A lady who co-starred with the Duchess of Sussex throughout her time on Deal or No Deal has branded her current “bimbo” feedback as “insulting”.
Lisa Gleave is the second of Meghan Markle’s Deal or No Deal co-stars to criticise her for claiming she was “reduced to a bimbo” on the favored sport present.
The Australian mannequin insisted Meghan was “not treated like [a bimbo]” and praised the present for giving its “briefcase girls” an opportunity to safe different alternatives in showbiz.
In the most recent episode of her Spotify podcast Archetypes, Meghan stated that though she was “surrounded by smart women” on the present, their presence was targeted “solely about our beauty”.
She advised her visitor Paris Hilton: “I didn’t like feeling forced to be all looks. And little substance. And that’s how it felt for me at the time being reduced to this specific archetype, the word ‘bimbo’.
“I was thankful for the job but not for how it made me feel, which was not smart.”
Gleave advised The Times: “I didn’t like the comment she made… She may have felt that way because of who she was, or who she was trying to be. But she was not treated like [a bimbo].”
The mannequin instructed that, if Meghan didn’t need to be judged on her seems to be, she shouldn’t have utilized to go on the present.
“The game show that we were on, Deal or No Deal, was all about beauty and glamour. And if she didn’t want to put herself in that position, then why did she?” she questioned, including that she “personally never felt objectified”.
Gleave went on to say that, had Meghan not appeared on the present, she could “not have met [the Duke of Sussex], she might not have been cast on Suits”.
Meghan appeared on Deal or No Deal within the early days of her TV profession earlier than leaving in 2006. She went on to star in hit TV drama Suits from 2011 to 2017, and formally ended her appearing profession after marrying Prince Harry in 2018.
On Wednesday, shortly after the podcast episode was launched, Meghan’s former co-star Claudia Jordan additionally stated the present “never treated them like bimbos”.
She wrote on social media: “For clarity – yes getting a modelling gig on a game show isn’t necessarily about your intellect, but every show the executive producers picked five models with the most outgoing and fun personalities to place mics on, who they knew would engage with the contestants.
“And Deal or No Deal never treated us like bimbos. We got so many opportunities because of that show.”
Jordan stated that showing on the sport present led to her “getting on Celebrity Apprentice, Celebrity Apprentice All Stars, a breast cancer awareness campaign, guest hosting Extra, getting into People magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful issue, and so much more”.
Source: www.impartial.co.uk