Former President Donald Trump thought Meghan Markle was “nothing good” following her bombing interview with Oprah Winfrey – but did not want to say it in public for fear that she would be “canceled” like Piers Morgan, a former adviser claims.
Trump’s former adviser Jason Miller said what he said the former commander-in-chief thinks of Markle and Prince Harry’s tell-all during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast Wednesday.
“She’s not good … I said it and now everyone sees it,” Miller said Trump told him.
The former president has apparently told Miller that he can “make some news” on the podcast by sharing his reaction to the sit-down – while also noting that this may not be the best idea.
“You realize if you say anything negative about Meghan Markle, you’ll be canceled, look at Piers (Morgan),” Trump said, according to Miller.
Trump also reportedly said: ‘I’m with the Piers team’, after the former ‘Good Morning Britain’ host left the program on Tuesday after an air collision with a fellow star who criticized him for ‘messing up’ the Duchess of Sussex has.
Morgan, who has accused Markle of exaggerating exaggerated allegations of suicidal thoughts and racism in the royal family, said he lost his job because he refused to apologize for his comments.
The British regulator Ofcom said it had received more than 41,000 complaints about Morgan’s comments, including from Markle himself.
“Piers Morgan is the best, he’s the best, and they tried to cancel him simply because he criticized Meghan Markle,” Miller told Trump.
This is not the first time Trump has parted ways with Markle.
After the former actress dismissed Trump as ‘misogynistic’ and ‘divisive’ before the 2016 election, he slumped back that ‘I did not know she was nasty.’
Trump later made it clear that he meant the comments were nasty.
During a press conference in the White House in September, the then president also said that he was ‘not a supporter’ of Markle, after she and her husband, Harry, implicitly endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
“And I would say that – and she probably heard it – but I wish Harry well, because he will need it,” Trump added at the time.