Spotify boss mocks Meghan and Harry

Spotify’s head of global sports content Bill Simmons has publicly insulted the pair after their contract was cancelled amid low listener numbers.

Prince Harry has been mocked for his podcast ideas by a Spotify executive who labelled him and his wife Meghan as “f***ing grifters”.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have just had their multi-million-pound contract with the streaming giant cancelled after a slump in listeners.

And now they have been hauled over the coals by one of the company’s most senior figures.

Spotify’s head of global sports content Bill Simmons has publicly insulted the pair, The Sun reports.

Simmons labelled the couple “f**ing grifters” on the latest episode of his own show, The Bill Simmons Podcast.

A grifter is American slang for a conman.

Harry and Meghan’s contract with Spotify was cancelled. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)

And he also revealed details of an encounter with Harry who was brainstorming podcast ideas - only to be met with ridicule.

The couple’s £18m Archetypes podcast project was scrapped by Spotify last week following reports they did not meet “productivity requirements”.

Meghan’s show, where she discussed “labels that try to hold women back”, was axed after only producing 13 episodes in 31 months.

Both Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, have now been blasted for signing the multimillion pound deal and ditching it after only one series.

Spotify and the couple’s company Archewell released a joint statement on Thursday claiming that the deal was ended by “mutual agreement”.

But Simmons has gone public with his anger towards them pair he labelled “f***ing grifters”.

And he threatened to “get drunk one night” and tell all about his meeting with Harry.

Meghan’s podcast failed to attract listeners.

Simmons said of the duke and duchess: “The f***ing grifters - that’s the podcast we should’ve launched with them.

“I gotta get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try and help him with a podcast idea.

“It’s one of my best stories.”

This story first appeared in The Sun and has been reproduced with permission.