Well, this is unexpected!
19.10.2022 - 23:55 / deadline.com
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.
Goldberg said she wasn’t sure that the contestants ever saw Markle in the manner she described on her Archetypes podcast as her role on the game show was simply to open the case or not.
“The objectification might be coming from you and how you felt about how these women were being portrayed and that’s what you have to change because we’re performers,” Goldberg said. “When you’re a performer, you take the gig. Sometimes you’re in a Bozo suit, sometimes you got a big nose and that is just the way it is.”
Goldberg acknowledged that Markle had the right to walk away but felt bad for the other women on the show that didn’t feel that way. Sunny Hostin added, “I also appreciate that she said, ‘Well, this makes me feel bad. I’m going to walk away.’ And she walked away.”
The Sister Act alum agreed with Hostin and said, “That’s a great point. My point is if you see it and that’s how you feel, just maybe you don’t want to make the other women feel bad because maybe they’re trying to make a living too.”
After Markle said she was conflicted about her time on Deal or No Deal, fellow model Claudia Jordan denied ever being treated by the show as a bimbo.
“For clarity — yes getting a modeling 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,” Jordan shared on her Instagram Stories. “And Deal or No Deal never treated us like bimbos. We got so many opportunities because
Well, this is unexpected!
Meghan Markle doesn’t have any regrets about revealing some of her personal experiences working on Deal or No Deal back in the day.
Rising above. Meghan Markle “doesn’t regret” speaking up about her experience on Deal or No Deal, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
OMG. Whoopi Goldberg is PISSED OFF!
Taking issue with her perspective. Whoopi Goldberg still had some questions after Meghan Markle‘s candid comments about working on Deal or No Deal.
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.
Whoopi Goldberg is reacting to Meghan Markle‘s comments about her time on Deal or No Deal.
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.
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".
Claudia Jordan, who starred alongside Meghan Markle on Deal or No Deal, is clapping back against her “bimbo” comments!
A different experience. Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Claudia Jordan disputed Meghan Markle‘s recent claims that Deal or No Deal “reduced” her to a bimbo.
Meghan Markle’s fellow former “Deal or No Deal” “briefcase girl” Claudia Jordan has responded to those “Archetypes” podcast comments.
Meghan Markle’s Archetypes podcast dropped its latest episode earlier this week where she sat down with Paris Hilton to discuss the ‘bimbo’ stereotypes. During the interview, the Duchess of Sussex, 41, spoke to Paris, also 41, about her time as a “briefcase girl” on Deal or No Deal and claimed she was “objectified”.