Harry and Meghan’s ‘car chase’ claim hurts ‘credibility’: ‘The View’ hosts

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“near-catastrophic” two-hour car chase in New York City on Tuesday night. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a statement on Wednesday morning saying that they were hounded by “a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi” after they left the Women of Vision awards in Manhattan, resulting in a “relentless pursuit” with “multiple near collisions.”Whoopi Goldberg hit out at the Sussex’s spokesperson during a segment on Thursday’s edition of “The View,” saying the word “chase” implied that the alleged caper took place at high-speed. “When you use that kind of verbiage know that your credibility will get cut in half because New Yorkers will say ‘Nobody moves that fast,” she stated. “I think people know if it was possible to have car chases in New York we’d all make it to the theater on time,” Goldberg added as the audience laughed.

Meanwhile, co-host Sara Haines similarly shaded the royal couple for their statement, bluntly declaring: “The terms they used were misleading.”“In addition to ‘chase,’ what they mean by ‘catastrophic’ was not to them, it was [potentially catastrophic] to the paparazzi.

So, I think when you word it that way, it does feed trolls,” Haines conceded. Alyssa Farrah Griffin agreed, calling the couple’s statement “a PR failure.”“Immediately that statement went out and it evoked Princess Diana,” the conservative pundit proclaimed. “It evoked the actual high-speed chase she had.”Farrah Griffin added that the statement “immediately made it sound very, very serious” and that the royal couple failed to adequately plan their movements around New York City. “This city accommodates heads of state, the biggest celebrities.