While talking about whether she was profiting off Meghan's fame, the 53-year-old admits on 'Good Morning Britain' that 'money makes the world go round.'
- Jul 24, 2018
AceShowbiz - Meghan Markle's half-sister Samantha Markle made a TV appearance on "Good Morning Britain" on Monday, July 23. The 53-year-old opened up about the brewing family drama surrounding the newly-minted Duchess of Sussex.
While talking about whether she was profiting off Meghan's fame following her marriage to British prince Harry, Samantha admitted that "money makes the world go round." She added, "So if you want to call that cashing in, that's fine. But no one in media would refuse a paycheck for talking about the royals."
"For someone to say, 'Oh you shouldn't take any money, you should turn down a paycheck,' go tell your boss you don't want a paycheck for interviewing me because that's cashing in," she continued saying. "As a family, we're not subject to royal protocol. Why would I stop living because we have a family issue going on?"
"No one has a copyright on our life experiences and so, I think the public forgets that within the family, we're each individuals with our own life experiences," Samantha added. "With all due respect, it's not just Meghan. We're entitled to share that. We're entitled to be open about it and if we can shed some light on some issues for the public, then great and we can enjoy the process. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It's not disparaging. It's not harmful."
During her appearance on "Good Morning Britain", Samantha also addressed her Twitter rants in which she would blame Meghan if their dad Thomas Markle died. She admitted that she regretted the statement "to a degree."
"But I was really feeling that now it is so critical, and so unfair, that if there's a misunderstanding that she reach out to him and she clarify because life is very short," Samantha explained. "He's 74 years old and I felt if something were to happen to him and he passed away, I don't think any of us could live with the fact that he died unhappy and there was not closure. I believe that she would want that also."
