Harry-Meghan interview: Simi Garewal doesn’t ‘believe a word’ of what the Duchess said, calls her ‘evil’ for playing the victim

Veteran actress and talk show host Simi Garewal tweeted Monday that she doesn’t believe what Meghan Markle said, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. It was the first joint interview that Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry, sat down to since announcing they were stepping back from their duties as members of the British royal family.

Simi, like Oprah, has been involved in a long-running talk show and has done several revealing interviews.

On Twitter, he wrote: “I don’t believe a word Meghan says. Not a word. She lies to become a victim. She is using the racial card to gain sympathy. Nasty.”

However, she is in the minority. Several people, in the run-up to the interview and in the hours after the interview, expressed their solidarity with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

The person’s sarcastic response to Simi’s tweet was: “I don’t know what Meghan will do now as the goal of her interview was to convince Simi Garewal.” Another wrote, “Simi, you won’t be invited to the next royal tea party.”

Tennis player Serena Williams released a statement in support of her ‘friend’, the Duchess of Sussex, saying: “I know firsthand the sexism and racism that institutions and the media use to vilify women and people of color to minimize us, to break us and demonize us. “

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Meghan, whose father is white and her mother is black, said in the interview: “I … just didn’t want to be alive anymore. And that was a very clear, royal and terrifying constant thought.” Describing the impact of a torrent of vitriol from hostile tabloids and social media, she said she had had suicidal thoughts while pregnant with her son Archie.

Remembering how he felt at the time, he said “I’m scared, because this is so real.”

Meghan, 39, also spoke of royal “concerns” about “how dark” her son’s skin would be, saying that Harry revealed to their official conversations about Archie’s appearance, as well as the security he would be entitled to. , before his birth in May. 6th January 2019.

(With contributions from the agency)