28.10.2022 - 20:31 / perezhilton.com
Well, this is unexpected!
Howie Mandel is finally opening up about Meghan Markle’s controversial Deal or No Deal complaints, and he actually agrees with her!
Speaking to Us Weekly on Thursday, the game show host revealed he doesn’t understand all the drama around the Duchess of Sussex’s comments. As we’ve been following, last week on her podcast Archetypes, Meghan claimed working as a “briefcase girl” on the NBC series made her feel like a “bimbo.” Turns out she wasn’t the only one feeling this way!
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The 66-year-old comedian surprisingly explained he also felt like he could do way more than the show allowed him, reflecting:
While he was arguably the star of the show, Howie insists he didn’t have much to do, and when he asked for more responsibilities, those in charge “used to say shut up and just tell them to open the case,” which left him feeling similarly unfulfilled:
Hmm. Such an interesting thing to hear coming from him!
After Prince Harry’s wife opened up about her time on the show, several former co-stars and colleagues spoke out against her take on the behind-the-scenes environment of the series. Stylist Dina Cerchione, who worked on the models and Howie, took to Instagram to defend Deal or No Deal, writing:
Model and Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Claudia Jordan also clapped back at Meghan’s hot take, arguing the show provided the women with plenty of opportunities to shine on-screen and off – so long as they seized every moment and didn’t just consider the gig another job for a paycheck. Howie went on to acknowledge the success of several briefcase girls, including Claudia and Chrissy Teigen, noting the models were “a lot more
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Whoopi Goldberg and ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ alum Claudia Jordan have called out Meghan Markle over her claims of feeling "objectified" during her time as a briefcase model on "Deal or No Deal." The 66-year-old talk show host and the 49-year-old former No.1 briefcase model questioned Markle, 41, after the Duchess of Sussex revealed that she felt conflicted about her experience on the show during an episode of her podcast "Archetypes". Markle said she eventually quit after feeling "forced to be all looks and little substance." "On that show, you basically had a suitcase and they wanted to know: 'Is this the deal you want, or is this not the deal you want?'" Goldberg said to her co-hosts during Wednesday's episode of "The View." "I don't know that the people who are sitting there are thinking about you like that," she added.
claiming she felt “objectified” while working as a briefcase girl on “Deal or No Deal.”The former royal, 41, made the assertion in an episode of her “Archetypes” podcast on Tuesday, saying she was “forced to be all looks and little substance” during her 34-episode stint on the game show back in the mid-2000s. But Goldberg, 66, did not feel sorry for the star during a segment on Wednesday’s episode of “The View,” where she bluntly stated: “That’s TV, baby … what did you think you were going to do? You know that’s what the show was.”Goldberg continued her diatribe against Markle, saying that she didn’t believe viewers were actively objectifying the star on screen.
Meghan Markle’s claims that she felt treated like a “bimbo” during her time on Deal or No Deal has a lot of people talking. Whoopi Goldberg and The View co-hosts had a lot to say about the subject.
TMZ. "I didn't know she felt like a bimbo because that certainly wasn't the intention of the show.
It looks like one of the other briefcase models who worked on Deal or No Deal had a different experience than Duchess Meghan Markle.
Claudia Jordan has slammed Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's claim that they were treated like "bimbos" on 'Deal or No Deal. ' The 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star appeared on the game show as a suitcase girl alongside Meghan - who was then an actress known as Meghan Markle before marrying Prince Harry in 2018 - and insisted that the modelling job presented them with "so many opportunities".
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