Melissa McCarthy defends Meghan Markle: She’s ‘threatening to some people’

Hollywood actress Melissa McCarthy has revealed why she thinks people don’t like the “wonderful” Duchess of Sussex.

Melissa McCarthy has Meghan Markle’s back.

The Bridesmaids star is perplexed and dismayed by the vicious barrage of hate hurled towards the Suits actress, now famously a member of the British royal family.

“It bums me out for every woman and every person, that for no reason people just like to attack,” she told Page Six at the Broadway opening of Suffs last week.

“A smart interesting woman that has her own life, for some reason, is incredibly threatening to some people,” the actress, 53, continued.

Meghan Markle is a “wonderful” person, her friend Melissa McCarthy said. Picture: Bryan Bedder/Getty

She continued, “I always think, how inspiring! I’ve never once been threatened by someone who is amazing. I just think how inspiring. It’s really on the people throwing the hate.”

McCarthy added that Duchess of Sussex is “wonderful” and “awesome.”

In 2021, the Gilmore Girls star appeared alongside Markle for a video celebrating Markle’s 40th birthday and the launch of a mentorship program entitled 40×40. The humorous video gently spoofed Markle’s royal position.

After making the video, featuring a cameo by a juggling Prince Harry, McCarthy praised the royal couple.

Meghan Markle celebrated her 40th birthday with a skit video announcing a support network initiative. Picture: Archewell

The video starred Melissa McCarthy. Picture: Archewell

“They were so sweet and funny,” she told Access Hollywood.

“I just found them very inspiring. They’re carving out their own lives. They’re carving out their lives for their kids.”

The Little Mermaid star was in New York to see Suffs, a musical based on the American women’s suffrage movement, especially the events leading up to the ratification of the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920 that gave women the right to vote.

McCarthy made the comments at the Suffs premiere in New York. Picture: Michael Tran/AFP

McCarthy sheepishly admitted she has to learn about the women portrayed in Suffs, including Alice Paul, Inez Milholland, Ida B. Wells, and Ruza Wenclawska.

“I should say I thought I did [know about women’s history] and I was a little disappointed with myself that I didn’t know the full story and it’s really set me off into a wormhole of how much I really need to learn.”

The mother-of-two also noted that the Broadway show written by Shaina Taub has made her “appreciate who’s come before me that’s made my life and my daughters lives better.”

Other celebs at the premiere included producer Hillary Clinton, human rights activist Malala Yousafzai, Rachel Brosnahan and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

This story originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission