Katherine Ryan sets record straight after Meghan Markle remark was ‘weaponised’
She said only one side of her views were presented.
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Previous Page Next PageKatherine Ryan has clarified criticism she made about Meghan Markle’s latest Netflix show after it was ‘weaponised.’
The comedian, 41, said the reporting of her comments about With Love, Meghan was taken without context and failed to show the ‘balance’ in her opinion.
In response, Katherine has edited a new clip using her original quotes for her podcast, Telling Everybody Everything, to present the fullness of her perspective.
She begins by stating that she ‘liked’ and was ‘rooting’ for the Duchess of Sussex, 43, before addressing the racism and unconscious bias the former royal has experienced.
Katherine said: ‘There is an unconscious bias in this country and in most countries, really, that a lot of people don’t even realise that they have.
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‘I think what feels gaslighting for someone like Meghan Markle, when she says, “Oh, I feel that I was victimised by institutionalised racism,” Then you have to believe her. Like, that is her experience, and it’s really weird for white people to be like, “No, you weren’t. We’re not racist, we just don’t like you.”
Katherine Ryan said the reporting of her comments lacked ‘balance’ (Picture: Instagram/kathbum) Katherine set the record straight on her remark’s about Meghan’s Netflix show (Picture: Netflix)‘So I think this country does have institutionalized racism, yes, and unconscious bias, yes, not every single person, but a great many, yes. And to be someone with a mother who’s Black entering the Royal Family, I’m sure they had some feelings about that, because that’s the Royal Family.’
However, Katherine suggested that Meghan lacked a certain authenticity that is commonplace in Hollywood, claiming that she had ‘lied’ about her background.
She explained: ‘She is very Hollywood I see now and maybe it’s just the project she’s choosing.
‘It does feel like she has lied about whether she knew who Prince Harry was, and these like details about her childhood change.
‘Her whole act just seems like very manicured and very forced. And I’ve known a lot of Hollywood people. They’re not bad people. I certainly don’t think she’s a bad person.
