These are photos of former rugby player James Haskell. Some of the pics are from 2017, when Prince Harry (then the patron of England Rugby) visited the team and had a chat with James. Some of the pics are from 2018, when James and his wife Chloe attended Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding. James and Chloe are getting a divorce now, she left him and he’s really bitter about it. James, Mike Tindall and Alex Payne cohost a rugby podcast and James was “joking” a lot in a recent episode, all about how he’s hid his money and Chloe won’t get anything in the divorce. I hope Chloe provides that episode to the court. Anyway, James also had some sh-t to say about Harry, because of course he did.
The Duke of Sussex admitted in his tawdry memoirs that he was slammed by some of his oldest friends for the explosive interview that he and his wife, Meghan, gave to Oprah Winfrey. One friend who loyally stood by him, however, was James Haskell, the former England rugby star who attended his wedding. Haskell said that he and Harry often compare notes on parenting and even defended his friend’s decision to publish his book, Spare.
‘When someone feels like they and their partner have been oppressed, lied about, contradicted and put into a corner, I think it’s very important [to speak out],’ he said.
Now, though, Haskell has let slip what he really thinks, claiming that Harry has changed for the worse since marrying the American former actress.
Referring to how he met King Charles’s younger son at the 2011 wedding of his friend and fellow former England rugby star Mike Tindall to Zara Phillips, Haskell said: ‘Who should be there, wandering around having a good time, but Prince Harry. He hadn’t met her [Meghan] yet, so he was still quite fun.’
Haskell made the comment on stage at Bath Forum, in Somerset, for the World Cup Afterparty: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – a live version of their popular rugby podcast. His remark was met with cheers and also applause from the audience.
On stage in Bath, Haskell mocked Tindall for his alleged deference to his in-laws.
‘I don’t know how to say this but Tinds is a proper brown-nose around the royals,’ he declared.
‘He’s taken brown-nosing to a new level. They called him “Solesy” at the palace because the only thing you see hanging out of their backsides are the soles of his feet. And he’s also known as a bit of a cuckoo because since he joined up he’s had Harry out and he’s had [Prince] Andrew out [of the family] as well. He’s one big plane crash away from being King.’With the audience laughing, Haskell joked: ‘He keeps trying to book their travel. Charles will be asking him, “Do we really have to fly to Afghanistan? And all together? And on Ryanair?”‘
Eh. Given what little I know about British mindsets, it’s not incompatible to believe that “Harry had every right to tell his story” AND also believe “Harry was a lot more fun before he met Meghan.” I actually think it’s probably true in the sense that in his teens and 20s, Harry was a f–kup, a clown, a boozy mate, cheeky, naughty, what have you. Then he grew up, and people love to blame Meghan for the fact that Harry isn’t that naughty, drunk f–kup anymore. Anyway, this guy sounds like he’s mainlined toxic masculinity and now it oozes out of his pores.
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- WINDSOR, ENGLAND – MAY 19: James Haskell and Chloe Madeley attend the wedding of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England. Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales marries Ms. Meghan Markle in a service at St George’s Chapel inside the grounds of Windsor Castle. Among the guests were 2200 members of the public, the royal family and Ms. Markle’s Mother Doria Ragland.,Image: 515244793, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR SEVEN DAYS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon
He’s trying to off the entire royal family so Mike Tindall can be king. Let that sink in for a moment. “He’s one big plane crash away from being king.” I’ll bet the royals aren’t laughing. 😏
The royals think just like that without trying to mask it as a bad joke. One of their bootlickers just lamented the other day how awful it would be if Peg and all 3 of his kids died at the same time… because H would be king then.
“Let that sink in for a moment”? He’s not trying to off anyone. He’s making a joke. Some might consider it tasteless, but it’s still only a joke.
A tasteless joke? He’s worked up a whole “comedy” routine. And let that sink in.
He’s just clout chasing.
@TikiChica — Not funny. Making a joke about a deadly disaster is simply not funny. I think this dude has taken one too many hits to the head. No wonder his wife is divorcing him, and to threaten her ON AIR about not getting a farthing in the divorce is disgusting.
Was this like a roasting jokes type of occasion? Or is this dude being undercover shady to the royals, shady to tindall and weirdly undercover on Harry’s side? I can’t tell anymore. Everything is being twisted all the time, we can’t even figureout wtf they’re trying to say and what’s the purpose becuase they keep not making any sense.
James Haskell, who? Dude who is trying to exercise his ‘roid brain with Bob-at-the-office not funny, ill informed nonsense. The only thing funny was calling Tindall ‘Solesy’. I can appreciate and enjoy the ribbing Tindall might get from rugby players for dressing like Mr. Monopoly during Ascot.
No, he’s joking that Tindall is trying to off the royal family. Really, I don’t see how any of this is a slam against Harry. Being called “not fun” is mild compared to being called “Solesy.”
Yea this guy is having a riff and at the royals no less, and Tindall who is a jerk. Haskell is clearly team Harry
Lol he’s not coming across as team Harry even if he’s making fun of both Harry and Tindall. This man seems like team himself.
I’m glad he called him solesy because it us off putting how gravely Mike Tindall is. It’s nice to see he isn’t totally surrounded by crazy and that england has some sane people.
What does ‘Solesy’ mean?
@Eurydice – I agree with you, he sounds like he’s trying to be more fair/neutral about Harry and is only having some gleeful fun joking absurdly about Tyndall. As for Harry being no fun now, that could even be a backwards sort of compliment – why look, he’s grown up now, he’s mature, he’s responsible, he’s loyal to his wife and doesn’t carouse now, etc – and also showing that he once HAD fun with Harry, implying that he liked him and might miss him. It’s a far cry from calling him a warm pail of puke anyway. (yes, this was said recently, dear folks who missed it!)
Mike Tindall is not in the line of succession so no matter who dies that’s not happening. It’s a series of lame jokes that Tindall wants to be King. It’s not a declaration.
That’s a lot of people who would have to be on that plane; 21 heirs on one plane? Not even the Habsburgs were that moronic, and part of their family tree is a circle
Yeah, can’t see why Harry might drop someone who still thinks that sort of ish is funny /s
Harry probably lost the ability to not notice racism, sexism and cruelty. Love does that to some people. It’s wonderful.
Lots of people see that as being a whole lot less fun when they can’t be full on racist a holes around certain people anymore.
This guy is seriously thirsty for fame and gives off massively bad vibes. The dynamic between him and Chloe (who is also thirsty for fame) seems really off.
He’s the one from that weird podcast where Kate said she likes wild swimming.
This is a perfect case of “consider the source’ on anything…about his wife, about Mike Tindall, about Harry. He’ll say whatever makes him feel good and gets roaring approval from whomever is in front of him at the moment.
What a gross person. And exactly the kind of friend you grow out of.
And the kind of husband you grow out of.
👏👏👏
You win Celebitchy today.
Awesome comment @Smart&Messy. No lies detected.
Translation: “Harry doesn’t do anything I can gossip about anymore.”
Poor Harry. He counted this loser as a friend.
Hm probably more of an acquaintance
He means Harry grew up after he met Meghan, while this loser is stuck in some perpetual adolescence.
And this is probably why his wife is divorcing his pathetic, drunk, sorry behind, he unlike Harry never grew up and has zero clue how to be a thoughtful, loving, respectful, responsible husband and most importantly a real man.
Such a bro thing to say, and all bros say it, lamenting the fact that they’re not free to screw anything and anyone anymore because of ye ol’ ball and chain. But this is…not really a dig. Just a dumb mindset of an immature man.
He seems like the type who would still be screwing anything and anyone.
I never miss an opportunity to remind everyone of the time Mike Tindall was caught on camera cheating on his ol’ ball and chain just weeks after their wedding.
Yes I remember it well. His face was buried so deep, it’s amazing he could extricate himself. Wasn’t that just months after the wedding?
Seriously. Show me a woman who would want her husband to be impressive to a douche like this. Who would want a guy like this to think of their husband as “fun.”
My husband has an old college friend (seemingly very straight laced) who still hangs out solo with a dude like James and I’ve always thought it means he’s sneaking off to cheat and drug while maintaining his upstanding citizen status. Luckily this college buddy lives a few states away, knows my husband is a lawful good nerd who also openly loathes the sleazy bro, so I don’t need to worry about him ever even getting in invited to tag along, let alone joining.
Husbands who do that “I can’t do X ’cause of the old ball and chain, poor me”…well, let’s just say their wives are to be pitied. That’s a clear sign hubby is 1) a man-child; 2) sexist; 3) are most likely leaving most of the adulting to their spouses and don’t like realistic boundaries. There was some actor–forget his name–who was doing an interview from a relative’s house, where a dog was barking in the background. The actor put the dog outside, then apologized to the interviewer, saying that since he wasn’t allowed to have a dog at home, he had to play with the relative’s dog. His wife is a stay-at-home mom–and they have several kids (which means his wife is dealing with a grown kid as well. 🤮) It’s amazing how these guys take forever (if ever) to grow up and look outside their needs. And it’s amazing how marriage-and kids- automatically-spells-maturity keeps getting disproven constantly.
“lads” very often blame women when a man stops wanting to behave like a college kid.
Often it’s because the man just prefers to sit on the couch with some tv instead of getting drunk of his ass in a pub.
Still, the woman will be blamed.
Bros aren’t much different.
Sometimes it’s not even a woman who gets blamed, but a girl. Like, an actual child. My husband was accused by a former friend of not being fun anymore after his daughter was born. The friend had kids too, you see, but his were boys. You can still be “fun” (read: a terrible, toxic influence) with sons, but daughters are a total bummer.
He’s mad that a person grew up over the course of 12 yrs? Ok…
Smartest move his wife ever made was ditching this tool. He is a friend of Tindall. That says it all. Excuse PH for not being immature when he is approaching 40. Big laughs from audiences? All I give him is an eyeroll.
The wife is not much better, they were seen coming out of a gym together this weekend.
Her father Richard is on one of the morning shows, always criticizing the Sussexes, found out Richard likes to shop lift, expensive wine and cheese, then pretends he had memory failure.
If you are going to criticize the wife (which is fine if legit) make it for something she has done and not that her dad does.
It’s always annoying when a man finally grows up and his mentally 18 year old “bros” cry about how he’s no longer “fun”. I hope Chloe gets everything she wants in the divorce.
Always here for Tindall slander, tbh.
+1
How this guy gets a pass for every tacky thing he says about the BRF tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about how the royal rota covers for some and goes after others.
Harry admits that 12 years ago he was effed up and that therapy has helped him to open his eyes to a lot of things and made him a better person. Perhaps Haskell should go to therapy as well.
Exactly this @Amy Bee!! By his own admission PH was depressed, suffered from anxiety, felt lost and betrayed by the BM and later the RF. People in that mental state often put on masks of fun and are huge risk takers because they don’t have enough reason to take care of themselves or be able to have vision of the future. Africa and the military gave him just enough purpose to hang on until he got himself help. Once he did he was ready for a Meghan to come into his life, it never would have worked out if hadn’t been already “not fun” and grown up
All his former friends have the same complaints about him. How dare Harry grow up and not find sexist, racist jokes not funny anymore. How dare Harry not want to be a drunken mess anymore.
I bet Harry’s kids, Archie and Lili, think he’s a lot of fun, which feels a lot more important than whether this guy does.
Indeed. 👏👏👏😂
Yes Harry grew up and got a life and saw just how biased his family is and himself included and decided to fix and learn to be different and a better person. He had to let go of the crap that didn’t understand him anymore because they certainly weren’t going to change. Good riddance to those he had cut from his better life.
That man’s own wife doesn’t even like him anymore, so he probably isn’t much “fun” either. Big loser oaf.
He nailed his assessment of Mike Tindall. This sounds more like he was roasting him, than saying anything bad about Prince Harry. I’m sure we were all more “fun” in our 20’s flying solo at a cousin’s wedding, then after we met someone, grew up and settled down into adult life.
Agreed. He’s clearly very crass but taken with the comments about Tindall and the royals, I think it was just an inappropriate joke.
yeah, I saw the headlines about this and thought what he actually said was going to be a lot worse. I mean its obnoxious, but its clear he was trying to get a laugh from the audience at Harry’s expense.
His comments about Tindall though….yikes. No wonder Tindall has attacked Harry so frequently, he’s trying to kiss up to Charles et al.
These are the very same folks that go to the tabloids and call the paps every time Harry breathes. These are your “sources.”
Best they show themselves and Harry knows who they are.
Well I’m just a middle aged woman sitting on my couch in Canada at the moment reading an article about someone I’ve never heard of but I was also a lot more fun when I was in my 20s and early 30s. People grow up and have responsibilities and their interests change. It’s wild that this whole island really wanted Harry to stay as a stunted teenager forever. This James guy sounds like a jerk and no shock he is friends with Tindall. Maybe he should have considered growing up a bit too then his wife wouldn’t have dumped him.
I mean yeah– he found a woman he loves and everybody is trying to make her life miserable and now his too— sure, hes less fun now… AND its common that when a man is ready to settle down he focuses on his new life, new partner, and what is in his own domain, and not so much what fun he can have with his friends.
How can this now be his fault as well? Fo rbeing normal? And under more pressure than most people who arent in line to the throne? LOL
I met him when he was friends with a bf’s work mates at a club and he was a chauvinist pr*k then and I’m sure he still is. The less he finds someone “fun” the better quality that person becomes in my eyes.
Holy misogynoir batman! The only reason this man benefits from broadcasting his racism and sexism is because like mined racist and sexist people listen and reward his behavior. Meanwhile the slightly less white privileged asshats are complicit through their silence in not condeming and telling this man to stfu and really educate himself on not being a bigot. I hope his future ex wife gets an equitable settlement in their divorce. Toxic masculinity needs to be called out and told off. I’m surprised no one has come to his defense with mental illness being used as a justification for this potato headed looking a-hole
The dude looks like he needs his nose broken a few more times so his outside matches his inside.
a Prince William Christmas ornament:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12876365/Christmas-tree-bauble-Prince-William-slammed-royal-fans-say-looks-like-him.html
I saw this and absolutely cackled out loud!! I think it looks just like him🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think they captured his teeth perfectly 😹 And frankly, they were much too generous with the hair. The Kate one is pretty unflattering too!
My laugh for the day! Harry should send him one as a “gift”.
Perfect laugh I needed first thing in the morning!
@Fani thank you!!! They didn’t forget Kate’s wonky eyebrow either
Lolololol for ever
I need this now! I can’t stop laughing!!!!
$25 for _that_?!??!? Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha…😈 One suspects the designer was not a William fan…😂🤣
OMG Etsy has them and they are hideous
OMG! Its frightening.
Google “James Haskell boat story” to find out what this guy and his mates are really like, it involves degrading acts on a younger club member with a beer bottle, a special cleaning crew having to be called to clean after the party due to human waste,club players pleasuring themselves while all lined up and demands for CCTV to be shut off, despite the boat hire informing the players that it was on as standard safety precaution.
That is horrible. I came up with a list of other things googling “james haskell, scandal”.
Ugh, that’s terrible.
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit…this is beyond simple juvenile “bro” behaviour, it’s outright sexual assault yet no follow-up by the police. No wonder Harry dropped him like a hot turd.
This guy is just so sad.
Okay, so this guy has that kind of “boat story” in his background but that was not included in the story above? Gee! That boat episode provided even more context to this person’s mindset but it was left out of the story by people who can’t even whisper Harry’s name without including the number of bathrooms in his home. Shameful.
This is a case of a man (Harry) growing up. While the men he was around continue to act like teenage frat boys. Glad his wife left this stunted dude. Hopefully she can find an adult to be with in the future. Like Meghan did.
Dude can just hang out with Mike – who doesn’t let his wife and kids get in the way of him acting like a jacka$$.
Washed up bitter ex-jock says, What?
Man-child, wants all his frat boy buddies to continue acting like 18 y/o.
Harry has grown up.
The first boy I dated in high school dumped me because I wasn’t” fun”. I’ll bet this is how Haskell rates his friends.
Aristocracy, the arbiters of fun.
Lmao
Wow! Nasty. Right about Tindall. But Harry? Sometimes I think they expected him to be Mr Childish Hangalong for the rest of his life. For Kate she wanted him to be her flirt on the side, when he really didn’t care for her at all but she could pretend. He’s grown up. Get used to it. Until this man’s been inside the type of relationship Harry and Meghan have had – press intrusion and slandering from day one, and wanting out – he’ll have no idea how priorities change. If he can’t imagine or appreciate that, well, not much of a friend.
They really wanted Harry to be Andrew2.0. Just a whole mess, well into his 60s. Mike Tindall is a gossiping blabbermouth with zero class. He really is a social climber.
He’s an arse licking piss head. Harry grew up, this neanderthal is stuck in his puberty life. Him and Tindal are two halves of the same whole, typical lager louts . Neither of them deserve any of Harry’s time or respect. But I dare say they fit in well with bully boys pals, leave them to their alcoholic ramblings, karma is laughing and waiting.
As crass is this is i think this buffoon probably thought this was just a fun not at all mean joke and tbh i think if he said a joke like this in private around Harry Harry probably wouldn’t be offended because we’ve seen time and time again(see: Heart of Invictus) thaf he loves ribbing his mates in a somewhat crass manner and probably doesn’t mind when they do to same to him.
It’s the venue and the way this is being picked up(as yet another dig at Meghan blaming her for everything) that might bother him but who knows.
Actually never heard of this knob.
I find the Mike Tindall part more offensive. Yeah he blames Meghan for Harry not being fun anymore, but he calls Mike the biggest brown nose and he did agree with Harry writing his memoirs. Not that bad. He isn’t Mike Tindall. It doesn’t benefit him.
Given that this guy’s wife is divorcing him for publicly cheating on her, he really shouldn’t be talking about other people’s marriage. He’s also been accused of sexual harassment so maybe he should just shut up altogether.
Stories like this are proof to me that the real reason Harry is hated is because he refused to accept the role Britain dumped on him. England wanted him to be the lovable screw up fratboy and Harry wanted to move past that. I think Afghanstan changed him and he grew up and saw the world beyond England. Thafs why they hate Megan and portayed her as an evil woke succubus who got her claws into him and ruined him. Thats his real sin , not being an imgrate or whatever.
For anyone to base their self-image on someone else staying the same…that’s woeful enough. But when it’s someone you don’t even personally know…sheesh. It sounds like a lot of people over there wanted Harry to stay something he wasn’t to meet their needs, not because they really cared about him. And given that British culture is so heavily based on everyone staying in their place, well…🤮
I think Tindall on the whole is a thug and a bully himself. He apperars to have some empathy and sensitvity gene somewhere judging from the way he talked about Zara’s miscarriage; on the other hand his description of his wife giving birth to their third child was a bit much. I just can’t relate to someone of his mentality. I think rugby would be the only thing he and Harry had in common.
His wife leaving his worthless ass tells me everything I need to know.
Sounds like countless other guys who have been left behind in their immature state to wallow.
It really makes me wonder about Harry’s circle of friends from those days. With friends like this guy who needs enemies?
He might be too much of a Bro, but I do not think it was as malicious as the daily fail makes it to be. As a fan of Harry and Meghan, this is nothing. There are bigger things for us to be offended about. If he constantly feeding the tabloids that is another story. However with stupid tabloids you say something once and they can rehatch it to many more stories to sully someone.
Well now. I had not heard of that big doofus, Mike Tindales’ past behavior.
What a giant loser! Cheating on his new wife.
I suppose in his mind he was just letting Zara know he is still The Man. Me no take orders from the Mrs.
Ugh.
Knuckle dragging idiots.
And folks wonder why Harry could not wait to get out of The Firm.
A**holes and liars at every direction.
Eh, his comments seem more aimed at Mike Tindall than Harry. He really dragged Zara’s husband.Does he realistically expect 2023 Harry to be the same person as 2011 Harry? Especially after the last 5 years. Harry’s still having fun and getting out but having young kids, being busy building whole new life with your wife while the entire UK establishment wants to bring you down makes life a bit more complicated than drunken club nights. This comment was not that big a deal.
This reminds me of something that Meghan said towards the end of their documentary. She basically spoke about sometimes people instinctively want to pass the blame on the woman for a man changing when he starts a new relationship but they fail to see how a man has to be ready to change or in the process of changing in order for the man to decide to continue in this relationship. She said that their relationship wouldn’t have worked if Harry wasn’t already on his path to becoming the man, husband and father he is today. Harry even described in his book that he had already stopped partying and going out like he did previously. He was already tired of being the guy who masked his anxieties and insecurities by being the party prince. He was ready to become the man he is now when Meghan came into the picture.
The media always over exaggerate what they think is an insult to the Sussexes and fail to see that what is said or shown about the other royals is always a lot worse. A sexist ass wipe thinking that Harry isn’t fun anymore isn’t even as bad as joking about the demise of Tindall’s uncles, cousins, his cousins kids and MIL. Harry is so much better for not having someone like this in his and his family’s lives.
I would much rather have a maturing and confident husband than a dim wit who cannot hold his own ground when talking-I don’t know if they have children but Harry and Meghan have two children very small and the parents are trying to model the way they want their children to behave in and out of public. I guess his brain cannot compute this fact.
No wonder why she’s divorcing this jerk.
Just To clarify(on my own comment 😀) no wonder why Haskell’s wife is divorcing this jerk.
Eh, given the completely unhinged response to Meghan Spare, SussexIt, etc I think it’s more notable that he defended the book and their leaving. He even included Meghan in the ‘lied about, etc etc’ comment, not just Harry. And didn’t call Harry whipped or something for actually prioritizing his family.
As for Chloe, the two are spending Christmas together with their kids and have been described as’very amicable’.