Actor Simon Rex Says He Was Offered $70,000 to Lie About Dating Meghan Markle

cosmopolitan.com:

, and if you're wondering why they felt the need to take such drastic measures, mayyyyybe it's because what they were going through in England was legit insane.

Meghan truly couldn't catch a break with the British press, and now it's come to light that one publication actually tried to pay actor Simon Rex to lie about their relationship.

In fact, the 45-year-old actor has often been labeled as one of Meghan's "ex-boyfriends" but nope, not so much. “Nothing happened.

We never even kissed. It was just like, we hung out once in a very non-datey way,” Simon explained on the . “She was just someone I had met on a TV show and, like, we got lunch.