CBS paid at least $ 7 million for Oprah's interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
According to the Wall Street Journal, CBS would have paid $ 7 to $ 9 million to air Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey.
According to the Wall Street Journal, CBS has paid $ 7 to $ 9 million to air Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey. The deal with Winfrey's Harpo Productions also includes the rights to broadcast the special overseas, while Meghan and Harry were not paid by CBS to take part in the interview.
In the last teaser clip of the interview - which will air on CBS on Sunday, March 7 at 8:00 pm American time (Eastern time, or at our 2 am on Monday 8) - Meghan said that Winfrey had already contacted her. to have an interview before the wedding, in 2018, but which she had turned down, "I couldn't have said yes back then, it wasn't my choice," she said.
As things have changed now: "We are far from many of the life experiences that have happened, and now we have the ability to make our own choices in a certain way," she said. “So, as an adult who has lived a truly independent life and then stepped into this construct that is different from what people imagine it to be, it is truly liberating to be able to have the right and privilege to be able to say yes. I am ready to speak ».
The war now seems open between Meghan Markle and the Crown. While the former American actress suggests that their interview is all but necessary given the "falsehoods" that the British crown perpetuates the couple, Buckingham Palace has announced that it will open an investigation into allegations of bullying against Meghan by her assistants, while the Queen Elizabeth - who confirmed she will not watch the interview - has announced that she will address the nation at the televised event to celebrate Commonwealth Day, which will air on BBC One Sunday at 5pm, just hours before airing. of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey in the United States.
