Whoopi On ‘The View’ Questions Meghan Markle’s New York City Car Chase Story

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s unbelievable “near-catastrophic car chase” in New York City by the paparazzi has those in the media, like Whoopi Goldberg, calling them out.

Whoopi, a native New Yorker, questioned the logic of the Times Square chase on “The View” on May 18, saying that New York City is not like Los Angeles, where chases are common.

“Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were followed by paparazzi while leaving the Ziegfeld Theatre. Their spokesperson called it a ‘near-catastrophic car chase,’” Goldberg said on “The View.”

“Others said it wasn’t bad, but I think people in New York know if it was possible to have car chases in New York, we’d all make it to the theater on time. But I think their spokesperson referenced something that you generally would reference in Los Angeles. That’s where you have chases. That’s where you can move at high speeds,” Whoopi said.

Joy Behar, another New York native, chimed in on the slow traffic in New York City, saying that if someone was in an ambulance or in need of one, that person was probably going to die.

“Sometimes I’m in the city, and I hear an ambulance trying to get through, and I think, ‘That person is dead,’” she said.

It was not just “The View,” Bethenny Frankel of the “Real Housewives of New York City” also called out Meghan and Harry as well, saying they should have stayed at a hotel.

As Sis2Sis previously reported, spokesperson for Meghan and Prince Harry described the chase as a, “relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers.”

Meghan, her husband, and Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland attended the Ms. Foundation Woman of Vision Awards in New York City on May 16, where the Duchess of Sussex was presented with the 2023 Woman of Vision Award by Gloria Steinem.

In a failed attempt to fool the paparazzi, Meghan and Harry got into their rented Hertz black SUV and switched to a yellow New York taxi to blend in with normal traffic. When their incognito effort failed, Meghan and Harry were then escorted out of Times Square by the NYPD’s Secret Service detail, which protects high-profile celebrities.

Neither the NYPD nor the taxi driver who drove them believe there was a “near-catastrophic car chase” that mirrors the way Princess Diana, Harry’s late mother, died.

In 1997, Princess Diana died in a car accident while being chased by paparazzi in Paris.