Karl Stefanovic has mocked Meghan Markle’s reaction to the fire in her son’s nursey which happened during the final tour before The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down from royal duties in 2020.
The Today show host struggled to contain his laughter whilst hearing Meghan describe the story.
“So, just to get this right, the baby’s, what, not even there?” he said.
This is not the first time Karl has taken a dig at The Duchess.
(Image: Getty)“No… the nanny had taken the baby from the room before the fire ignited,” co-host Allison Langdon replied.
“But… so then, the baby’s not there when the fire catches right? And because the baby wasn’t there, she was going to have difficulties going to a function? Oh, my God,” Karl responded.
Allison attempted to sympathise and remind her co-host that Meghan was a new mother in a foreign country which could have been frightening. But Karl only laughed before suggesting to stop showing fake sympathy.
Meghan’s new podcast, Archetypes includes various a-list stars.
(Image: Getty)“That is not you talking. You are a woman who says ‘grow a set’. That’s what you would say normally,” he said.
The nursery fire occurred during Meghan and Prince Harry’s trip to South Africa, with their then four-and-a-half month old son. The Duchess replayed her emotional trauma with Serena Williams during the first episode of her new Spotify podcast.
“The heater in the nursery caught on fire,” she said. “There was no smoke detector. Someone happened to just smell smoke down the hallway went in, fire extinguished. He was supposed to be sleeping in there.”
“We came back,” she continued. “And of course, as a mother, you go, Oh, my God, what? Everyone’s in tears, everyone’s shaken. And what do we have to do? Go out and do another official engagement? I said, This doesn’t make any sense.
The focus ends up being on how it looks instead of how it feels.”
This not the first time Karl has mocked Meghan as last year he said the Duchess was acting like ‘the first mum ever’ while discussing her daughter’s teething troubles. Karl was once again scolded by Allison for being insensitive.
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