This week in pop culture—March 9
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The Winfrey Tea Party: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sit down for a tell-all interview
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are sitting down with Oprah Winfrey in a “liberating” interview unveiling all the royal “tea” as to why the two left the British Royal Family, on Sunday, March 7, at 8 p.m. EST.
The couple began their departure from the royal family back in March 2020, after a slew of slanderous tabloids criticizing Markle with racist stories and harassment on her character. A shady source established the narrative that Markle was bullying the royal family.
Across the pond, critics are turning their noses, and pinkies, up to the timing of the interview being released because Prince Philip, Prince Harry’s 99-year-old grandfather, is in the hospital recovering from heart surgery.
In a clip released, Markle tells Winfrey she wasn’t allowed to conduct any interviews prior to the wedding, per Winfrey’s request, without royal minders present, recalling how strange it was to go from being an extremely independent adult to constantly being monitored 24/7.
Room for one more on your billing statement? CBS launches “Paramount+” streaming service
It feels like a fever dream remembering Netflix and Hulu as the sole streaming services available; now CBS launched Paramount+ to rival Disney+, AppleTV, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and Hulu.
Paramount+ is going to feature a plethora of our childhood favorites like “iCarly,” “Spongebob Squarepants,” and “Rugrats.” Rumor has it that the “iCarly” reboot is going to stream exclusively on Paramount+.
Other titles within the streaming service include “Titanic,” “Forrest Gump,” and the “Star Trek” series.
Millennials wage war on Gen Z over side parts and skinny jeans
Uh-oh, sounds like millennials are tired of #adulting and are now #bullying Gen Z on TikTok.
Strange, but it’s happening. Millennials on the video-sharing app have begun clapping back at Gen Z for deciding that skinny jeans and side parts should be trends of the past and ought to be replaced with “scandalous” middle parts and baggy mom jeans.
Millennials felt attacked and started swarming to the app with impassioned rants about how low-rise jeans and layered tops walked so skinny jeans could run and it should stay that way. Don’t worry, Gen Z is just as confused as you might be reading this because this seemingly came out of nowhere.
One millennial, by the user @sarahhesterross, wrote a song titled “Hey Gen Z” with lyrics explaining that Gen Z, born during 1997-2012, can “suck it” because nobody will tell this #girlboss what to wear.
“Hey Gen Z you can suck it, you can’t tell me what to wear, ’cause I’ve been rocking this side part since you had Kermit on your underwear,” sings Sarah. “And you can pry these skinny jeans from my cold, dead ass, ya hear?”
Gen Z’ers on TikTok have responded to this song by using the audio to show them dressing up as the “brave” millennials in infinity scarves, skinny jeans, and side parts.
So strap into your mom jeans and middle parts because this means war (only to millennials though, trends can change, but who is going to tell them that).