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Meghan Markle’s Deal or No Deal co-star hits out at duchess’ claims over bra station on show after ‘bimbo’ comments
MEGHAN Markle's Deal or No Deal co-star has hit out at the duchess' claim there was a "bra station" on the show.
The Duchess of Sussex blasted the hit US game show for leaving her feeling "objectified" during her brief stint as a briefcase girl in 2006.
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In the latest episode of her Archetypes podcast on Spotify, Meghan "painted the picture" of what working on the show was like.
She said: "There were different stations for having your lashes put on, or your extensions put in, or the padding in your bra."
But model Patricia Kara - who appeared alongside Meghan in all 34 of the episodes she featured on - denied a "bra station" ever existed.
She told : "There was no bra station! There was no bra station."
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The 50-year-old denied ever feeling objectified during her time on the show, adding: "Not at all. It's unfortunate that she felt that way because in my experience I never ever felt that way."
Fellow Deal or No Deal co-star Claudia Jordan earlier hit out at Meghan, stating the show “never treated them like bimbos” and that it helped provide “so many opportunities” for them.
And Meghan's latest podcast episode - titled Breaking Down 'The Bimbo' with Paris Hilton' - sparked outrage among listeners too.
Royal author Angela Levin blasted the duchess for "biting the hand that fed her" after she slammed Hollywood ";bimbo" roles.
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She told The Sun: "Meghan did it for so long. She thinks 'it's a terrible thing what they got women to do, she was valued for her beauty not her brains' she said.
"She grabbed the jobs because she didn't have any other ones.
"Meghan didn't have to do it, nobody made her.
"If she's got the brains, why didn't she think: 'this is about beauty and I'm not doing it'."
In the podcast, the Duchess said women have "made careers from and played into dumb blonde archetypes" for "decades".
Three clips from films then play, including a soundbite from teen flick Legally Blonde, which famously challenges stereotypes aimed at young blonde women.
A clip from beloved teen comedy Mean Girls is then heard - a film best known for tackling bullying and body image among young women.
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She goes on to reveal that she hopes her and Harry's daughter Lilibet will "aspire slightly higher" than a "bimbo".
She tells Paris: "I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on this idea because when I hear the word bimbo, I have a very negative connotation to it.
"I don't see that as an aspirational thing for a woman, I want our daughters to aspire to be slightly higher.
"I want my Lili to want to be educated and want to be smart and to pride herself on those things."
And it recently unearthed clip revealed how Meghan appeared in a raunchy 90210 cameo two years after quitting Deal or No Deal.
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In the scene, character Ethan, who is played by Dustin Milligan, is shocked when his girlfriend Annie, played by Shenae Grimes, spots him sitting in his car.
His expression is soon explained when he adjusts his clothing, and the head of Wendy, played by Meghan, emerges from his lap.
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