profiled Markle in 2018 with a focus on her parents, Doria Ragland and Thomas Markle — appeared on Andrew Gold’s podcasts “On the Edge,” where the journalist shared her thoughts about the duchess from her media insider’s perspective. “She has this warped reality, and then she marshals evidence underneath it to support a thesis that may not be the case,” said Grigoriadis.She described Markle as a “striver” who wanted to be a “household name” and rise above her family’s “shaggy-dog-tale” life.
Over the course of doing that, Markle struggled with “authenticity.”Grigoriadis revealed that while she was reporting on Markle, she spoke to some acquaintances who described the former “Suits” star as somebody who seems warm and friendly, but isn’t “someone you can be friends with.”Without sharing their name, Grigoriadis also referred to a writer colleague who spent a day with Markle, and said that this colleague’s takeaway was, “This person just is not on the level.” There is some speculation that the unnamed writer is Allison P.
Davis, who wrote a revealing profile of Markle for the Cut in August. In his the podcast, Gold asked how Markle compares to some of the narcissists and sociopaths that Grigoriadis has encountered in her career, such as while reporting on the NXIVM cult.
Grigoriadis said Markle is not a psychopath, but there’s something “off about all of them,” referring to Mrkle and her family.
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