Meghan Markle ‘desperate' to continue Netflix deal
'There's no director, no casting calls, no cast, the writer's strike has come and gone. There's just simply no excuse,' Ms Schofield told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
'Meghan's camp is leaking stories that she's not done yet, fighting to stay on with Netflix in a desperate bid, they claim she is still in the midst of negotiations.
'With Love, Meghan season 52 here we come.'
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