{"id":19458,"date":"2025-12-05T05:35:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=19458"},"modified":"2025-12-05T05:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:36:15","slug":"prince-harry-fakes-a-hallmark-christmas-movie-audition-on-the-late-show-and-nearly-kisses-stephen-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=19458","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Fakes a Hallmark Christmas Movie Audition on The Late Show \u2014 and Nearly Kisses Stephen Colbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Prince Harry might be ready for a new career, and Stephen Colbert is ready to help. During the Wednesday, Dec. 3 episode of <b>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/b>, the host, 61, began an extended bit about the vast number of made-for-TV Christmas movies that involve an American falling in love with a prince or princess, no matter how improbable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAs much as I love these holiday movies, and I do, I think they\u2019re a little problematic because they give people the unrealistic expectation that during the holiday season, they\u2019re just going to run into some prince at their job or walking down the street,&#8221; Colbert said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At that moment, the Duke of Sussex, 41, interrupted Colbert\u2019s speech and popped up behind the host \u2014 sending the audience into cheers and a standing ovation. \u201cI genuinely thought this was the audition for the Gingerbread Prince Saves Christmas in Nebraska,\u201d Harry quipped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Colbert replied: &#8220;You&#8217;re an actual prince. Why would you want to be in one of those movies?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWell, you Americans are obsessed with Christmas movies \u2014 and you\u2019re clearly obsessed with royalty \u2014 so why not?\u201d Harry said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Colbert pushed back: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say we\u2019re obsessed with royalty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cReally?\u201d Harry shot back. \u201cI heard you elected a king,&#8221; he quipped \u2014 an apparent nod to the \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests directed at President Donald Trump and his administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThat\u2019s a fair point, no, he\u2019s got a point,\u201d Colbert said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Harry then continued, &#8220;And after making such a big deal about my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather George III.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Duke of Sussex then asked Colbert what a real prince had to do to get into a Hallmark movie. At one point, Colbert suggested it was important in show business to have inside connections. \u201cDo you have any connections to any famous TV actresses?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI might know one,\u201d Harry said, thinking of his wife, Meghan Markle. \u201cBut I\u2019ll do anything. I\u2019ll record a self-tape, I\u2019ll fly myself to an audition. I\u2019ll settle a baseless lawsuit with the White House\u2026 all the things you people in TV do!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI didn\u2019t do any of those things,\u201d Colbert said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMaybe that\u2019s why you\u2019re canceled,\u201d Harry joked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Later in the sketch, it appeared that Harry and Colbert were coming close to kissing as fake snow fell on the stage. They even held each other as they got closer. Colbert later pulled off his glasses to tell Harry he \u201cgot the role\u201d of \u201cofficial Late Show prince of Christmas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Before The Late Show kicked off, Colbert teased Harry\u2019s appearance by sharing a social media video set to a viral <i>Great British Bake Off<\/i> sound bite. In the clip, Harry was in the guest chair as he took on the <i>Great British Bake Off<\/i> co-host Alison Hammond\u2019s voice, and asked Colbert, \u201cIf you were treated like a king for a day, what would you want me to do for you?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Harry also made a surprise appearance on Meghan\u2019s latest Netflix special, <b>With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration<\/b>, which was released earlier Wednesday. He joined his wife, 44, in the kitchen just as she began cooking her mother Doria Ragland&#8217;s beloved Christmas Eve gumbo with <i>Top Chef<\/i> judge Tom Colicchio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"17\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Related: The 12 Most Revealing Moments from Meghan Markle\u2019s Netflix Holiday Special \u2014 Yes, Prince Harry Pops In<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"18\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Related: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry&#8217;s Holiday Reset After Hollywood Drama: &#8216;It Never Puts Them at Odds&#8217; (Exclusive)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will Prince Harry Ever Get To Be A Hallmark Christmas Movie Prince?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/plsvrxGZnyA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry might be ready for a new career, and Stephen Colbert is ready to help. 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