“Family Guy” included a reference to Del Taco during their latest (and ruthless) Sunday episode roasting Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — and now the restaurant chain has spoken.
In a single scene of the Seth MacFarlane-created series, animated versions of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are lounging poolside unbothered.
“Babe, time to do our day by day $250,000 sponsored Instagram post for Del Taco,” the “Suits” alum, 42, says, a nod to the couple’s business deals since they moved to Montecito, Calif, after stepping down as senior members of the royal family.
Del Taco, in response, shared via X (formerly referred to as Twitter): “Harry & Meghan we’re still waiting in your post to go up today plz.”
Some social media users got a kick out of the tweet.
“I’m going to @DelTaco today simply because they made me laugh,” one wrote.
“Oh that is GOOOOOOOD! 🌮” a second shared.
As a 3rd wrote, “Can we get a special Duchess Del Taco?🤣” one other simply posted a laughing GIF of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Within the episode, a butler also made fun of the couple by attempting to offer Harry a stack of envelopes. “Sir, your tens of millions from Netflix for nobody knows what,” he says.
“Put it with the remainder of them,” the Brit, 39, replies.
The bit ends with Harry seemingly annoyed together with his life selections. He declares: “I shouldn’t have left the made-up nonsense.”
Prince Harry and the previous actress have been mocked countless times on television.
HBO Max’s “The Prince” often took jabs on the pair. In a single scene of the animated satirical series, Harry told his love: “What are we going to do? Are you able to get one other show? I mean, not one that you just act on darling, I do know people don’t wish to hire you for that anymore.”
But it surely was a “South Park” episode that allegedly “upset and overwhelmed” Markle. In a February episode, cartoon characters — that bore a striking resemblance to the pair but weren’t named — were called “dumb” as they held up signs that read each “we wish privacy!” and “stop us.”
The episode aired because the couple continued in real-life to participate in speaking engagements and signing deals with the likes of Netflix (where they released their documentary, “Harry & Meghan”). Harry also released his bombshell memoir “Spare” and Markle tackled her short-lived “Archetypes” podcast on Spotify before it got axed.