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Meghan Markle’s sex scene from 90210 reboot resurfaces after ‘bimbo’ comment

A raunchy scene featuring Meghan Markle from the reboot of 90210 has resurfaced following her “bimbo” comments about working on Deal Or No Deal.

A raunchy scene from Meghan Markle’s acting days is doing the rounds online after the Duchess of Sussex discussed her time on game show Deal Or No Deal on her podcast this week.

The 2008 scene, from the first episode of the 90210 reboot, sees a then-27-year-old Markle in the passenger seat of a car with her head emerging from the lap of lead character Ethan, played by Dustin Milligan, while shocked friend Annie (Shenae Grimes) watches on.

The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it oral sex moment has given Meghan’s internet trolls ammunition, calling her a hypocrite given she recently revealed that she left Deal Or No Deal two years earlier in 2006 after being “reduced to a bimbo”.

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The brief scene portrays Meghan’s character Wendy being caught in the act with lead character Ethan.
The brief scene portrays Meghan’s character Wendy being caught in the act with lead character Ethan.
The clip has resurfaced after the Suits star spoke out about her early acting career.
The clip has resurfaced after the Suits star spoke out about her early acting career.
Shenae Grimes’ character appeared shocked by the sex act.
Shenae Grimes’ character appeared shocked by the sex act.

However, others have pointed out that given Meghan was playing a role on 90210, the situations are not comparable.

“People are funny. In Deal Or No Deal, Meghan wasn’t playing a role,” one said.

“That’s why she felt objectified. In [the] 90210 cameo, she was an actor in a role.”

On her podcast Archetypes, Meghan described being told to “suck it in” while working as a model on Deal Or No Deal, leaving her feeling “objectified” and “not smart”.

Speaking about the experience in an interview with Paris Hilton on her podcast this week, Meghan described a production line type set-up before the show would air.

“All the girls, we would line up,” she said.

“And there were different stations for having your lashes put on, or your extensions put in, or the padding in your bra.

“We were even given spray-tan vouchers each week because there was a very cookie-cutter idea of precisely what we should look like.

“It was solely about our beauty. And not necessarily about brains.

“And when I look back at that time, I will never forget this one detail because moments before we’d get on stage, there was a woman who ran the show and she would be there backstage and I can still hear her.

“She couldn’t properly pronounce my last name at the time – and I knew who she was talking to because she would go, ‘Mark-ell, suck. Mark-ell, suck it in.’ I ended up quitting the show.

“Like I said, I was thankful for the job but not for how it made me feel which was not smart.

“And by the way, I was surrounded by smart women on that stage with me, but that wasn’t the focus of why we were there and I would end up leaving with this pit in my stomach. Knowing that I was so much more than what was being objectified on the stage.”

Meghan held briefcase number 24 on the show. Picture: Getty Images
Meghan held briefcase number 24 on the show. Picture: Getty Images


Her comments were slammed by fellow former Deal Or No Deal model Claudia Jordan, who defended creators of the show in an Instagram blast.

“For clarity – yes getting a modelling gig on a game show isn’t necessarily about your intellect, but every show the executive producers picked five models with the most outgoing and fun personalities to place mics on, who they knew would engage with the contestants,” she wrote.

“And Deal Or No Deal never treated us like bimbos. We got so many opportunities because of that show.”

Meghan, who is best known for her role as Rachel Zane on Suits, has spoken before about her difficulty cracking into the acting world before she met Prince Harry, and was notably quoted as saying “struggling actresses can’t be picky” in biography Finding Freedom.

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