Meghan Markle talks about getting her 'hands dirty' on latest podcast with medical scrubs brand founder Heather Hasson

Daily Mail​

13-05-2025

Meghan Markle has spoken about 'getting your hands dirty' and how studying acting at college helped her prepare to be a company founder.
The Duchess of Sussex spoke with Heather Hasson, founder of medical scrubs brand Figs, in the latest episode of her podcast Confessions of a Female Founder.
Speaking about entrepreneurs who start their own business, Meghan said: 'It can get messy and the best founders are not afraid to get their hands dirty.
'And I don't mean play dirty. I mean, when it's 'clean up on aisle five' time, you are the first person there with a mop.'
The Duchess added: 'The whole point for me, and you'll probably speak to this too, is when you see something that is an easy solve in the everyday, that's not complicated, that's not fussy, how do you get your hands involved?'
'I see vegetables and I see takeout — because I don't have time to cook every day — and I go, 'Alright, but how do I still make this flattering and beautiful and present well and something that people find appetising?.'
Hasson replied: 'I think when you take something so simple in your everyday life and you elevate it and you make it elegant, I think that's what makes it so special.'
Meghan also talked about her experience studying theatre and international relations at Northwestern University helped her prepare to be a company founder.
She said: 'I was a theatre major and part of the program was that you couldn't just do the acting.
'You had to do soup-to-nuts every part of what a production would entail, which I actually think is incredible training for when you're running a team, because you appreciate what the sound person does and what the lighting person does.
'Wardrobe department and sewing were part of it too, so I am comfortable with a sewing machine.'