresome pseudo-progressive additions that tie the whole thing in knots.' 'Where other movies are playfully reimagining the backstories of famous villains, this one plays it straight, but with carefully curated revisionist tweaks,' Bradshaw wrote. 'Those otherwise estimable performers Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot are now forced to go through the motions, and they give the dullest performances of their lives.' The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey gave the Brothers Grimm fairy tale one out of five stars, criticizing the studio for 'summoning up the most corporate response possible' to the depiction of the controversial dwarves. Prior to its release, Snow White was mired in controversy due to comments from its star leads Zegler and the absence of the iconic song 'Someday My Prince Will Come.' In an effort to be more progressive, Disney also changed the dwarves to be called 'magical creatures' instead. Critics of the remake first jumped on Disney for the decision to cast Zegler in the role due to her Colombian ancestry after the original fairytale revealed that the princess is given her name because her skin is 'as white as snow.' At the time, Zegler said that the origin story had changed, and in Disney's new version the princess earns the name due to a snowstorm she survived as a child. She then came under fire for criticizing original animation when she called it 'dated' during a red carpet interview with Extra TV in 2022. She eventually walked back her comments and assured fans that the love story would be 'integral' to the remake's plot. Disney fans then expressed discontent at Zegler when she said she was 'scared' of the original version as a child and only watched it one time.
