Meghan Markle's former onscreen dad, Wendell Pierce, has her again in opposition to the haters.
Taking to social media on Friday, November 7, Pierce, 61, unleashed after a journalist accused Meghan, 44, of being “troublesome” on the set of Fits.
“Meghan gained't love being informed what to do by any producer. Fits actors discovered her ‘troublesome, demanding and impolite' and he or she was solely a starter then,” Angela Levin, 80, wrote via X, referring to rumors of Meghan's return to appearing.
Pierce, who performed lawyer Robert Zane, the daddy of Meghan's character, Rachel Zane, on the authorized drama hit again in his response.
“You haven't any thought what you're speaking about. @angelalevin1,” Pierce wrote via X. “ You're a gossip monger trying to revenue off of smearing a girl you realize nothing about. Meghan was a sort, giving, and gifted artist who I loved working with for years. You Angela are a shameless hack. I'm extra mad at myself for permitting you to get beneath my pores and skin.”
He continued, “I'll focus this anger on the friendship that Meghan and I've and the fond recollections I've from engaged on SUITS. Her grace is one thing you realize nothing about.”
Meghan is reportedly set to return to appearing after an eight-year hiatus following her departure from Fits in 2017 amid her engagement to Prince Harry.
Individuals reported on Wednesday, November 5 that Meghan is teaming up with Lily Collins, Brie Larson, Jack Quaid and Henry Golding for the upcoming movie Shut Private Associates.
Meghan Makrle and Wendell Pierce on Fits. (Photograph by: Ben Mark Holzberg/USA Community/NBCU Photograph Financial institution)
In a joint BBC interview with Prince Harry in November 2017, Meghan touched on strolling away from her Fits position in addition to her appearing profession.
“I don't see it as giving something up. I simply see it as a change. It's a brand new chapter, proper?” she mentioned. “I've ticked this field, and I really feel very pleased with the work I've accomplished there, and now it's time to work with [Harry] as a workforce.”
Pierce has beforehand publicly supported Meghan and opened up in regards to the final time he filmed a Fits scene with the actress earlier than she wrapped to affix the Royal Household.
“It was the final evening of working and I mentioned, ‘Meghan, your life goes to alter, and also you're going to be in a bubble, however simply all the time keep in mind, it doesn't matter what, I'm your pal, you've got numerous pals,'” he recalled on Who's Speaking to Chris Wallace? in March 2024. “‘We're all the time fascinated by you, we'll all the time be there for you. And you realize, regardless of the place you're, all the time know you've got a pal in me.'”
In 2013, Meghan spoke to Esquire about how shut her costars had been each on and off display screen.
“I feel that's a part of why the present has turn out to be so profitable. You possibly can really feel that all of us get alongside on- and off-camera,” she informed Esquire on the time.
Fits ran for 9 seasons from 2011 to 2020 and likewise starred Gabriel Macht, Patrick J Adams, Gina Torres, Sarah Lafferty and Rick Hoffman.
