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Trauma specialist Gabor Maté has spoken out over his “regret” at interviewing Prince Harry back in 2023.
Gabor, 80, sat down for an in-depth chat with Harry at the beginning of 2023 – something he has since said that he holds “regrets” over.
Discussing the negative impact that the interview has since had on him, Gabor has since lashed out on two aspects of the sit-down.
The interview, which took place in March 2023, saw Harry make several fresh allegations against the Royal Family. It came just weeks after the initial release of his bombshell memoir, Spare.
In the interview, Harry claimed that he was left “traumatised” as a child after being refused hugs by his father, the now-King Charles.
Speaking on an episode of the The Diary of a CEO podcast, Gabor Maté said that he “lost” himself and neglected to follow his “gut” during the interview with Harry.
He said: “I had a gut feeling all along that I shouldn’t agree to doing it the way they set it up.”
Speaking of finding it uncomfortable that viewers had to pay to watch the interview, he added: “The way it was set up was, in order to watch it people had to buy a copy of Harry’s book and I thought this is not fair, four million people have already bought the book, why can’t they watch this interview? Do they have to buy another copy?
“In other words I believed that this should be a free public service, on a part of two people who can have a very interesting conversation, but out of sheer opportunism I agreed to it.”
The Duke of Sussex, 40, has since released a paperback version of Spare. The latest version, which was released last month, does not contain any new material – and Harry did not promote it through new interviews.
Despite the “regret”, Gabor previously told Piers Morgan that he did enjoy meeting Harry – whom he described “humble”.
He said: “It was a great discussion. I really enjoyed meeting Harry.
“I found him to be humble and sincere and genuinely interested in promoting mental health and looking at the trauma that underlies people’s mental health issues.”