Chris Rock Questions Meghan Markle’s Claims About the Royal Family in New Comedy Special: That’s ‘Not Racism’

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Not holding back. Chris Rock weighed in on Meghan Markle’s allegations about experiencing racism within the royal family during his new Netflix stand-up special, Selective Outrage.The comedian, 58, poked fun at the former actress’ claims that an unnamed royal relative expressed concerns about the color of her and Prince Harry’s son Archie’s skin ahead of his May 2019 birth.

Meghan, 41, and the Duke of Sussex, 38, also share their 20-month-old daughter, Lilibet.Rock, however, argued that those comments weren’t racist, instead referring to them as “in-law s–t.”He explained: “I’m like, ‘What the f–k is she talking about?’ ‘They’re so racist.

They wanted to know how brown the baby was going to be.’ I’m like, ‘That’s not racist,’ ‘cause even Black people want to know how brown the baby gon’ be.

S–t. We check behind them ears.”Addressing Meghan herself, he went on to joke, “Didn’t she hit the light-skinned lottery? And she’s still going off complaining?”Rock pointed out that while it can be difficult for a “Black girl to be accepted by her white in-laws,” it is even harder for “a white girl trying to be accepted by her Black in-laws,” adding, “No, that s–t is really hard.”The Suits alum wasn’t the only celebrity the Emmy winner called out during the special, which hit Netflix on Saturday, March 4.