Oprah's highly anticipated interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry aired on Sunday with a slew of bombshell revelations, including how one member of the royal family questioned how dark their son Archie's skin would be. There has been a lot of reaction to the explosive sit-down, both on social media and in the U.S. and U.K. press.
The morning after the interview, which coincides with International Women's Day, Good Morning Britain's Piers Morgan called the segment an "absolutely disgraceful betrayal." He went even further to dismiss claims that racism drove the couple from the royal family, but GMB guest Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, a political and women's rights activist, wasn't having any of it. She offered the TV host a history lesson in colonialism, before calling him "disgusting."
“Listen, you might learn something," Mos-Shogbamimu told Morgan. "The royal family is an institution rooted in colonialism, white supremacy, and racism. The legacy is right there. So you’re now surprised that a comment would have been made by several members of the royal family about how dark Archie’s skin is.”
Morgan tried to interrupt her.
“Let me finish,” Mos-Shagbamimu said. “You’re more outraged that Harry and Meghan had the audacity to speak their truth than at the actual outrage of racism.”
Morgan responded: “I think what you just said about the queen is disgusting.”
“You are disgusting!” Mos-Shagbamimu shot back.
"What about the behavior of Harry and Meghan, who are spray gunning his family on global television as Phillip lies in hospital?" Morgan asked. "You might laugh, I don't think it's funny."
No," Mos-Shogbamimu responded. "What I don't think is funny is the fact that you are such a disappointment. I wish to God one day you would surprise me. You constantly use your platform as a wealthy, white, privilege man with power and influence..."
Morgan interrupted her to say: "Oh what a load of nonsense."
Their heated exchange lit up Twitter, with some praising Mos-Shogbamimu as this year's International Women's Day hero.
