Meghan Markle enjoys retail therapy amid Deal Or No Deal backlash

A casually dressed Meghan Markle has stepped out for some retail therapy with a friend amid backlash over her “bimbo” Deal Or No Deal comments.

Meghan Markle was spotted enjoying some retail therapy after she revealed she felt objectified by her role as a briefcase girl on Deal Or No Deal.

The Duchess of Sussex wore a $A930 strapless green Malia Mills jumpsuit, which she paired with an olive sweater, a wide-brimmed $A200 Panama hat from Cuyana, sunglasses and sandals. She completed the look with her hair in a loose braid.

Meghan, 41, was accompanied by a friend and the two seemed deep in conversation as they shopped for home goods at the gourmet food boutique Pierre La Fond in Montecito, California, New York Post reports.

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The Duchess of Sussex was seen out in Montecito. Picture: Backgrid Australia

She was dressed casually for the warm weather. Picture: Backgrid Australia

The friends went on to have lunch in nearby Santa Barbara.

Her outing comes one week after she admitted that she quit her job on season two of Deal Or No Deal back in 2006 because she felt she was being “reduced to a bimbo.”

Despite feeling “really grateful” to have a job that could pay her bills, she still felt there was “little substance” to the role.

“I ended up quitting the show. I was so much more than what was being objectified on the stage,” she said on the latest episode of her podcast, Archetypes.

Meghan was joined by a friend for the outing. Picture: Backgrid Australia

She was clutching a bag after doing some retail therapy. Picture: Backgrid Australia

Her disparaging comments about the game show sparked blowback, including from fellow briefcase holders Claudia Jordan, who went on to star in Real Housewives of Atlanta, and model Donna Feldman.

The items were from designer Wendy Foster. Picture: Backgrid Australia

She recently sparked backlash for her comments on podcast. Picture: Backgrid Australia

Even Whoopi Goldberg blasted Prince Harry’s wife, saying she knew what she was getting into.

“When you’re a performer, you take the gig,” the talk show host, 66, explained on Wednesday’s episode of The View.

“You take the gig. Sometimes, you’re in a Bozo suit, sometimes you got a big nose, and this is just the way it is.”

Goldberg continued: “We’re not journalists. We’re actors. We’re trying to get to another place.”

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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