John Oliver has weighed in on the present royal scandal involving Kate Middleton and her whereabouts.

Throughout “Watch What Occurs Reside” on Tuesday evening, host Andy Cohen requested the British comic his ideas on the scenario, saying: “What the fuck is occurring with Kate Middleton?”

“I used to be out. I believed, ‘Let’s simply all ignore this, we’ve moved on,’ till the Photoshop factor,” Oliver stated. “It feels such as you’re virtually dealing with it badly in a powerful method at this level.”

It began on Jan. 17, when Kensington Palace introduced that the Princess of Wales had undergone a “deliberate stomach surgical procedure” for an undisclosed medical situation. It was indicated that she wouldn’t resume her public royal duties till after Easter, however rumors started to swirl after Middleton had not been noticed for a protracted time period. Then, on Mom’s Day within the U.Okay. (March 10), a photograph of Middleton and her youngsters reportedly taken by Prince William was posted to the couple’s official social media accounts. Web sleuths shortly identified that the picture seemed to be doctored, and shortly 4 main information companies pulled it from their web sites citing indicators that it had been “manipulated.”

Middleton then took to X, previously referred to as Twitter, to apologize, writing: “Like many newbie photographers, I do often experiment with modifying. I wished to precise my apologies for any confusion the household {photograph} we shared yesterday induced.”

Nonetheless, Middleton’s X apology has executed little to assuage considerations.

“There’s a non-zero probability she died 18 months in the past,” Oliver stated. “They could be ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’-ing this example. I’m not saying it occurred, I’m saying it’s non-zero. Till proved in any other case, till we see her with a duplicate of right now’s newspaper.”

Kensington Palace didn’t instantly reply to Selection‘s request for remark.

Watch Oliver’s full response beneath.