1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,920 I'd hate to play into this and make us that podcast. We're not that podcast. I'm just gonna tell you 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:11,680 before I even give you the news article. However, this did catch my eye a little bit. Have you seen 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:18,800 anything about Kate Middleton recently? Oh, yes. She has cancer. The theory goes. Is it? Okay. That's 4 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,200 what I've been hearing. Yeah. There's a lot of theories about what's going on with her because 5 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:29,360 of last time anybody saw her it was back around Christmas and she's been very elusive since then 6 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:39,200 and her husband, Prince Harry. No, Charles William William and Harry has canceled some pretty major 7 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:45,440 appearances. One was a funeral that he missed out because I don't know. It was important. Maybe 8 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:51,120 I should just read the article and then we can find out. So this is from Forbes. This is called 9 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:56,160 the Kate Middleton is missing conspiracy theory explained. I don't think it's going to explain 10 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:02,000 it because I would prefer to perpetuate the conspiracy theories about where she is. If anything, 11 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,800 because you know, they're the royal family, they're up to stuff. Yeah. And if it's something that you're 12 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:12,960 up to, you know that British Andy is going to be involved. Oh, yeah. So yeah, I saw it. I was intrigued 13 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:17,280 and I liked it. So now we're going to talk about it. And by the time this comes out, we may know 14 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:22,800 where she is. We probably will know where she is for sure. And then the last one, I'm going to read it. 15 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,800 Yeah, probably best to not speculate that she's dead because that would be a real awkward one to 16 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:33,360 come out. It won't need to. Okay, here we go. Conspiracy theories jokes and memes regarding 17 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:38,160 the whereabouts of Kate Middleton have reached a fever pitch on social media. The Princess of 18 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:43,920 Wales has not been seen in public since Christmas day and the internet has grown curious. That's 19 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:49,120 where the curious go the internet. While speculation has been growing in gossipy corners of the 20 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:54,320 internet for some time, the conspiracy theories and memes hit the mainstream after news broke that 21 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:59,680 Middleton's husband Prince William would not be attending a memorial service for King Constantine 22 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:06,400 of Greece due to a personal matter. He doesn't like Greeks. Probably. Is that the conspiracy theory 23 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:14,720 that William is just kind of racist? I love how this article is calling it gossipy and speculation. 24 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:20,080 I love it. Gossipy social media commentators connected the Princess mysterious personal 25 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:25,440 matter to the Princess seemingly vanishing from public life. So where is Kate Middleton? In 26 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:31,040 January, Kensington Palace announced that Middleton had undergone abdominal surgery and was returning 27 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,920 home after a stay in the hospital. The surgery was reportedly a success, but the palace noted 28 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:40,960 that Middleton would not be able to return to public duties until after Easter and wanted to 29 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:46,400 keep her medical status private. When it comes to the royal family, however, privacy only sparks 30 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:51,840 frenzied speculation and royalist quickly noted that even the British tabloids hadn't been able 31 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:56,800 to snap a photo of Middleton since her hospital stay. Did anyone think to ask British Andy what's 32 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:01,920 going on? It doesn't seem like it. He'd probably give you an answer for like 20 bucks. He probably would. 33 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:12,080 Like, not even 20 bucks. Rumors began to take off after Spanish TV host Concha Kayaja claimed that 34 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:17,520 the Princess had been put in a medically induced coma due to surgical complications citing an 35 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:23,040 anonymous source within the royal household. There's some people saying that this has some merit to it 36 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:28,080 because the housekeepers or something are Spanish and probably leaked something to the tabloids, 37 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,560 but that's just reddit speculation from the gossipy corners of the internet. 38 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:42,160 The palace has aggressively pushed back against the claim describing Kayaja's coma story as 39 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:48,320 total nonsense that hasn't stopped the internet from taking an interest in running wild with 40 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:55,200 conspiracy theories. So what is the Kate Middleton conspiracy theory? There are several, actually, 41 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,920 and we heard one right now from Taylor that she has cancer. We can just keep coming up with them. 42 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:07,280 We know this, like the back of our hands, maybe. Ranging from sinister cover-ups to absurd 43 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:13,600 speculations. That's quite the range there, Forbes. Let's see. Okay. Rumors have surrounded the Prince 44 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:19,520 and Princess for some time with online whispers of a troubled marriage, impending divorce, or even 45 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:24,800 speculation that Prince William has been having an affair. Some have even suggested domestic 46 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,440 violence, citing rumors of Prince William's short temper. The affair one seems like the 47 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:34,240 dumbest one. Wouldn't he be the one that's too busy to be out in public? Yeah, no, I didn't get 48 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:39,680 that one, but maybe in order for him to have an affair, she must not be seen. Or is she just having 49 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:45,360 affairs and she's not showing up to things because of it? Short temper, along with the claim, Prince 50 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:51,120 Harry made in an autobiography spare that an altercation between him and his brother had turned 51 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:56,560 physical. On Reddit, where I like to lurk, one commenter broke down the rumors and noted how 52 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:02,160 unusual it was that there had been no recent photos of Middleton writing, this is the same woman who 53 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:08,240 was doing a photo op in full hair makeup holding her newborn within 24 hours of each of her children's 54 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,800 birth. The commentator went on to highlight how King Charles has recently been diagnosed with 55 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:18,000 cancer but has not disappeared from public life. The same commentator also linked an article from 56 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:23,440 British tabloid, The Mirror, that claimed Middleton was emotionally volatile but has since been edited 57 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:28,640 with Kate Middleton's name replaced by Prince Harry. I didn't see that article. An editor's note 58 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:34,000 clarifies that Middleton being the focus of the original story was made in error. Online commentators 59 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,880 weren't sure what to make of the drastic change. Others have suggested that Middleton has been 60 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:44,160 recovering from cosmetic surgery with some jokingly suggesting a Brazilian butt lift, 61 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:49,920 where someone's saying that she got an unflattering haircut and is taking time to grow it out. 62 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:59,520 Yeah, so we're not sure where Kate Middleton is. There has actually been a picture that has come out 63 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:04,800 of her in a car with sunglasses which just kind of like sparked a more frenzied... 64 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,000 That really brings a weekend at Bernie's theory to life. 65 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:13,760 Yes, I know. It just added fuel to the fire because everyone's like, it's clearly AI. 66 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,120 That she's missing. She's for sure missing now because... 67 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:21,440 And someone like saying she would never wear those sunglasses. That's not her. 68 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,080 Oh man, is this gonna turn into the next Britney Spears thing? 69 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:32,240 I don't know, but they can kill it easily by her just coming out into the public. And I predict that 70 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:37,600 by the time this episode comes out we will for sure have sightings of Kate Middleton. But for now, 71 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:44,480 I quite enjoy the royal conspiracies because they're so wild. Some of them not conspiracy theories. 72 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,760 Or to Shandy, for example, just an all-round terrible person. 73 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:50,720 And that is the... 74 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:52,000 The unlovable fuckup. 75 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,760 Yes, exactly. The unlovable fuckup. Yes. 76 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:01,840 Yeah, and I mean we've speculated enough about racist issues going on. We know there's racist 77 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:04,160 issues within the... What? 78 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:04,640 Royal? 79 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,840 Royal family? I was gonna call it the castle. But... 80 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,200 I don't actually know if that's a proper term to call a royal family. 81 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:13,840 I don't know. 82 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,720 But that is something to think on. Like what can we call them? What's the castle got going on? I 83 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:19,440 don't mind that. 84 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:21,440 Those guys. 85 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:27,120 But you guys mull that over. Let us know within the next 48 hours if that's an acceptable use. 86 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,400 If you don't get back to us by then you get no say in the matter. 87 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,800 Yeah, and that's that. It's been decided. 88 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,960 Yeah, and this... You gotta start now. Bye. 89 00:07:34,960 --> 00:08:03,120 Bye.