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Metro
2 days ago
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- Metro
Brooke Shields podcast episode criticising Meghan Markle quietly removed
Days after Brooke Shields criticized Meghan Markle as 'too precious and serious' in a podcast, the episode appears to have been removed. The Blue Lagoon actress, 60, made headlines around the world with her appearance on India Hicks's An Unexpected Journey podcast, where she touched on their joint appearance at SXSW last March. However, according to multiple outlets, the episode has seemingly been deleted from the host's website – and a link to it on her Substack page currently leads to a 'page not found'. Speaking to India, who is King Charles' goddaughter and a patron of the King's Trust, the star detailed the time she spent with the mom-of-two for the International Women's Day panel at the annual event, led by Katie Couric. Reflecting on the talk, Brooke shared that the Duchess of Sussex had told the crowd about writing a letter regarding gender equality at the young age of 11 – an anecdote Katie encouraged her to share. 'Katie asks the first question to Meghan and she talks about how at a young age, she was already advocating for women,' she said last week, via People Magazine. 'She starts telling a story about how when she was 11 – and she keeps saying, 'Well, when I was 11, I saw this commercial and they were talking about how washing dishes was for women'. 'And she said, 'I didn't think only women wash dishes. It wasn't fair. So I wrote to the company'. 'She kept saying she was 11! She wrote to the company, they changed the text, they changed the commercial. 'It was just too precious, and I was like, they're not going to want to sit here for 45 minutes and listen to anybody be precious or serious.' The former Suits actress has spoken about this multiple times in the past, sharing that she persuaded Procter & Gamble to change their advert after calling out the 'sexism' in the footage. However, recalling the SXSW event, Brooke explained that she felt the need to step in during her fellow panellist's retelling, in a bid to 'lighten up' the proceedings. She continued: 'I go, 'Excuse me, I'm so sorry, I've got to interrupt you there for one minute.' I was trying not to be rude, but I wanted to be funny because it was so serious. '[She said], 'I just want to give everybody here a context as to how we're different. When I was 11, I was playing a prostitute.' Brooke said that, with her cheeky reference to her role in 1978 movie Pretty Baby, the 'place went insane' and the panel then became 'more relaxed'. More Trending It is not clear why the episode was taken down or when – India has not addressed the removal publicly, or shared why it was deleted. A video from their interview is still visible on her Instagram page, posted on June 1. Metro has contacted India's reps for a comment. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Reality TV legend's husband 'deported from US after being detained for 4 months' MORE: Japan's best-selling singer addresses claims Elon Musk is father of her child MORE: David Harbour explains his dating preference after Lily Allen split
Newsweek
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Brooke Shields' Swipe at Meghan Markle Deleted
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Brooke Shields describing on a podcast how she interrupted Meghan Markle's famous childhood story has been mysteriously deleted. Shields was a guest on An Unexpected Journey, a podcast by India Hicks, King Charles III's goddaughter. The episode, released on May 31 and titled "Brooke Shields is sixty, sexy and just getting started," has since disappeared off Hicks' website. Newsweek contacted Hicks for comment via email. Meghan Markle walks on stage during the SXSW Conference and Festival, at Austin Convention Center, Texas, on March 8, 2024. Meghan Markle walks on stage during the SXSW Conference and Festival, at Austin Convention Center, Texas, on March 8, Brooke Shields Said About Meghan Markle Brooke Shields and Meghan were guests on the same panel at SXSW, in Texas, in March 2024 when the Duchess of Sussex told a well-known story about writing to Procter & Gamble to ask them to change an ad that said: "Women are fighting greasy pots and pans with Ivory Clear." "She starts telling a story about how when she was 11," Shields told Hicks, according to The Independent, "and she keeps saying, 'Well, when I was 11, I saw this commercial and they were talking about how washing dishes was for women. "And she said, 'I didn't think only women wash dishes. It wasn't fair. So I wrote to the company.'" "She kept saying she was 11," Shields continued. "She wrote to the company, they changed the text; they changed the commercial. "It was just too precious, and I was like, they're not going to want to sit here for 45 minutes and listen to anybody be precious or serious." Errin Haines, Meghan Markle, Katie Couric, Brooke Shields and Nancy Wang Yuen made up the panel at SXSW Conference and Festival, at Austin Convention Center, Texas, on March 8, 2024. Errin Haines, Meghan Markle, Katie Couric, Brooke Shields and Nancy Wang Yuen made up the panel at SXSW Conference and Festival, at Austin Convention Center, Texas, on March 8, Shields said she interrupted Meghan to liven up the panel discussion: "I go, 'Excuse me, I'm so sorry, I've got to interrupt you there for one minute.' I was trying not to be rude, but I wanted to be funny because it was so serious." And she told the audience: "I just want to give everybody here a context as to how we're different. When I was 11, I was playing a prostitute." The reference was to Pretty Baby, a 1978 movie about a 12-year-old girl raised in a New Orleans brothel by her mother, who is a sex worker. Hicks said her interjection went down well with the crowd: "The place went insane." Meghan Markle's Ivory Clear Dish Soap Story When Meghan was 11 she wrote to Procter & Gamble to ask for a change to the wording of an ad, in which the voice over said: "The gloves are coming off. Women are fighting greasy pots and pans with Ivory Clear." In 2022, Meghan said in her podcast Archetypes: "I was furious. Women? Did I really just hear that guy say 'women?' As in only women? Only women." The story has been around since the early days of Meghan and Harry's relationship, since before their 2018 wedding, and some have started to question whether she may have told it too many times. After Meghan repeated it on Archetypes, the Daily Mail ran the headline: "'I was ready to turn off when I heard the soap ad story YET AGAIN': Meghan Markle listeners 'yawn' as she wheels out well-worn anecdote about campaigning against sexist soap advert when she was eleven for podcast." Jack Royston is chief royal correspondent for Newsweek, based in London. You can find him on X, formerly Twitter, at @jack_royston and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page. Do you have a question about Charles and Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, or their family that you would like our experienced royal correspondents to answer? Email royals@ We'd love to hear from you.
Sky News AU
2 days ago
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- Sky News AU
‘Page not found': Brooke Shields podcast interview slamming ‘precious' Meghan Markle mysteriously vanishes
Brooke Shields' recent podcast interview in which she vented about Meghan Markle's 'precious' behavior has been deleted by podcast host India Hicks, it can be revealed. Shields went viral last week after revealing her candid thoughts about the ex-working royal during an episode of Hicks' podcast 'An Unexpected Journey' that was published via Substack. In the now-deleted episode, Shields recalled the time she cut off one of Markle's favourite anecdotes while appearing on stage with the Duchess. The Duchess of Sussex and the Blue Lagoon star were both tapped to sit on a panel marking International Woman's Day at the prestigious South by Southwest Festival last year. During the notorious appearance, Markle referenced the time she wrote a letter to Procter and Gamble as a child asking them to gender-neutralise a dishwashing soap commercial. The story has been repeated multiple times, including during Meghan Markle's Vanity Fair cover story she negotiated after she began dating Prince Harry. 'Meghan said, 'I didn't think only women wash dishes,'' Shields recalled. 'It wasn't fair. So I wrote to the company. And when I was 11, I wrote my first letter and when I was 11...' and she kept saying she was 11!" The entertainment industry veteran sensed that Markle's oft-repeated story about writing letters to a detergent company was hardly riveting for the audience. "It was just too precious," Shields explained to as to why she decided to chime in. "And I was like, they're not going to want to sit here for 45 minutes and listen to anybody be precious or serious.' The Endless Love star explained that she did not intend to be 'rude' to the ex-working royal but wanted to lighten the mood after Markle's earnest story. "Excuse me, I'm so sorry. I've got to interrupt you there for one minute,' she said. "I was trying not to be rude, but I wanted to be funny because it was so serious. "I just want to give everybody here a context as to how we're different," she told the crowd.' The actress then pointed out to Markle how when she was the same age she was playing a prostitute - referring to her controversial role in the 1978 film, Pretty Baby - which drew immediate laughter from the audience. "The place went insane. And then luckily, it was more relaxed after that," Shields said. As of Wednesday, all traces of the podcast have disappeared from Hicks' Substack page, with the previous link now returning a 'page not found' message. The Sussexes employ an extensive team of in-house media advisors who regularly reach out to news outlets and mastheads to respond to publicity about the Duke and Duchess. Among the team, Harry and Meghan employ both Los Angeles and London-based communications executives to handle their media relations in North America and Europe, respectively. The Sussexes recently hired a chief communications officer and a separate director of communications to help manage their public images. Last month, Forbes reported that the Sussexes have beefed up their media team even further and added external firm Method Communications to the line up. is not suggesting that Markle or her team pressured Hicks or Shields to remove the podcast episode, only that the episode has been removed from Hicks' Substack.
