Harry and Meghan appear in Family Guy as work-shy grifters who post Instagram photos worth $250,000 and earn Netflix cash for ‘no-one knows what’ – months after they were savaged by South Park
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have once again been given the ‘South Park’ treatment – this time by Seth McFarlane’s Family Guy.
In an episode from the latest series of the cartoon satire that aired on Sunday, main character Peter Griffin compares himself to the royal couple, who stepped down as working members of the British royal family in 2020 to move to the US.
As he sits in a bar with his friends, thinking of ways to get the money back he’s owed, Peter Griffin says he’ll ‘go it alone’ – just like the Sussexes.
The scene then cuts to the royal couple lounging by the pool in their swimsuits as a butler waits to hand them “millions from Netflix.”
The satirization of the Sussexes in Seth McFarlane’s cartoon follows another placard the royal couple received in South Park earlier this year, mocking their calls for a private life.
Harry and Meghan are depicted in Seth McFarlane’s Family Guy as work-shy con artists who post sponsored content to Instagram in a new episode
In the latest clip, the Sussexes are pictured enjoying soft drinks by their pool as a typically British-looking butler hands them a paycheque.
He tells the Duke, “Sir, your millions from Netflix for…no one knows what.”
The cartoon Harry lightheartedly replies, “Put it on the rest,” in a British accent reminiscent of Dick Van Dyke’s cockney character in Mary Poppins.
As the butler rushes away, Meghan’s phone buzzes with a notification. She tells Harry, “Honey, time for our daily $250,000 sponsored Instagram post for Del Taco.”
A despondent Harry, staring into the distance, replies: ‘I shouldn’t have let the made-up nonsense stand’ – in an apparent criticism of the British monarchy.
The satirical cartoon presents the couple as poolside loungers who retain their butler, a quintessentially British character
The Sussexes have produced three series for Netflix since signing an £80 million deal with the streaming platform in 2020
The couple’s cruel removal for being work-shy references the £80 million deal they signed with streaming giant Netflix in 2020.
Following the deal, the couple released their explosive six-part docuseries Harry & Meghan, which aired last December.
They also narrated the Live to Lead series, which followed the lives and careers of leadership figures including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg.
In August, the couple’s third project, Heart of Invictus, landed on the streaming platform, which followed the couple’s 2022 Invictus Games, held in The Hague in the Netherlands.
Although Meghan posts sponsored content on Instagram in the satirical Family Guy clip, the couple is not known to have made any money from such exploits.
The clip comes months after another satirical cartoon, South Park, also targeted the Sussexes for their calls for more privacy in their private lives, which the cartoon said was hypocritical.
A scene in one episode shows the couple arriving in Canada after leaving the United Kingdom, loudly pleading for privacy while drawing attention to themselves.
In the clip, Harry and his wife, wearing the same dusty pink outfit Meghan donned for Trooping the Color in 2018, along with a near-identical white hat tilted askew on her head, are seen promoting the prince’s book – Waaagh – whose cover closely resembles Harry’s memoir Spare.
They storm off during a TV show after being challenged about their motives, before moving to South Park, with the princess declaring, “If we moved here, people would think we really want to be serious.”
Canada’s Prince and Princess decide to flee their homeland after bashing the Canadian monarchy in an episode of South Park earlier this year
The Prince and Princess arrive on the set of Good Morning Canada to captivate, holding up signs asking for privacy
But their arrival enrages the local community, especially Kyle, who lives opposite them.
He complains about their private jet parked in front of the house and the prince playing polo on the lawn.
“They have a huge plane parked in front of my house and they keep wanting me to buy their book,” he complains to his friends Kenny, Cartman and Stan.
The episode includes multiple, thinly veiled jabs at the Sussexes, largely calling into question their desire for privacy while seemingly all eyes are on them.
In one scene, regular character Kyle wakes up to find the house covered in magazine covers with the princess’s face on them.
They feature a cover that is very similar to that of The Cut magazine, after it featured a cover interview with Meghan last summer.
When Kyle confronts the royal family, the princess shouts, “He victimized me!”
The prince comes to defend his wife.
‘This is a shame!’ he is crying. “We’ll see how he handles my blue penis!” That appears to be a reference to Harry’s frozen penis, which he described in his memoir Spare.