Prince Harry grinned as he met Cedric the Entertainer backstage at the
Super Bowl, just five months after the comedian made fun of the Royal Family at
the Emmys following the bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview.
The Duke of Sussex appeared to be in good spirits as he
greeted Cedric at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles after the dramatic NFL game on
Sunday, with the actor posting a picture on Instagram of them gripping each
other’s hands.
But it comes not long after Cedric, 57, poked fun last September at
Harry, his wife Meghan Markle, his father Prince Charles and his grandmother the Queen during the
Emmy Awards which were held in the same city.
Cedric had been going through TV highlights including The Crown when he
brought up the March 2021 interview in which Meghan claimed an unnamed royal
commented on how dark her unborn child Archie’s skin might be.
Joking that Harry and Meghan’s tell-all discussion with Oprah was the
‘real tea’, Cedric claimed that the Royal Family ‘need’ Archie so he can ‘teach
the Queen how to use TikTok’, adding that ‘Charles can’t dance’. The comedian
also made a crude joke about his and Meghan’s sex life, saying she ‘must put it
on that boy’.
Cedric said last September: ‘As great as The Crown is, it pales in
comparison to the real monarchy… Ooooh, I mean that Oprah interview with
Prince Harry and Meghan. That was the real tea right there, wasn’t it!? Meghan
must put it on that boy because he renounced his throne quicker than Eddie
Murphy in Coming to America.
‘I can’t believe they were talking about little Archie. How dark that
little baby gonna be. They need little Archie. Charles can’t dance, who else
going to teach them how to TikTok? I can just see it now, baby Archie with the
Queen, like come on gammy. The whole crowd behind them like, ‘OK your majesty,
I see you’.’
During his meeting with Cedric, Harry appeared to break Los Angeles mask
rules, as he greeted the actor having removed his face covering that he had
been wearing while seated in the stands with his cousin Princess Eugenie.
LA County rules state that masks must be worn by everyone regardless of
vaccination status in all indoor public settings and outdoor ‘mega events’ with
crowds of more than 5,000 people. They add that people can remove their mask
while ‘actively eating or drinking as long as you are sitting or standing in a
specific place such as a table, counter, or ticketed seat’. Harry could be seen
holding a glass but did not seem to be in one of these areas.
NFL rules for the Super Bowl reinforced the LA rules, saying there was a
‘mandatory mask requirement inside the stadium for everyone over two years of
age regardless of vaccination status’ unless ‘actively eating or drinking’.
