Whoopi Goldberg and ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ alum Claudia Jordan have called out Meghan Markle over her claims of feeling "objectified" during her time as a briefcase model on "Deal or No Deal." The 66-year-old talk show host and the 49-year-old former No.1 briefcase model questioned Markle, 41, after the Duchess of Sussex revealed that she felt conflicted about her experience on the show during an episode of her podcast "Archetypes".
Markle said she eventually quit after feeling "forced to be all looks and little substance." "On that show, you basically had a suitcase and they wanted to know: 'Is this the deal you want, or is this not the deal you want?'" Goldberg said to her co-hosts during Wednesday's episode of "The View." "I don't know that the people who are sitting there are thinking about you like that," she added. "They're thinking I want the money." Whoopi Goldberg and ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ alum Claudia Jordan have called out Meghan Markle over her claims of feeling "objectified" on "Deal or No Deal." (Getty) Goldberg referenced longtime "Wheel of Fortune" hostess Vanna White, who she said is "always in something interesting and beautiful, and she's been doing this.The objectification might be coming from you and how you felt about how these women were being portrayed, and that's what you have to change because we're performers.
When you're a performer, you take the gig." The "Sister Act" star went on to say, "We're not journalists, we're actors. And you left, and that was your prerogative.
But I feel bad because I don't think people were looking at these girls like this, I think people wanted the money." As the panel weighed in on Markle's comments, Goldberg noted,"That's TV, baby.
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