Meghan Markle at the the 2023 Variety Power Of Women event at Mother Wolf on November 16, 2023 in Los Angeles; Kelly Clarkson at the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 4, 2024 in Los Angeles.Photo:Robin L Marshall/FilmMagic; Neilson Barnard/Getty
Robin L Marshall/FilmMagic; Neilson Barnard/Getty
Meghan MarklesentKelly Clarksona special message through her friendAbigail Spencer.
On Monday, Spencer, 42, appeared onThe Kelly Clarkson Showwith herExtended Familycostar Donald Faison, where she revealed that the Duchess of Sussex is a fan of the singer.
“Meg says hello and that she loves you and that she voted for you onAmerican Idol," she told the host.
“It worked!” Clarkson joked, referring to her big break as the season one winner of the singing competition in 2002.
Spencer relayed that Meghan, 42, “was just having dinnerwithMichael Bublé, who said you are the greatest singer on earth,” and Clarkson self-deprecatingly shot down the compliment.
“This was unsolicited. She did not know I was coming on here. We were just chatting and I was like, ‘Oh, I’m going to see Kelly next week,’ and she’s like, ‘I have a message,’ " Spencer said.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Abigail Spencer in the Upper East Side on February 19, 2019 in New York City.Raymond Hall/GC Images
Raymond Hall/GC Images
Meghan and Prince Harry, 39, later relocated to her home state of California after stepping back from their royal roles in 2020, andSpencer joined Meghanat Prince Harry’s polo match at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club in May 2022.
Spencer got talking about the Duchess of Sussex after Faison spoke about his longtime friendship withZach Braff, after Clarkson asked if she had “someone like that in the industry.”
“It was 2007, I was doing a pilot for NBC, and I went to read with the people who were supposed to play my best friend. They were testing other actresses,” Spencer said. “I walk in, I see this beautiful gorgeous creature at the end of the table and I’m like, ‘Who is that?’ We had an immediate something, you know? And her name is Meghan Markle.”
Abigail Spencer and Kelly Clarkson on The Kelly Clarkson Show.Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal
The actress added that she and Meghan “immediately had a connection” and soon learned theyshared the same birthday.
“It was just something between us,” Spencer said, fondly recalling how they crossed paths again when cast together onSuits. The future Duchess of Sussex played paralegal Rachel Zane, while Spencer appeared as Dana Scott, the rival and love interest of Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht).
“Our friendship really developed during that time, and deepened. She’s an incredible person,” Spencer told Clarkson of Meghan.
Abigail Spencer and Meghan Markle at ELLE’s 6th Annual Women in Television Dinner in West Hollywood, California, in January 2016.Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Stefanie Keenan/Getty
“I don’t see it as giving anything up. I just see it as a change,” she said at the time. “It’s a new chapter, right? And also, keep in mind, I’ve been working on [Suits] for seven years. We were very, very fortunate to have that sort of longevity on a series. I’ve ticked this box, and I feel very proud of the work I’ve done there, and now it’s time to work with [Harry] as a team.”
She iterated that she had no plans of acting again during a2022 interviewwithVariety: “No. I’m done. I guess never say never, but my intention is to absolutely not.”
However, the Duchess of Sussexhinted at producorial opportunitieson theVarietycarpet in November.
“We have so many exciting things on the slate. I can’t wait until we can announce them,” she said.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends 2023 Variety Power Of Women at Mother Wolf on November 16, 2023 in Los Angeles.Robin L Marshall/FilmMagic
Robin L Marshall/FilmMagic
source: people.com
