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Prince Harry appeared like a deer in headlights when he was requested about Taylor Swift and Charli XCX’s rumored feud on Wednesday’s episode of the “Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know” podcast.
“This one’s heavy, Harry. What do you think of this Taylor Swift, Charli XCX beef?” Minhaj, 40, requested the Duke of Sussex, 41.
Charli XCX, Taylor Swift at iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2014. WireImage
“The what? Oh no,” Harry replied.
“No, this is serious,” Minhaj said. “Cause was Charli’s diss track even a diss track? I mean, to me, ‘Sympathy is a Knife’ was about something completely different, but then Taylor comes back, and I think escalates it, with the ‘Actually Romantic’ thing.”
While Minjah was explaining the backstory of the drama, Harry at one level appeared off-camera and raised his eyebrows in confusion.
Prince Harry on Hasan Minhaj’s podcast.
Prince Harry after being requested about Taylor Swift and Charli XCX.
“And I’m kind of thinking to myself, ‘Is this fair?’” Minhaj went on. “Or did Charli draw blood and Taylor had to respond?”
The comic added, “Sometimes I think, where do we go from here, you know?”
“Well,” Harry responded before he laughed.
Prince Harry on the “Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know” podcast.
Charli XCX, Taylor Swift, and Camila Cabello carry out during the Reputation Tour in New Jersey in July 2018. Getty Images
Harry’s interview with Minhaj came out one day after the duke’s spouse, Meghan Markle, danced to Swift’s track “Opalite” in an Instagram video selling her life-style model As Ever’s vacation product drop.
Last 12 months, Harry’s estranged brother, Prince William, attended Swift’s Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium in London with his kids Prince George, 12, and Princess Charlotte, 10.
Swift took a picture with the Prince of Wales, his youngsters and her now-fiancé Travis Kelce backstage at the live performance.
Taylor Swift attend the 2025 Grammy Awards. FilmMagic
Fans believe Swift, 35, shaded Charli, 33, on her track “Actually Romantic” from her new album “The Life of a Showgirl.”
“I heard you call me ‘Boring Barbie’ when the coke’s got you brave,” Swift sang on the single, seemingly referencing how Charli has opened up about her alleged drug use in her music.
Charli XCX attends the “I Love LA” premiere on October 28, 2025. Getty Images for HBO
Fans also famous that the “Apple” singer is pals with Swift’s ex, Matty Healy, and is married Healy’s The 1975 bandmate, George Daniel.
Charli — who opened for Swift’s Reputation Tour in 2018 — was also accused of having shaded Swift on her 2024 monitor “Sympathy Is a Knife” from her album “Brat.”
Neither Swift nor Charli have publicly commented on their alleged feud.
Charli XCX attends the5th Annual Academy Museum Gala. WireImage
Taylor Swift on the cowl of her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” AP
In the “Track by Track Version” of “The Life of a Showgirl” for Amazon Music, Swift opened up about the inspiration behind “Actually Romantic.”
“‘Actually Romantic’ is a song about realizing that someone else has kind of had a one-sided adversarial relationship with you that you didn’t know about,” the 14-time Grammy winner shared. “And all of a sudden they start doing too much, and they start letting you know that, actually, you’ve been living in their head rent free and you had no idea.”
Taylor Swift, Charli XCX carry out during the 1989 World Tour in Canada in October 2015. George Pimentel/LP5
“It’s presenting itself as them sort of resenting or having a problem with you, but taking that and you just accepting that as love,” continued Swift, “and you just accepting it as attention and affection. How flattering that someone has made you such a big part of their reality and you didn’t even think about this. It’s actually pretty romantic if you really, really think about it.”
