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Elba said everyone should be able to speak up about what they feel. You cannot take someone s voice away, that s what we have to communicate, he continued.
Idris Elba has defended Meghan Markle and Prince Harry s decision to take part in a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, saying everyone should have the opportunity to speak up about how they feel.
Meghan and Harry s explosive interview with Oprah, which aired in the US on March 7, made headlines across the world after the couple revealed intimate details about their exit from royal life.
When asked about his reaction to the interview by Entertainment Tonight, Elba, who attended Meghan and Harry s wedding in 2018, and is believed to be close friends with the couple, said: I will say that everyone has to have their opportunity to speak up about what they feel, you cannot take someone s voice away, that s what we have to communicate.
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Idris Elba defends Meghan and Harry s interview with Oprah: You can t take someone s voice away
Idris Elba defends Meghan and Harry s interview with Oprah: You can t take someone s voice away
Zac NtimApr 1, 2021, 16:51 IST
Actor Idris Elba Idris Elba stars in Luther, several Marvel films, and the Fast and Furious franchise.Alexander Koerner/Getty Images
Idris Elba gave his response to Meghan and Harry s tell-all interview.
Elba said everyone should be able to speak up about what they feel. You cannot take someone s voice away, that s what we have to communicate, he continued.
Idris Elba has defended Meghan Markle and Prince Harry s decision to take part in a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, saying everyone should have the opportunity to speak up about how they feel.
Obama was speaking with Access Hollywood to promote her new Netflix children s cooking show, Waffles and Mochi, when her connection with Markle was brought up. In 2019, Obama interviewed Markle herself for British Vogue.
As first lady of the United States, Obama also had lunch with the Queen at Windsor Castle in 2016.
Obama said that after seeing the couple s interview with Winfrey, she hoped Markle and Prince Harry could find closure and a bright future after leaving the monarchy. My hope is that, when I think about what they re going through, I think about the importance of family, and I just pray that there is forgiveness and there is clarity and love and resolve at some point in time, Obama said.
Facing mounting pressure to respond to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle s shocking sit down with Oprah, brother Prince William told reporters Thursday that the royals are not a racist family.
But the rebuke from the second in line to the throne did little to calm the growing outrage from Black Brits, and those living within the Queen s Commonwealth Trust a political association representing the former colonial empire. We ve been saying that institutionalized racism is a problem. We ve been saying it for a very long time, said Renee Alleyne of London.
For the 2.4 billion nationals of the Commonwealth s 54 countries, the revelations invoke a painful legacy of British imperialism throughout Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific.