John Oliver jokes Kate Middleton could have died ‘18 months ago’: ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’
13.03.2024 - 13:09
/ nypost.com
abdominal surgery in January. While many have speculated and conspired on social media that the Princess of Wales, 42, has simply disappeared, comedian John Oliver believes that she is perfectly fine.
On Sunday, Middleton shared a photo for UK’s Mother’ Day, however, the snapshot was riddled with editing mistakes and caused headline-making confusion.“What the f–k is going on with Kate Middleton,” Andy Cohen asked Oliver on Tuesday. “I was out.
I thought, ‘Let’s all just ignore this. We’ve moved on,’ until the Photoshop thing,” Oliver, 46, replied during his appearance on “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.” “That feels, like, you’re almost handling it in an oppressive way at this point,” the “Last Week Tonight” host added.The photo featured Middleton sitting down and smiling alongside her children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5.After the photo made the rounds online, the Duchess of Cambridge herself took to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday to explain why there were several Photoshop problems.
“Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused,” she wrote.The snap was even recalled by several photo agencies, including Reuters, the Associated Press, Getty, and AFP, who sent out a “kill notification” asking news outlets to erase the photo from their systems as it appeared that it was digitally “manipulated.”Speaking about the statement, Cohen asked Oliver: “Isn’t [the royal family’s] motto, ‘Never complain never explain?’”“There is s a non-zero chance she died 18 months ago,” Oliver quipped.
“They might be ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’-ing this situation. I’m not
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