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Whoopi Goldberg Side-Eyes Prince Harry & Meghan Markle’s NYC Car Chase Story

<p>Following reports of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;meghan-markle-planned-to-have-a-single-girl-summer-before-meeting-prince-harry&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1jp03on&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NjM0MTQ3MTc3LjE2ODQ1MDUxMjQ&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NDUwNTEyMy4xLjEuMTY4NDUwNjI1Mi4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Prince Harry<&sol;strong><&sol;a> and <strong>Meghan Markle<&sol;strong> being involved in a New York City car chase with paparazzi&comma; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;whoopi-goldberg-snaps-back-at-heckler-who-called-her-an-old-broad-while-filming-the-view&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;lrqa4z&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NjM0MTQ3MTc3LjE2ODQ1MDUxMjQ&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NDUwNTEyMy4xLjEuMTY4NDUwNTEzMC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Whoopi Goldberg<&sol;a> shared doubts<&sol;strong> about their story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Goldberg shared her commentary during a recent episode of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;OUF03r2hMuU" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>The View<&sol;em><&sol;a>&period; After giving a quick rundown&comma; Whoopi questioned whether car chases were even &&num;8220&semi;possible&&num;8221&semi; in New York City&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Their spokesperson called it a &&num;8216&semi;near catastrophic car chase&period;&&num;8217&semi; Others said it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t bad&period; But I think people in New York know if it was possible to have car chases&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;prince-harry-meghan-hours-long-near-catastrophic-car-chase-paparazzi&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Prince Harry&comma; Meghan Reportedly Involved In Hours-Long &&num;8216&semi;Near Catastrophic Car Chase&&num;8217&semi; With Paparazzi<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>She then noted that while high-speed chases can go down in Los Angeles&comma; pulling them off in NYC is trickier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I think their spokesperson referenced something that you generally would reference in Los Angeles&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s where you have chases&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s where you can move at high speeds&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CovotZLpwCe" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whoopi summed up her feelings by sharing&comma; <em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;I think they were dealing with aggressive paparazzi&comma; but I don&&num;8217&semi;t think it was &lbrack;a high-speed chase&rsqb;&period; It just doesn&&num;8217&semi;t work in New York&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Joy Behar<&sol;strong> appeared to agree with Whoopi&&num;8217&semi;s commentary&comma; pointing out that ambulances even have trouble navigating the NYC traffic congestion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;sunny-hostin-will-smith-cannot-be-upset-over-chris-rocks-recent-jokes-he-wasnt-the-one-who-got-slapped&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Sunny Hostin<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>shared a different perspective&comma; noting that <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;no one ever claimed that there was a high-speed chase&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She also pointed out that electric bikes&comma; which she called &&num;8220&semi;menaces&comma;&&num;8221&semi; were allegedly involved before proclaiming&comma; &&num;8220&semi;If they felt scared&comma; I will grant them that&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whoopi responded by noting that she &&num;8220&semi;understood&&num;8221&semi; Sunny&&num;8217&semi;s stance&comma; but she said the word &&num;8220&semi;chase&&num;8221&semi; was ultimately throwing her off a bit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CsbM2Weu7IB" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">There Are Some Conflicting Stances On The Alleged 2-Hour Pursuit<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As <em>The Shade Room <&sol;em>reported&comma; paparazzi allegedly pursued Harry&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;chris-rock-netflix-special-will-jade-meghan-markle&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;11e4s9s&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NjM0MTQ3MTc3LjE2ODQ1MDUxMjQ&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NDUwNTEyMy4xLjEuMTY4NDUwNjI3OS4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Meghan<&sol;a>&comma; and her mother—<strong>Doria Ragland<&sol;strong>—on Tuesday night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After calling the incident a &&num;8220&semi;near catastrophic car chase&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a spokesperson for the couple noted&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;This relentless pursuit&comma; lasting over two hours&comma; resulted in multiple near collisions&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reports of the incident shocked many—mainly because a similar situation caused Princess Diana&&num;8217&semi;s death in 1997&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;independent&period;co&period;uk&sol;life-style&sol;royal-family&sol;harry-meghan-car-chase-paparazzi-b2340661&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Independent<&sol;a> <&sol;em>noted that the NYPD didn&&num;8217&semi;t see the situation the same way&period; After calling the paparazzi pursuit &&num;8220&semi;challenging&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a spokesperson added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;There were no reported collisions&comma; summonses&comma; injuries or arrests&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mayor <strong>Eric Adams <&sol;strong>also declared he found it &&num;8220&semi;hard to believe&&num;8221&semi; that the chase could have lasted two hours&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Adams was sure to point out&comma; &&num;8220&semi;If it&&num;8217&semi;s 10 minutes&comma; a 10-minute chase is extremely dangerous in New York City&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CsWYV1SsSmQ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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