What Meghan Markle’s ‘Suits’ co-stars have said about her bullying allegations:
Over the course of several weeks, Meghan Markle’s former “Suits” co-stars have defended the former American actress against bullying allegations made by Kensington Palace staff during her time as a working royal.
Days before Markle, 39, and Prince Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Times of London alleged that the Duchess of Sussex faced a bullying complaint made by one of her close advisers, which Markle’s team has strongly denied.
Following the reports, a number of Markle’s co-workers from the hit USA Network series issued a wealth of praise about Markle in response to the Palace’s allegations.
From Patrick J. Adams to Abigail Spencer, here’s what these “Suits” stars had to say.
Abigail Spencer
Meghan Markle, left, as Rachel Zane, Abigail Spencer as Dana Scott in ‘Suits.’ (Getty Images)
Abigail Spencer, Markle’s former co-star and friend of over a decade, spoke out against the bullying allegations in early March, calling them “untruths” in a lengthy Instagram post.
“I am extremely private about my friendship with Meg,” Spencer, 39, revealed. “I’m not here to tell you her story. That’s for her. So why am I writing this now? I felt drawn – in all this melee, with all the untruths swirling around – to present something real. From a real friend. About a real friend. There are some people who are so bright and exude such deep purpose that they change the molecules in the air simply through their being. She was all of this from the moment I met her fourteen years ago. And remains so to this day.”
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Spencer also shared personal anecdotes about their decade-long friendship.
“I’ve learned so much from Meg,” Spencer, 39, wrote. “The power of a handwritten note. The loveliness of surprise flowers. That she has a perpetual rolodex in her brain of recommendations for the heart, soul, & body.”
Meghan Markle received support from Abigail Spencer, former co-star and friend of over a decade, after bullying allegations from Kensington Palace surfaced. (Getty Images)
“She’s been there for me – and physically held me – in my darkest hours: After my dad died. After a gut wrenching break up she brought me into her home & nursed me back to health. Soup & salad waiting in the kitchen, just, if I needed it,” she continued.
“She’s taken my son in as her own. I can’t tell you the value of having another working mother I can lean on when with the pressures of visibility & child-rearing woes become overwhelming. She’s always been a safe harbor for me, someone I can fall apart in front of… and with. And I have,” added Spencer.
Patrick J. Adams
Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle co-starred in ‘Suits’ together.
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Markle’s former on-screen love interest Patrick J. Adams went on a Twitter tirade following the allegations — referring to the royal family’s system as “archaic and toxic.”
“Meghan Markle and I spent the better part of a decade working together on Suits,” Adams, 39, prefaced the post. “From day one she was an enthusiastic, kind, cooperative, giving, joyful and supportive member of our television family. She remained that person and colleague as fame, prestige and power accrued.”
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“She has always been a powerful woman with a deep sense of morality and a fierce work ethic and has never been afraid to speak up, be heard and defend herself and those she holds dear,” the actor continued. “Like the rest of the world, I have watched her navigate the last few years in astonishment.”
The actor went on to describe how drastically Markle’s life had changed, stating the difficulties the former American actress had to endure acclimating to an “archaic” and “toxic” family dynamic.
“She fell in love, moved to a new country, became a household name across the entire globe and began the difficult work of trying to find her place in a family dynamic that can at best be described as complicated and at worst, seemingly archaic and toxic.”
Adams then lamented on his disdain for “racist, slanderous, clickbaiting” reporting that has followed Markle since her marriage to Prince Harry, 36.
“It sickened me to read the endless racist, slanderous, clickbaiting vitriol spewed in her direction from all manner of media across the UK and the world but I also knew that Meghan was stronger than people realized or understood and they would regret underestimating her,” he said.
“And then they welcomed Archie,” Adams added of Markle and Harry’s son, who turns two in May. “And on any sort of decent planet that would be a time to stop sharpening the knives and let these two people enjoy the magical early months and years of starting a family. But we don’t live on that planet…
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