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Phil Norris & Catherine Wylie

Meghan Markle says Deal or No Deal role 'objectified' her

The Duchess of Sussex has said she disliked feeling “forced to be all looks and little substance” during her stint as a “briefcase girl” on the US version of Deal or No Deal. Meghan reflected on her time working on the gameshow in 2006 on the latest episode of her podcast which featured a chat with Paris Hilton about the labels of “bimbo” and “dumb blonde”.

She says there was a “very cookie cutter idea” of what the briefcase girls should look like and that it was “solely about beauty and not necessarily about brains”. Meghan said she shared the stage with 25 other women and they were given spray tan vouchers each week.

She recalls a woman, who she says ran the show, telling her to “suck it in”.

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