Is it just me or are we being inundated with the dumbest talking points and outright lies about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex lately? It’s like people aren’t even bothering to make up believable conspiracies anymore, and even the body-language analysts are completely bonkers. So, Prince Harry surprised everyone by attending the NBA Finals Game 5 in San Antonio. Reportedly, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver personally invited Harry, and the timing worked out brilliantly because Harry was already in town to attend the Warrior Games. During and after the game, there were several cutaways to Harry, who was seated next to Adam Silver in what looked like the seventh or eighth row. Harry looked happy to be there, he was smiling often and paying close attention to the game.
So, first the story was “Harry was seated in the eighth row because he’s a loser and there are more important celebrities!” Yeah… again, he was personally invited by Adam Silver, and the celebrities were ten rows deep because people wanted to see if the Knicks could clinch the championship (which they did). Then there was a whole storyline about “where’s Meghan??” She’s at home with their children, obviously. Where’s Kate when Prince William is off on his monthly lads’ vacations? Then there was a video of Harry interacting with Spike Lee, who is a Knicks superfan.
Prince Harry and Spike Lee talking during Knicks-Spurs Game 5. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/5OcQoHEfsP
— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) June 14, 2026
There was a lot of analysis about this short clip, with the British media and Murdoch media insisting that Spike Lee “snubbed” Harry, or that there was a deeply “awkward moment” when Spike “refused” to shake hands with Harry. The clip is less than ten seconds long, but it’s being analyzed by bad-faith derangers like it’s the Zupruder film. It’s somewhat obvious to me what happened – Spike waited patiently to say something to Harry (you can see Spike watching Harry embrace his friend) and then Spike called out to Harry, who leaned over to shake hands and listen to whatever Spike said. It was almost definitely about the Knicks, correct? Well, in any case, Harry’s spokesperson told GB News that the conversation about any “snub” is “nonsense.” I hate that Harry’s spox even has to deal with this BS, but it’s funny how this short clip completely overshadowed the whole-ass Trooping the Colour.
PS… I’m including the fantastic Nike ad which was released after the Knicks won. It’s beautiful and a fantastic use of the Billy Joel song.
Spike Lee denies Prince Harry’s handshake in awkward Knicks vs. Spurs game interaction https://t.co/QJ03Vm9YOj pic.twitter.com/5hjIJ7vLEI
— Page Six (@PageSix) June 14, 2026
Sleep well, NY. pic.twitter.com/xg9JLLKT4K
— Nike Basketball (@nikebasketball) June 14, 2026
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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- The Duke of Sussex is presented with a Western Bulldogs scarf during a visit to Movember at the Western Bulldogs HQ at Mission Whitten Oval, in Footscray, Melbourne, on day two of the royal trip to Australia. Featuring: Harry, Duke of Sussex Where: Melbourne, Australia When: 15 Apr 2026 Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Duke of Sussex talks to young advocates during a visit to Batyr, a mental health engagement programme, at Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, on day three of the royal trip to Australia Featuring: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex Where: Melbourne, Australia When: 16 Apr 2026 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex leave the Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club after meeting volunteer first responders, during a visit to Bondi Beach, on day four of the royal trip to Australia. Volunteers from the organisation, founded in 1907, played an integral role in protecting beachgoers and saving lives during the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on December 14 Featuring: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Where: Bondi, Australia When: 17 Apr 2026 Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Meghan at home playing Mahjong with Kelly, looks like Kelly and family spent the weekend in Montecito.
I think Harry loves Texas.
oh yes, sure, Spike Lee stood waiting patiently while Harry hugged someone so that he could pointedly decline to shake Harry’s hand and then… clasped hands with him. Sick burn of a snub /s
Seriously! My take: Spike was all “Are you a Knicks fan?” before offering his hand – and Harry probably said something like “I just love sports” or he mentioned the British football team they both follow (per yesterday’s thread) or something, and Spike came through with the handshake and they both laughed.
I feel like all die hard sports fans get it. It might not be your team, but you show all the respect when someone else’s team makes history. I bet they’ve bonded over the nonsense at this point and we’ll be seeing Spike and his wife in Meg’s IG soon.
It’s so clear to me in the video that whatever Spike said, Harry was laughing – its clear there was no bad blood there. Like @Jen said – do people think that Spike was just standing around waiting to snub Harry? for “reasons”? It was probably one of the greatest nights of Spike Lee’s life. He wasn’t hating anyone!!!
Sneaky me, hopes Spike Lee says something to drag Brexit Island Press.😜😜😜😜
Yep, I am waiting for any reporter daring to ask Spike Lee about this. That will be fun.
I think at some point they will, because they are so effing DERANGED.
The jealousy re the Sussexes remaining unbothered by the nonsense coming from Harry’s birth family has those gutter rats rattled.
It honestly looks like they have interacted before and Lee ignored the formality of the handshake in favor of a bro-clasp.
Game recognizes game. That’s all that was.
But what about loud booing of the Royals at the Trooping of the Colours? Now that DID happen and that must worry the monarchists!!
Spike Lee and Harry both deserve better than what Page 666 and other trolls are trying to make of a brief interaction between the two men. Spike Lee is the ultimate Knicks superfan and wouldn’t spend what ended up being a historic win snubbing someone. He definitely wouldn’t have waited for Harry to finish hugging someone just to snub him by not giving him a handshake but instead a dab where they both walked away smiling. The logic in all of that doesn’t even make sense with the evidence of the video where you see the two men actually dabbing each other. There are two sayings that my family hold dear when judging someone’s character “Your word is your bond” and “There is no love where there is no trust”. So for us a persons words mean everything and Page 666 continues to prove that they lack integrity and trustworthiness by openly lying without any regard to how it presents them as a media outlet. Then to do this to an icon like Spike Lee just to take a jab at Harry, is a sign that they have no shame or moral compass as to how low they won’t go.
I don’t feel like the spokesperson needed to respond to this.
I’d tend to agree if we were talking about any other kind of minor, meaningless interaction.
But the usual racists and Derangers have blown it out of proportion.
That said, Nike’s been cancelled over here for their collaboration with a 🇷🇺 designer now based in France who supported the annexation of Crimea, and who has a history of predatory behavior toward minors.
I was taking issue with how the BM was interpreting the exchange. They were saying spike Lee looked unfriendly and antagonistic during the exchange. Sure, it was to create a snubbing storyline but it felt racist as hell to characterize Lee as looking unfriendly in that exchange imo. So I don’t mind a spot clarifying this. It was gross.