Howie Mandel doesn’t understand why Meghan Markle got so much criticism for saying she was reduced to “child” While in “Deal or No Deal”.
The former game show host defended the Duchess of Sussex, saying she wasn’t slamming the show but expressing how she feels.
“I’ve never heard anyone complain and I don’t think Meghan is complaining,” 66-year-old. he told us weekly In an article published on Thursday. “I think Meghan just said she wanted to do more. It just wasn’t satisfying for her.”
He added: “So I don’t know why there is so much chaos, except I have to say that being there with 26 women looking at me made me feel like a child.”
TV personality – previously revealed I don’t remember markle On the game show, he went on to say that he could understand where the 41-year-old was from after experiencing similar feelings during his four years on the show.
“I got it because, I’ve never said that before, but they had this pyramid of 26 beautiful and intelligent women standing there looking at me like I was a piece of meat,” she continued. “I was in the middle, I was wearing a suit and I felt more. And they looked at me and I didn’t do anything.”
Although Mandel said he felt “nothing” while attending the popular game show, he stressed that “it was a great working environment”.
Markle ran into trouble earlier this month after saying on her podcast, “The Archetypes”, that she left the now defunct game show because it was “so much more than just materialized on stage”.
She said: “I didn’t like feeling compelled to be all in appearance and little in substance, and that’s how I felt the moment I was reduced to this specific archetype: the word ‘stupid’.”
After his controversial comments, Social network usersAnd the Former employees From the show to Whoopi Goldberg, he has spoken out against his claims.
The “View” co-host rejected Markle’s claims that getting a job is less like you Just a part of the show business.
“When you are an artist, take the party,” he said on the talk show. “You take the party. Sometimes you wear a Bozo suit, sometimes you have a big nose, and that’s what it is. “
