A parish priest has suggested that Catholics might consider watching the new Meghan Markle show on Netflix as a form of penance for Lent, labelling the popular series as "bloody awful".
Fr Brendan Kilcoyne took aim at a particular scene in the documentary where Meghan is seen conversing with a beekeeper, and he wittily remarked that even the bees seemed "mortified" by what he called a "riveting" exchange.
He opined that the British Royal family had a "narrow escape" when Meghan and Harry decided to step back, arguing that the royals didn't deserve to be associated with "somebody who is clearly operating at such a shallow level".
"The great line that has given us so many English kings and queens – from an Irish Catholic point of view, perhaps of varying attractiveness – it does not deserve this. It had a narrow escape," Fr Kilcoyne stated.
He mused that there must be some kind of innate reflex that allows the monarchy to instinctively protect itself, managing to distance a member who poses a threat to its survival, reports the Irish Mirror.
"Meghan Markle is Nemesis. She is the anti-monarchy. Thank God they're out there in Montecito, herself and her poor, deluded noggins of a husband," he continued.
Fr Kilcoyne also reflected on the military service of Meghan's husband, Prince Harry, and his family, saying, "Say what you like about the husband and others – he is a former and distinguished soldier, as are his uncles, as was his father. They do not deserve to be connected like this to somebody who is clearly operating at such a shallow level."
On his podcast, The Brendan Option, Fr Kilcoyne urged his listeners to watch the show, With Love, Meghan, even proposing that they could "do it for Lent" and "offer it up".
Describing the film, he remarked, "It's cat, it's cat in the Irish sense, meaning it's bloody awful. But it's so cat, it's actually quite good. It's enjoyable," he commented.
He encouraged his audience to "drink in the mediocrity and savour the narrow escape that one of the most distinguished royal lines in the world has just had".
Dubbing Meghan as "Her Muchness of Sussex", he added: "God in Heaven protect His Majesty from that. Nobody deserves that."
Fr Kilcoyne, who serves as the parish priest in Balla, Co Mayo, runs a weekly podcast available on YouTube and various other platforms.
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