Chris Rock was spectacularly slapped by Will Smith eventually 12 months’s Academy Awards, however it’s the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who could possibly be getting their very own smackdown on the 2023 Oscars.

A public relations professional believes that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could also be roasted by large names on the ceremony, set to happen this Sunday, March 12, in Los Angeles.

Whereas the privacy-conscious couple received’t be in attendance on the glitzy occasion, PR guru Matt Yanofsky stated there’s an excellent likelihood they’ll nonetheless be referenced on Hollywood’s large night time.

“Meghan and Harry are not untouchable within the US,” Yanofsky, who runs advertising and publicity company The Second Lab, instructed The Mirror on Friday.

He stated the current “South Park” episode ridiculing the exiled royals “ripped the Band-Assist off” for folks to poke enjoyable on the pair.

“‘South Park’ is a present that’s grandfathered into popular culture. No one is canceling it, and it has a historical past of claiming what everybody thinks however is scared to say,” Yanofsky stated.

“By satirizing the couple, they’ve given different folks permission to lastly say what they give thought to Meghan and Harry, as we noticed equally with Chris Rock’s stand-up particular.”

It’s unclear whether or not the Sussexes — whose reputation has plummeted — are anxious about being the butt of potential Oscars jokes, whether or not by host Jimmy Kimmel, award presenters or winners themselves.

The Put up has reached out to their representatives for remark.

In a February episode titled “The Worldwide Privateness Tour,” sequence co-creator Trey Parker mercilessly mocked Harry and Markle, implying that they had been determined for consideration whereas publicly pleading for privateness.

The episode took explicit goal at Prince Harry’s current memoir, “Spare,” which was re-titled “Waaagh” within the slicing cartoon.

Though there have been rumors that Harry and Markle had been set to sue over the episode, reps for the pair trashed these experiences, saying they had been “baseless” and “boring.”

Nonetheless, pundit Megyn Kelly claimed the couple would “by no means recuperate” from the very public ridicule.

“I really feel it is a pronouncement that they’ve jumped the shark, they aren’t beloved and her hopes of working for president, reported hopes, are all however dashed,” Kelly stated. “That’s not occurring. When ‘South Park’ activates you, there’s no recovering.”

Certainly, the hits have stored coming for the reason that “South Park” episode aired.

Chris Rock ripped into Markle in his new Netflix particular “Selective Outrage,” which hit the streamer final week.

The comedian expressed exasperation on the former actress’ implication that some members of the royal household had been racist.

“It’s the royal household!” Rock remarked within the particular. “You didn’t Google these motherf–kers? What the f–ok is she speaking about, ‘She didn’t know’?! That’s like marrying into the Budweiser household and going, ‘They drink quite a bit.’”

The star additionally blasted Markle for claiming a member of the household expressed concern about how darkish her child’s pores and skin colour can be.

“That’s not racist,” Rock insisted. “As a result of even black folks wanna understand how brown the child is gonna be!” 

Yanofsky stated it’s unclear which movie star would possibly hit out at Harry and Markle on stage throughout Sunday’s Academy Awards.

He additionally isn’t positive how, precisely, they’d skewer the Montecito-based couple.

“It’s 50/50 in the event that they joke concerning the couple [on Sunday] or if they begin mocking Meghan and Harry in 5 years,” he stated. “It’ll be fascinating to see what occurs.”