Meghan Markle on Mariah Carey being ‘so formative’ for her growing up in new podcast episode: ‘Representation matters so much’

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Meghan Markle heaped praise on Mariah Carey in the latest episode of her Archetypes podcast, titled The Duality Of Diva With Mariah Carey.Following a chat with Serena Williams in the premiere – which dethroned Joe Rogan on Spotify – the Duchess of Sussex, 41, was joined by the All I Want For Christmas Is You singer for the second instalment, which was released today.In the wide-ranging chat, the 53-year-old opened up about her childhood, telling the Royal: ‘I didn’t fit in, it would be more of the Black area of town, or then you could be where my mom chose to live, where the more white neighborhoods and I didn’t fit in anywhere at all.’‘Yeah.

I understand that,’ Meghan replied, before her guest went on to discuss being teased at school.‘In a world where you’re the mixed kid of a full-on white neighborhood that’s what you get,’ she continued.The host shared: ‘This is part of why when I was putting this conversation together I had to talk to you.

Of course I had to talk to you.‘You were so formative for me. Representation matters so much.’Meghan recalled the moment Mariah broke onto the scene, and thought at the time: ‘Oh my gosh.