{"id":893546,"date":"2026-10-24T23:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T23:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893546\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T23:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T23:40:14","slug":"snl-u-k-weekend-update-tackles-meghan-markle-dad-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893546\/","title":{"rendered":"‘SNL U.K.’ Weekend Update Tackles Meghan Markle Dad Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cSaturday Night Live U.K.\u2019s\u201d Weekend Update isn\u2019t afraid to tackle the most controversial topics, as the show proved again this weekend when co-host Paddy Young directly referenced the allegations that emerged this past week regarding Meghan Markle\u2019s father<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn royal news, it\u2019s been a big 24 hours for Meghan Markle, whose dad has been accused of being an alleged pedophile, in another pathetic attempt to win over the British public,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn 2025, Thomas Markle moved to the Philippines in a sure sign of his innocence. If the allegations about Meghan Markle\u2019s father are true and he is a pedophile, there is a genuine chance Meghan could be considered royal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat wasn\u2019t the only provocative subject that came up during the latest Weekend Update. Young\u2019s fellow host Ania Magliano also brought up the recently-announced \u201cGlee\u201d reboot<\/a> \u2013 taking a shot squarely at the show itself.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis week, it was announced that the musical comedy \u2018Glee\u2019 will be rebooted on Disney+,\u201d said Magliano. \u201cThe original series was famously struck by repeated tragedies, including multiple cast deaths, and also being written, produced, and broadcast.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tYoung also threw his hat in the ring for the James Bond auditions, which are said to be taking place this weekend, telling the audience: \u201cI know this is late, but I\u2019d like to put myself forward.\u201d He immediately (purposely) fluffed it, bluring out: \u201cThe James Bond \u2014 bollocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd he also threw in a shot at the BBC, saying: \u201cIn big media news, Radio Four Extra has announced it will close in what is sure to be devastating news for its listener.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cSaturday Night Live U.K.\u2019s\u201d Weekend Update isn\u2019t afraid to tackle the most controversial topics, as the show proved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[106479,88,240058,92],"class_list":["post-893546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-cynthia-erivo","tag-entertainment","tag-snl-uk","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}