Meghan Markle’s estranged father rips Netflix series, accuses Duchess of ‘faking it for the cameras'

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Meghan Markle’s estranged father has plenty of blistering words to say about her Netflix series. Thomas Markle has accused the Duchess of Sussex of being inauthentic in "With Love, Meghan." He even went as far as to say that the 43-year-old used "pre-planned" facial expressions to appear relatable. "Unfortunately, Meghan has never been authentic," the former Hollywood lighting director told the U.K.’s Daily Mail. "She has to think about everything.

She’s not spontaneous. Everything she says is pre-planned and rehearsed. It makes me laugh because I know all her looks and expressions." "I know when she’s faking it for the cameras," the patriarch insisted. "She’s trying so hard to be perfect that she tenses up every time the camera is on her." The 80-year-old previously served as a TV lighting director and director of photography on shows like "Married… with Children" and "General Hospital." Looking back on his experience in the filming industry, the Emmy Award winner noted that "cooking shows are horrendously boring unless the presenter has a passion for it." "You have to be authentic to hold people’s attention," he explained. "… The best cooks are funny, they mess up, they are human.

She just wants to be perfect. It’s sad because she’s trying so hard to stay in the limelight." In the series, the mother of two described herself as "a latchkey kid" who "grew up on a lot of fast food and TV dinners." Thomas told the outlet that he was working two jobs "so money was never an issue." "We occasionally ate TV dinners, which family doesn’t?" he said. "… We would eat out at least three times a week and order in the rest of the time." "Like any single father who did a long day’s work, I’d occasionally put a TV dinner in the.