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Bob Odenkirk was royally amused to seek out out he has a well-known relative.
Throughout an appearance on “Finding Your Roots” set to air on PBS Tuesday, the host Henry Louis Gates Jr. let Odenkirk know he was associated to the British aristocracy, together with a Duke.
“That’s wild,” the “Higher Name Saul” star mentioned.
When Gates requested it the way it made him really feel, Odenkirk responded, “Like I’m a part of historical past that I didn’t suppose I used to be any a part of.”
“However I’m an American, I’m not a monarchist,” the actor mentioned. “I don’t imagine in that. You already know, I really feel prefer it’s a bit of twisted. I perceive why society constructed itself round monarchs and leaders and so they handed themselves down by means of generations.”
Odenkirk is group democracy over royalty, which is why upon studying he’s the eleventh cousin of the present King Charles, the actor burst into laughter.
“Properly, perhaps I’ll change my thoughts on that,” Odenkirk mentioned, laughing.
Gates then teased him that he hadn’t “been royalty greater than 5 minutes” and already was trashing his household.