Simon Rex Says Meghan Markle Thanked Him For Not Taking Tabloid Payout To Fake Relationship With Her

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Meghan Markle is thankful Simon Rex stood his moral ground. While speaking with The Guardian, Rex recalled how a British tabloid offered to pay him $70,000 to say he slept with Meghan Markle, who he had starred alongside in an episode of “Cuts” in 2005. “I was broke as f**k!

I really needed the money. But I’ll be on food stamps before I do that,” Rex told the paper. READ MORE: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Among Those Slamming West’s COVID-19 Policies: ‘The Pandemic Is Not Over’ Meghan caught wind of the attempt by the tabloid and sent him a thank you note which he has framed at his house. “She said: ‘It’s nice to know there are still good people,'” he revealed.

This isn’t the first time the recent “Spirit Award” winner spoke of being approached to make up false stories about the Duchess of Sussex. “Nothing happened.

We never even kissed,” Rex said while on the “Hollywood Raw” podcast in 2020. “It was just, like, we hung out once in a very non-datey way.