Prince Harry appeared to be unaware of a trending topic in the music world during a surprise guest appearance on a podcast. The Duke of Sussex, joined the “Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know” podcast in an episode released on October 29th.
At the beginning of the show, the host asked him about the rumored feud between pop superstars Taylor Swift and Charli XCX.
“This one’s heavy, Harry. What do you think of this Taylor Swift, Charli xcx beef?” Minhaj asked as the episode began.
“The what? Oh no,” Harry replied, looking genuinely stumped.
The prince then glanced off-camera as if searching for help, eyebrows raised in confusion, before breaking into an awkward laugh — a reaction that made it pretty clear he had no idea what the interviewer was talking about.
“No, this is serious. Cause was Charli’s diss track even a diss track? I mean, to me, ‘Sympathy is a Knife’ was about something completely different, but then Taylor comes back, and I think escalates it, with the ‘Actually Romantic’ thing,” Minhaj explained.
“And I’m kind of thinking to myself, ‘Is this fair? Or did Charli draw blood and Taylor had to respond?” he continued.
Prince Harry then paused before he began to speak, and Minhaj interjected, “Sometimes I think, where do we go from here, you know?”
“Well,” Prince Harry said before a laugh.
Harry’s podcast moment happened the day after his wife, Meghan Markle, danced to Taylor Swift’s song “Opalite” just before the latest launch from her lifestyle brand, “As Ever.”
In a logline, it was revealed that Minhaj and Harry discuss how the Duke of Sussex is adapting to life in America, the risks of repeating past mistakes during the A.I. boom and the rise of social media, and what it takes for someone to earn a knighthood in the U.K.
In a clip shared on Instagram, the comedian asked Harry if he could imitate an American accent. Harry gave it a try, humorously discussing the idea of ordering breadsticks with ranch dressing at Applebee’s.
