{"id":197722,"date":"2025-10-13T19:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/197722\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:15:09","slug":"chrissy-teigen-reflects-on-her-friendship-with-polarizing-meghan-markle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/197722\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrissy Teigen reflects on her friendship with &#8216;polarizing&#8217; Meghan Markle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chrissy Teigen does not understand why pal Meghan Markle receives so much hate.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">\u201cI adore her. I really adore her. I think she is so incredibly strong,\u201d Teigen, 39, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/chrissy-teigen-on-meghan-markle-friendship-if-their-kids-have-playdates-exclusive-11828695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told People<\/a> of Markle over the weekend. \u201cIt is insane to me how polarizing she is for so many different people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">According to the model, the Duchess of Sussex, 44, \u201cis just such a kind, good person\u201d who \u201cwants the best\u201d for \u201call her friends,\u201d the \u201cpeople around her,\u201d \u201cher own relationship\u201d and \u201cher children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chrissy Teigen does not understand why pal Meghan Markle receives so much hate. Getty Images for Hearst Magazines<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI adore her. I really adore her. I think she is so incredibly strong,\u201d Teigen said of Markle. \u201cIt is insane to me how polarizing she is for so many different people.\u201d GC Images<\/p>\n<p>Teigen argued that Markle lives \u201csimply,\u201d adding that \u201cpeople come up with all these different things that she could be about or what she wants \u2026 [but] it\u2019s not that complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cookbook author continued, \u201cPeople are always going to read into what they want to read into, and they\u2019re going to hyperfocus into what they want to believe. \u2026 People are just going to come up with their own story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teigen, whose reputation never fully recovered after her past cyberbullying posts <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/05\/11\/courtney-stodden-chrissy-teigen-once-told-me-to-kill-myself\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">resurfaced in 2021<\/a>, admires the way the renegade royal tunes out all the negativity.<\/p>\n<p>According to the model, the Duchess of Sussex \u201cis just such a kind, good person\u201d who \u201cwants the best\u201d for \u201call her friends,\u201d the \u201cpeople around her,\u201d \u201cher own relationship\u201d and \u201cher children.\u201d Monty Brinton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Teigen argued that Markle lives \u201csimply,\u201d adding that \u201cpeople come up with all these different things that she could be about or what she wants \u2026 [but] it\u2019s not that complicated.\u201d Netflix\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s cool that [Markle] is just like, \u2018Listen, say whatever you want. I\u2019m happy and I\u2019m healthy and I feel good,&#8217;\u201d the wife of John Legend marveled.<\/p>\n<p>Teigen and Legend share daughters Luna, 9, and Esti, 2, as well as sons Miles, 7, and Wren, 2, while Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, are parents to\u00a0Prince Archie, 6, and\u00a0Princess Lilibet, 4.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether the families get together for playdates, Teigen quipped that she doesn\u2019t \u201cleave the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\">\u201cI\u2019m not joking,\u201d she insisted with a laugh. \u201cI don\u2019t go anywhere. I try to do every photo shoot, everything at our house. So, no. But if the time came up, absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cookbook author continued, \u201cPeople are always going to read into what they want to read into, and they\u2019re going to hyperfocus into what they want to believe. \u2026 People are just going to come up with their own story.\u201d Netflix<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s cool that [Markle] is just like, \u2018Listen, say whatever you want. I\u2019m happy and I\u2019m healthy and I feel good,&#8217;\u201d Teigen marveled. Dario Alequin \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>As for Markle, she and Harry stepped down from their royal duties and moved from the UK to the US in 2020 after much public scrutiny. However, the move only gave critics more ammo.<\/p>\n<p>The former actress now stars in her own lifestyle series, which Teigen recently appeared on as a guest. Many outraged viewers <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/13\/celebrity-news\/meghan-markle-fans-outraged-over-bully-chrissy-teigens-guest-appearance-in-with-love-meghan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had a \u201cmajor problem\u201d with the cameo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can Meghan Markle associate with Chrissy Teigan [sic], a self confessed online bully and troll when she purports to support the Parents Network who are campaigning against this very thing?\u201d one dissenter previously wondered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chrissy Teigen does not understand why pal Meghan Markle receives so much hate. \u201cI adore her. 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