It was (quite literally) the interview heard round the world; when Meghan Markle and Prince Harry sat down with Oprah Winfrey in a program that aired Sunday night to discuss taking a step back from the royal family, social media users were on hand to document every reaction in real time.
There was no shortage of painful moments in the two-hour interview, from Meghan’s admission that she had struggled with suicidal ideation to the news that palace insiders had speculated on how dark-skinned Meghan and Harry’s son Archie would be—it all added up to a pretty rough portrait of the royal family, although there were plenty of joy-sparking details too. Below, find the best social reactions to Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah:
Meghan took Oprah on a tour of the family’s chicken coop and garden, which included an adorable shot of “Archie’s Chick Inn”:
In a joyful moment, Meghan and Harry revealed that their soon-to-be-born second child is a girl:
Meghan’s shout-out to the Screen Actors Guild, the union that represented her during her time as an actress, earned her some major love:
When Meghan noted that she was “silent” as a member of the royal family, Oprah’s response of “Were you silent, or silenced?” was an instant Twitter hit:
Oprah’s reaction to many of Meghan and Harry’s answers was meme-worthy:
Little Archie’s habit of telling friends to “drive safe” was a feel-good hit:
Ultimately, many came away from the interview feeling resentment against the royal family: