{"id":50165,"date":"2025-10-02T00:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/50165\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T00:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:21:11","slug":"meghan-markles-dad-thomas-says-hes-quite-comfortable-amid-daughter-samanthas-earthquake-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/50165\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle\u2019s Dad, Thomas, Says He\u2019s \u2018Quite Comfortable\u2019 Amid Daughter Samantha\u2019s Earthquake Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meghan Markle\u2019s estranged father is safe and sound \u2014 despite what his other daughter, Samantha, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/meghan-markle-father-thomas-allegedly-161707246.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:claimed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thomas Markle Sr. shut down Samantha\u2019s report that he was \u201ctrapped\u201d on the 19th floor of a building in the Philippines and unable to walk down the stairs following the 6.9-magnitude earthquake there on Monday, September 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe epicenter was 100 miles from here,\u201d the retired Hollywood lighting director, who said he was finalizing plans to move to Southeast Asia from Mexico, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/10\/01\/thomas-markle-not-trapped-earthquake-philippines\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TMZ;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m currently sitting on the couch in my hotel room, with my feet kicked up and watching Charlie Chan movies,\u201d Thomas, 81, continued. I\u2019m quite comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Daily Mirror\/Mirrorpix\/MEGA&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/c48092094006918614a23c1978f86973.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Daily Mirror\/Mirrorpix\/MEGA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As Star previously reported, Samantha, 60, claimed that her father was \u201cstuck\u201d following the disaster<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/babesmatrix\/status\/1973041621781659857?s=46&amp;t=VEKsdexnIVnr4n3TaOEkqg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:in an X post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> in an X post <\/a>on Tuesday, September 30, adding, \u201cShame on my disgusting evil f***ing sister forever for putting our father in this position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But Thomas told TMZ that he hasn\u2019t even spoken to Samantha \u2014 or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/queen-elizabeth-ii-cousin-believed-230105390.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Duchess of Sussex;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duchess of Sussex<\/a>, for that matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle\u2019s estranged father is safe and sound \u2014 despite what his other daughter, Samantha, claimed. 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